Baseball Moms, Unite!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:00 AM
Are your kids playing baseball or softball this spring?
With 3 baseball players and 1 softball player in our family this season, after-school hours for the Bean family have been just a little bit ... insane.
Today, I offer you some sports-mom survival tips I have learned over the years.
1. Have a plan for dinner. I never like sacrificing family mealtimes for sports seasons, but when mom is standing on a field every day from 4:00 - 7:30, family dinner can be a bit of a trick to pull off. Lately, I’ve been combatting this problem by making an extra large hot meal for our lunchtime. Dan is sometimes able to be home for this, but even when he isn’t, the rest of us eat together. Then the leftovers go in the fridge for easy re-heating before or after baseball games and practices. Anyone who doesn’t want leftovers for dinner can have a sandwich and/or snack foods like fruit, crackers, granola bars, and string cheese.
2. Keep uniforms together. I used to put my boys’ baseball uniforms in their dresser drawers along with their other clothes. But boys have a way of “misplacing” things. And by “misplacing” I mean they pull perfectly clean clothing from their drawers and shove it deep under their beds or into the bowels of their bedroom closet. I have no idea why, I just know that it happens. These days, I keep a laundry basket in the mudroom where we put cleats, clean uniforms, socks, and hats—all ready for the game when they are.
3. Have fun. My kids are going to play baseball—it’s important to them. We just are that kind of family. One of the best things I ever did for myself was to stop fighting the insanity and decide to embrace it. We do baseball. It’s crazy, but it can be fun too. I like to sit in the bleachers in the sun. I like to watch my son pitch. I like to give my smaller kids a chance to play at the playground on a sunny afternoon. I like to have an excuse to slow down and just “be” for a couple of hours each day.
Do any of you other sports moms have some sanity-saving tips to share?
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