If you are like me, your kids have spring break next week and you are staying at home. If you are also like me, you may be looking for things to do with your kids that won’t cost you an arm and a leg but will keep everyone in your family from killing each other […]
Archives for April 2017
If You Are Looking For A Fun (And 100% FREE) Spring Break Activity For Your Kids, Read This!
We did something awesome today! If you follow NYAM on Facebook, you may have seen my post a couple days ago asking readers to share some of their stay-at-home-for-spring-break-plans. I thought it would be fun to compile a list of activities and ideas for those of us who aren’t off to Disney or somewhere tropical. […]
Our Job As Sports Parents
I have been involved in the sport of swimming since I was ten years old. I swam for a small club team when I started, moved to a very competitive Y team in middle school, swam varsity all four years of high school, and swam for a Division I team in college where I was […]
A Reminder For All The Moms Who Screwed Up Today
We have a two week hiatus from swim team. The last practice of the season was this past Friday, and the next session starts the day after spring break. So there is no practice to go to this week, but I have been at the pool for new swimmer evaluations for kids who are interested in joining […]
My Daughter Is My Hero
Number 4 left for the Eastern Zone Swimming Championships (Zones) last Wednesday. If you missed the post last week, this was the first goal in a series of goals she had set for herself last year. And for the last six months, she worked her butt off, never losing sight of her goals. The first […]