How To Play Fantasy Football – A Beginner’s Guide for Girls When I first met my husband (way back in college) he was playing Fantasy Sports. Â Flash forward to today and his love for Fantasy (football and baseball) is still going strong. Over the years […]
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I have a good friend who works for Special Olympics and on occasion we chat about her job and what it entails. Â I really didn’t have a good understanding of what this amazing organization does. Â When you think of Special Olympics, what’s the first thing
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Save TIME and MONEY With These Awesome Back-To-School Shopping Tips Well, you know the drill…summer just started and they are already rolling out the “Back-to-School” banners at all the stores. Â My kids absolutely LOVE shopping for their school supplies, what about yours? Â I can still
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I can hardly believe that we are rolling into FOOTBALL SEASON!! The guys in my house get pretty excited, dinner talk turns to football, Sundays are spent watching football and evenings hanging with neighborhood kids have turned from wiffle ball games to touch football games!
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As summer has moved along, my boys have started to slip into an electronics coma! After sleeping in most mornings (if they aren’t off to a camp or an appointment or something previously scheduled) they are really good about getting in their daily run and
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Have you heard the words “I’m bored!” in your house yet?!? Oh…we are not even half-way into summer and they have already been spoken in my house! Sometimes my boys just need a little idea to trigger some great activity! Ruth, over at Living Well
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Sam’s Club Shopping Tips If you are like me, you might feel like you are always running out of food! Always. Â We are about to hit a stage where we will spend the most amount of money on groceries ever. EVER. Our boys are 13,
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Activities to Help You Exercise With Your Kids It’s ALWAYS good to stay active. Â Teaching kids at a young age the importance of exercise is a great way to help them stay healthy for life. Â My kids go with me to the gym weekly and
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paren Have you ever wanted a special t-shirt to show off your kid’s team or support them by wearing their number to a game? Â Cute and customized t-shirts can cost up to $25 (sometimes even more). Â What you might not realize it that making your
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I don’t think I can count the number of hours I have sat on the sidelines watching my boys play sports. In all that time, I can honestly say I have seen some of the craziest behavior. Oh, and I don’t mean from the players,
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Summer break started this week at our house and that means more time than normal for my kids! Â They get their share of hanging out with friends, swimming at the pool and attending camps, but the one thing I have found to be very important
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 Father’s Day is coming up in June and we have a fun craft for any dad who is a sports fan!!  This fun koozie can be made with pretty much any type of ball, but we chose to make it using a football. The supplies
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Are your pre-teens and teens anxious to earn extra cash while gaining athletic experience? I know for my 13-year-old, umpiring baseball is very motivating for him to get off the couch and do something constructive. Besides baby-sitting, dog-sitting and yard work, pre-teens don’t have a
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One of my hardest daily jobs is figuring out what we are going to eat for dinner. Â We are busy in the evenings and having a sit down meal is not always an option. Â I have found that if I can just take a little
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I am a mom of two elementary age daughters, but that doesn’t stop my husband from “dragging” us to professional baseball games!! 😉  In all honesty we ALL have a GREAT time when we go to a game. My girls are a little older (5&7) so
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The older my kids get, the harder it is for me to find activities that don’t involve electronics. Â My girls LOVE to read and most of the time that will occupy SOME of their time. Â BUT when they aren’t the one on the field, I
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If you are a parent with multiple kids, and one or more of them are in some type of sport, then you have probably had the almost impossible task of keeping someone “happy” during a game or practice. Â We have come up with some activities
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If you are a parent with multiple kids, and one or more of them are in some type of sport, then you have probably had the almost impossible task of keeping someone “happy” during a game or practice. Â We have come up with some activities
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If you’ve ever been a Team-Mom, then you probably know how hard it is to coordinate with all of the other parents on your child’s team! Â Scheduling anything for a large group can be overwhelming to say least, but throw in a bunch of parents
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A coach can end up being a huge mentor to our kids. Â The really good ones take the time to understand and motivate our children. Â These special people almost always do their job without any accolades. Â So I thought today we would celebrate those coaches
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 If you’re a woman you probably either love jewelry or you can appreciate it!  If you’re a man reading this, let’s assume you have someone in your life who would benefit from this post! 😉 I thought it would be fun to take a break
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 Valentine’s Day will be here soon, but it doesn’t have to be a special holiday to let the ones we love know that they are special to us!  I decided to make this baseball printable, “You Stole My Heart,” to share with you and found
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Tips for Action Photos At Sporting Events (on Your iPhone) When you are at sports events, it always seems that you have more “stuff” than you can carry, doesn’t it!? Â We all want to capture our kiddos in action, but carrying around a big camera
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Are you ready to pack up the family and hit the slopes for the first time? Last Christmas break we took our boys, then ages 12, 10 and 8 for a day ski trip. It had been over 20 years since I had last skied
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