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One Great Catch Can Be A Game Changer

March 12, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

You know how a kid can totally suck at baseball and make like ten errors in one game and start to feel completely hopeless and dejected, but then out of nowhere he can make an amazing catch that no one ever thought was possible? And even with all those errors in one game, that one awesome […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: baseball, catch, dining room, gamechanger, kids, kitchen, meals, Number 6, parenting, parenting win

Nothing Is Safe

November 1, 2016 by not your average mom 14 Comments

A couple weeks ago I told you the story about… THE ROBES. About a week after that, I was in Costco, and all the Christmas stuff was out in full effect. There were a couple things I saw that I knew the kids would LOVE, and still being on a mission to not leave Christmas […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Humor, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: baseball, Christmas, Lego, Number 7, Play-Doh, presents

Score Two For the Good Guy(s)

October 16, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Number 3 is giving me a run for my money. He is the kid right now who knows how to push every single one of my buttons. But what I have learned in the last few weeks is that the behaviors I’m seeing, the ones that really frustrate and often infuriate me, are not not […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: baseball, Number 3, nuts, parenting, Ump

More Than Just a Team

July 31, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Sometimes you are part of a team that has a direct effect on the path your life takes. I know for me, my high school swim team and swim coach literally shaped my life. The four years I spent on that team taught me so much about teamwork and pushing myself way out of my comfort zone and that you […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: baseball, hershey park, Number 3

Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.

July 27, 2016 by not your average mom 8 Comments

One year ago today I was in such a terrible financial situation that a bunch of friends started a GoFundMe campaign to help my family. Exactly one year ago today. It was the end of a really shitty three year downward spiral where we were hit with one unlucky blow after another. And this time last […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: baseball, Hershey, hershey park, Number 3, road trip

Your Kid Is Probably Not In The Top .05%

July 18, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Your kid is destined for greatness. Your kid is different. And every second of his or her eight or nine or ten-year-old season is determining his or her success starting…. yesterday. One misstep by a coach, one bad call, one wrong move, one unforced error, one bad event, one missed opportunity, and your kid is now […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: athletes, baseball, complaining, little league, major leagues, MLB, Number 3, Number 4, olympics, professional, swimmer, teammates, yankees

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