Yesterday my daughter played in a softball tournament. This isn’t unusual, but the temperatures were in the high 90’s with high humidity, it was a tough day to play. Add to that the fact she was running a fever of 101 as a result of having had 3 vaccinations this week, I give her a giant pat on the back and a huge hug! They played a total of 7 games during the day and took 2nd place.
She played right field the entire day and made some incredible plays. In one game she caught a pop fly and then quickly threw it hard to 2nd base to get the runner ending the inning with a double play. In another game, a ball was hit towards center, but knowing that the centerfielder tends to not run up on balls to catch them, she headed that direction running as fast as she could, and made a diving catch, looking like a pro! The centerfielder even thanked her for covering and told her she wouldn’t have made the catch.
I could go on and on, but i won’t. I will just say how very proud I am of her and the team and share a photo I took of her last night after she received her 2nd place trophy.
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Summer has begun and now that our daughter is a teenager, there are more friends coming by, sometimes unannounced, and they tend to hang out around our house. I’m glad that our daughter feels comfortable having her friends over and it’s nice knowing where she is and that she’s safe, but do you have any idea how much food teenagers can eat?! And, if they spend the day swimming in our pool, double or even triple the amount of food they want because we all know that swimming make a person hungry!
This past Sunday is a prime example of how hungry teens can be. A group of 4 spent the afternoon playing around in our pool and came out of the water acting as if they hadn’t eaten in days. It was fortunate that I had a watermelon and some other fruit on hand and I began slicing and dicing and filling bowls with fruit as quickly as possible. My husband quickly returned from the grocery store baring 2 yummy (and filling) Freschetta FlatBread pizzas. The first was the Zesty Italian which he tossed in the oven and immediately served to the four hungry kids who ate it so fast, I’m not sure they even tasted how delicious it was. It came loaded with pepperoni, sausage, Genoa salami, mozzarella and asiago cheeses and I was hoping to get at least one slice, but they didn’t even leave me a crumb.
The second Freschetta FlatBread was the roasted garlic and spinach. Thankfully, the kids were off on their next adventure and so my husband and I were left to enjoy this one all on our own while we quietly watched a movie.
Next time I’m at the store I’ll be using my $1 off coupon to try the 5-cheese masterpiece! (I might have to keep that one for myself). Get your own $1 off coupon by clicking: Freschetta FlatBread
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I know it’s been a very long time since I’ve been in school, but I always remember the excitement of getting to go on a field trip! Those were fun school days, no doubt about it! Check out this video of some 5th graders who got to go on an “alien” field trip, it’s so cool to watch their facial expressions!
Field Trips For All, sponsored by Lunchables, is a contest in which anyone 6 years or older can nominate a deserving classroom simply by providing a few details about why you think the class deserves a funtastic school day revolving around a fabulous field trip! There will be 50 classrooms selected as winners from across the United States.
I agree with Lunchables that hands on learning is such a critical part of a child’s education. Unfortunately, more and more school districts are having to cut down or eliminate all together, the number of field trips taken by schools. For some kids, a field trip may be their only opportunity to visit a museum or anything else that a class field trip may introduce them too.
So please, nominate your favorite classroom and pass the word so others will make nominations too. Let’s be involved and keep kids climbing on those buses to adventure and learning.
Last week was my daughter’s introduction to marching band. She will be a freshman next near (OMG!)
All incoming freshman met on the high school practice field for 2 hours of instruction from the high school band director. Keep in mind, this is THE larges marching band in the continental U.S.! The pictures here are only the incoming freshman and there were so many, even though I was sitting up high in the bleachers, I couldn’t capture them all in my photo.
I can’t believe it, but our granddaughter turned 2 this past week! She is the cutest little girl ever and I am looking forward to getting to see her again soon. Her parents had a huge birthday party for her, over 40 people! My step-daughter was even asking me questions about party etiquette and I told her that we have never had that size of a party for our own daughter who is now 13. When our daughter turned 2, it was just the 3 of us celebrating together with a cake I had made for the day!
It’s funny the choices we all make, how they can be so very different. I do believe though, that as parents, no matter what decisions we make for our children, we have their best interests at heart. I recall a very difficult decision I had to make when our daughter was little and that involved what to feed her. My husband had been laid off from his job and so we were on a very tight budget and I was always having to find ways to save money, but I didn’t want money to be a deciding factor in what to feed our baby. I know my daughter-in-law went through the same difficult decision just 2 years ago.
There are so many baby formula choices. Thankfully, Consumer Reports recommends buying store-brand formulas because they are nutritionally comparable to Enfamil® LIPIL® and other name-brand formulas. They’ve also said that the store brand of formula at a local Wal-Mart (Parent’s Choice) cost 50 percent less per ounce than a leading national brand. So, not only can choosing a store brand formula over a national brand save you money, it’s still a healthy choice for the baby. There is a baby formula savings calculator available at the Parent’s Choice website that helps anyone see just how much money they can save.
I know that I always purchased powdered formula. It may take a little extra work, but it’s definitely more economical. The money I saved allowed me to purchase other things for our baby!
