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Determination In Children

July 24, 2012
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Determination In Children

  I was thinking about baseball today (shocker, I know), and I began thinking about The Older and his history with differed sports and his years playing baseball. He started a bit later than other kids due to his desire to try football, Tae-Kwon-Do and a few other things, and he hadn’t been diagnosed with…

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Field of Dreams

July 1, 2012
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Field of Dreams

The Older had a wonderful opportunity with the Tampa Bay Yankees last night; he got to go on the field, run the bases, and then hit the field with the players for the National Anthem. The team has Field of Dreams events like this for the little league teams in the area, and it was…

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Summer Reading and Library Fun

June 6, 2012
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I am a huge advocate of keeping kids reading over the summer. Research shows that kids lose 1 month of learning over the summer, and children who live in homes that that have few books can lose up to 3 months! This is why I spend a lot of time looking for summer reading programs…

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Tampa Yankees

April 15, 2012
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Tampa Yankees

The Older has really been getting into baseball lately. It’s a blessing and a curse, because along with his growing as a player, his endless questions about how the game is played falls on The Daddy and our friend who has been around sports her whole life. (Admittedly, I always thought baseball was a game…

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Caught on the Fly

April 9, 2011
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Caught on the Fly

I caught this at The Older’s Little League game this weekend.  This was right before the poor catcher was knocked off his feet by the ball speeding toward his neck…

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