http://commonmom.com Uncommon Sense Tue, 22 May 2012 16:08:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dude's team last year had an awesome coach and won their division title. We had a great experience. However . . . I can say that this year has been the best Little League year yet. Dude hasn't had a great year - not a bad one, but not a great ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/pirates-then-and-now/ Princess wanted to do a spring sport, but she wasn't sure she wanted to do soccer again . . . she wanted to take a break from swimming . . . and she was on the fence about volleyball. Quite frankly, I needed her to choose something that wasn't on ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/landsharks/ Happy Birthday to my Hubby who turned 41 on Saturday :-) http://commonmom.com/index.php/41/ The Pirates play most of their home games at a local High School. 11 year old boys love to see high schoolers playing baseball or practicing. And, there isn't much cooler to them than having access to a potential future star. This is a pre-game photo from last night's game:   "So what?" ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/draft/ Baseball season is in full swing! Dude is loving playing for the 11/12 Majors Pirates. We love love love his coaches! Both of them are so laid back. I can't imagine either one of them every having raised their voices. The awesome thing is, they get their point across and ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/pirates/ http://commonmom.com/index.php/wordless-wednesday-my-princess/ Dude and Princess went shopping for Easter clothes (thanks Grandma Sue!). As you can see, Princess is much more into dressing up for Easter Brunch than Dude is:   I must say I'm proud of Dude. He actually went shopping at American Eagle rather than Kohl's! However, I'm guessing I will probably ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/easter-brunch/ We always have a fun night coloring eggs, but this year I bought a couple fun kits for us to play with. The result was a fun Easter Egg garden in addition to our regular eggs:   This egg has accepted its fate:   This egg apparently just found out about his fate:   This two-headed ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/easter-egg-garden/ I always have to laugh because Dude has all these wonderful ideas for April Fools pranks - except, every year he forgets it's April Fools and doesn't do his pranks. This year, Hubby and I mentioned the night before, and Dude was still mad because he didn't have enough time ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/april-fools/ Long long ago in a land far far away before baseball schedules and work got in the way, the Boedies headed up to Breckenridge for a few days to get our of town for spring break. Our awesome friends, M and MS, let us use their condo for part of ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/geocaching-2012/