GameDay Coffee, Say What?
GameDay Coffee. Say What? GameDay Coffee. It’s a simple little ritual with long-lasting effects on your child. Let me explain. Last August, I felt God wanted me to meet with my oldest son, Luke, every Friday morning before he strapped on his helmet to play QB for Noblesville High School. Luke had been working hard …
5 Things To Make Your Time in the Bleachers Better
If you’re a sports parent, then you probably spend an insane amount of time sitting in the bleachers watching your kiddo. Don’t get me wrong, we LOVE watching but the sitting part can start to get a little old…amIright?!?! As in all things, it’s best to be prepared. So here are our top 5 things …
Back-To-School Free Backpack Tag Printables
This post brought to you by Office Depot. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Sports Mom Survival Guide.It’s that time of year again: BACK TO SCHOOL!! If you are anything like us, this means a LOT of shopping and long lists of supplies. Taking the kids with you shopping can be be …
8 Tips to Finding a College Athletics Program for Your Athlete
It is very exciting to look for opportunities to move from a high school athlete to a college athlete! There are various approaches to doing this. I want to share with you tips we have learned from our family’s experience in hopes it can help other parents! 8 Tips to Finding a College Athletics Program for …
4 Sanity Savers for Sports Moms
Don’t get sidelined this season when it comes to rocking your sports mom swag! Save time, stress less, and KICK major you-know-what with these 4 top tips: 1. Coordinate team snack schedules online: Never forget sports snack again! Score major goals with VolunteerSpot’s free online team snack scheduler. Quickly set up the snack duty calendar for an entire season’s worth …
The #1 Way to Avoid Chaos in the Morning !
Mornings can be hectic, let’s be honest! It’s inevitable that someone either woke up late, forgot to do their homework, or can’t find their shoes. Which is why we need to talk about getting prepared the night before. We tend to think of nighttime routines as being for young kids. We think of getting …
7 Reasons To Drink More Water
Our bodies are about 60 percent of water! When you think about that it makes sense that drinking water is SO important. Drinking enough H2O maintains the body’s fluid balance and so much more. Which is why we thought it would good to share with you all the great benefits of water but also just …
7 Running Tips for Beginners
I have always WANTED to be a runner. There’s a big difference in wanting to run and actually doing it, I’ve learned. At the beginning of this year, I was tired of “being tired” and needed to lose some weight. I started off walking and I’m slowly…SLOW.LY…starting to run. With the help of …
5 Must-Have Money Saving Travel Apps
When traveling with your sports travel team, expenses can quickly climb. The traveling part is inevitable, but how much we spend when we travel is negotiable. Every penny counts…so taking just a bit of time to try to cut your expenses can make a big impact on your budget! Before you leave home, be sure …
A Kid’s Perspective – Do I Dare Ask? | A Dad’s Insightful Interview with His Teenage Son
It’s a Sunday evening in 1984, I am sitting in a chair in our kitchen, my mother has temporarily lost her mind as she proceeds to apply rollers to my bone-straight hair from a LILT Hair Perm set that she bought at the grocery store earlier that day. This was not entirely unusual except that …
Make Your Mother’s Day Wishes Come True | $500 CASH Giveaway
$500 Cash Mother’s Day Giveaway Mom’s you put your heart and soul into every day with your family. We know you wouldn’t have it any other way and that the rewards far outweigh the sacrifices. Whether it’s hearing sweet voices say “Mommy, I Love You” or little hands folded into your big hands, funny faces …
Next Stop on our Journey to Natural with Tom’s of Maine
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tom’s of Maine for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. We all have sports kids and we know what the van smells like after they hop in after a practice or game. They need deodorant! Over the past couple of months we have shared about how …
Quick and EASY Teacher Appreciation Week Gifts | Free Printables
Teacher appreciation week is coming up May 4th-8th. Our teachers work so hard and I truly appreciate all they do, but somehow I always seem to wait until the last minute and have to scramble for gifts. This year we have made it super easy by providing with you a weeks worth of FREE …
Tips To Help Refocus A Distracted Child
It happens to everyone…we all have had trouble concentrating at times. We find ourselves distracted when we are trying to focus. It’s just a fact of life. So, it’s not a matter of ‘IF’ your kid gets distracted; it’s a matter of ‘WHEN.’ The good news is that you know it’s going to happen. This helps …
Why We Share Our Finances with Our kids
“You mean we pay for the internet?!,” said my 11-year-old. “Ummm, yes….we do!” I replied. “But, I always see signs for free wi-fi.” and on went our conversation about how the wi-fi is “free”…because someone had to pay for it and then offer it for free. This conversation I had last year with one of …
Avoid the #1 Mistake Most Sports Parents Make
Every day, all across the world a familiar scene continues to play out in youth sports that causes havoc in kids’ minds. Ryan is a 12 year old baseball and basketball player. He is an above-average player whom the coach has called out as a team leader and all-around good guy. He makes friends easily at school and …
A Sports Parent Experience – From a Different “Lens”
This past summer our oldest son and I went on a short-term mission trip to the poverty-stricken areas of Cartegena, Columbia (one of our parent goals is to provide each of our 3 boys, at age 13, an opportunity to experience, albeit briefly, a world that exists beyond our American suburb). We worked on several …
Top 3 Family Health Tips
The winter can be hard on our bodies. There are germs floating around everywhere, the air is drier and the daylight is shorter. All of the these factors can make us get sick easier, so it’s important to take extra precautions and insure our families stay healthy (all year round)! Fortunately, my family is pretty healthy …
Let Your Kids Pack Their Own Lunches
Do you feel like it’s a never ending battle to come up with healthy lunch ideas and/or make lunches in the morning? About a year ago I decided to stop the madness and give the job to my kids! We came up with a few things they could make on their own and set some rules …
Should Kids Contribute Toward Their Sports or Activity Fees?
Our boys are in the midst of winter workouts for their travel baseball team. This also means, our teams are prepping for the upcoming season: ordering uniforms, scheduling games and tournaments and raising funds to pay for it all. In order for all of the planning to come together, every parent gets assigned a committee. This …
Top 5 Travel Tips for Travel Sports Teams
As we come to the end of one sports season and the start of another, teams are getting ready to get their organized for the upcoming season. If your child is on a travel team, you know that can mean a weekend or two away for games or it can mean many weekends away depending …
Saying NO | Be a Better Parent
The other day I saw a photo on Facebook that said, “NO is a complete sentence. It does not require justification or explanation.” The quote was meant to point out that you can say no to people or situations without having to explain yourself…but it got me thinking about my kids. How often do we tell our …
Accountability: Why it’s Important for Weight Loss
You know when you are on a plane and they tell you that in the case of an emergency, if you have small children that you need to secure your oxygen mask first? Well, I think that applies to most situations. As parents if we don’t take care of ourselves first then we aren’t able to best …
Super Bowl Party Photo Booth Props
The BIG GAME is coming up and that means a lot of Super Bowl parties! Hopefully your team came out on top, but either way it’s always more fun to watch the game with family and friends. Football parties can sometimes be a little boring for the kids, so we thought it would be a good idea …
How to Develop Strong DETERMINATION
The word “determination” has multiple meanings depending on the context of it’s usage but, for the purposes of sports, the dictionary says: “The quality of being determined to do or achieve something.” In simpler terms, it means how much of yourself you will put into making a goal a reality. It’s always inspiring to observe a …