tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post3603046688500375264..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Opening Day Hooray!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-90925849261945098692009-04-30T23:06:00.000-04:002009-04-30T23:06:00.000-04:00How bad was the score for his game?? I did scorebo...How bad was the score for his game?? I did scorebook for one tonight that took an hour for the bottom of the 2nd inning and was 19-0 in the 3rd. The ump was actually telling kids to swing at anything close!!Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578841478321331243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-35984235062916237902009-04-30T16:30:00.000-04:002009-04-30T16:30:00.000-04:00Ah Dawn.
Today I looked at the Duggars website an...Ah Dawn.<br /><br />Today I looked at the Duggars website and decided that I need to change my parenting style and become a lot more like them. The calmness, the organisation, the joy at being surrounded by so many little faces...<br /><br />I did very well until about 7.25pm when I was about to get the kids ready for bed and discovered that one of them had used a marker to decorate the stair Esther (UK)http://www.handsfull.blog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-72528241764096338862009-04-30T04:23:00.000-04:002009-04-30T04:23:00.000-04:00Envy me Dawn....my son plays T-ball and they call ...Envy me Dawn....my son plays T-ball and they call it a 'game' here once the kiddos have played for one hour (sometimes 45 minutes)!!! Oh yeah, no more cheering for the kids running the bases the wrong way or heading for the wrong dug out! I really do love your stories about cold days at the ball park, but I hope to everything Holy that I never have to get Mickey D's coffee with 8 creamers (LOL Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-13259056116307626962009-04-29T23:17:00.000-04:002009-04-29T23:17:00.000-04:00Lucky you -- this was your first baseball game. W...Lucky you -- this was your first baseball game. We're working on our third week of games... of course we've hardly been able to play with all the rain and cold.<br /><br />OH! And I was at Zinnia's in the Ice House Mall today, and the woman who owns it was telling me that she gave out all her little postcards about your talk coming up there and that people are very excited about it... sounds Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803503583347758969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-69324428992253496382009-04-29T22:46:00.000-04:002009-04-29T22:46:00.000-04:00@Jillena: The Slaughter Rule is also known as the ...@Jillena: The Slaughter Rule is also known as the "Mercy Rule." It stops games from having scores of say... 65-2. Here is a pretty good description on Wikipedia:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_ruleBrianhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/nieblungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-42958132711181828482009-04-29T21:28:00.000-04:002009-04-29T21:28:00.000-04:00Totally relate! Do you feel like your on a rollar ...Totally relate! Do you feel like your on a rollar coaster that never, EVER let's you off? LOL!! I am so there!Christine https://www.blogger.com/profile/15524907888060240424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-22896851058620492092009-04-29T21:20:00.000-04:002009-04-29T21:20:00.000-04:00So which team got slaughtered, Austin's or the oth...So which team got slaughtered, Austin's or the other guys?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-87290623709273260452009-04-29T14:13:00.000-04:002009-04-29T14:13:00.000-04:00ah IL weather gotta love it. We don't start TBall...ah IL weather gotta love it. We don't start TBall for a few weeks yet and games aren't until June I think. Although we've still been cold at games (not THAT cold) in June. But the boys are doing Flag Football this year and that starts this week so we'll be out in it. But at least you 'feel' better about I think watching football vs baseball.Lisa Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895762022312960022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-19609018081703421222009-04-29T13:07:00.000-04:002009-04-29T13:07:00.000-04:00Am I the only one that doesn't know what the slaug...Am I the only one that doesn't know what the slaughter rule is?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711708820773850252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-66265526887358512012009-04-29T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-29T12:27:00.000-04:00We are a football family and three of our four boy...We are a football family and three of our four boys play. Our three girls have been dragged to games for years now. My youngest was on the sidelines at two days old. Here in Texas, we start the season playing in 100 degree weather, sweating our butts off and end up freezing on the sidelines, huddled together for warmth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240265014246492961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-29067941514296453382009-04-29T11:30:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:30:00.000-04:00My sister had the 5 Minute Rule for her daughter w...My sister had the 5 Minute Rule for her daughter when the girl wanted to wear her summer dresses on winter days with no jacket...... she had to stand on the balcony for a full 5 minutes to determine if her judgement was sane or not. The kid usually came to the same conclusion as her mom (that her choices could use some tweaking) and ran to change her clothes before she had to leave.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-11831173920780473322009-04-29T10:33:00.000-04:002009-04-29T10:33:00.000-04:00I never remember field trips. Lucky for me I don'...I never remember field trips. Lucky for me I don't actually have to drive them to the field trip... I usually just forget things like packing them a lunch or signing a permission slip. <br /><br />39 degrees! It's almost May!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166875964870812562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-90261652080070406482009-04-29T09:15:00.000-04:002009-04-29T09:15:00.000-04:00Ahhh I do remember those days! Not fondly, of cou...Ahhh I do remember those days! Not fondly, of course. All I can say about Brooklyn is "let her take the coat off". She will soon realize that everything you've been saying is right. My daughter (and son for that matter) were exactly the same way. It killed me to see them walking out of the house in a t-shirt in 40 degree weather. It killed me to see them standing at the buss stop shivering inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49526519925373482072009-04-29T09:05:00.000-04:002009-04-29T09:05:00.000-04:00Spring weather for baseball can be cruel. At leas...Spring weather for baseball can be cruel. At least you have warmer weather to look forward to :)Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507549110712824360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49043501543190753902009-04-29T08:31:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:31:00.000-04:00I think something is wrong when it's 39 in Chicago...I think something is wrong when it's 39 in Chicago and 85 in Connecticut on the same day in April. Our first spring soccer game saw us all in tank tops and shorts praying to avoid heatstroke. Oh well, by Thursday we'll probably need the UnderArmor too!<br /><br />~LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-55041613637772065032009-04-29T07:08:00.000-04:002009-04-29T07:08:00.000-04:00Too funny! I can't believe that with six kids, you...Too funny! I can't believe that with six kids, you actually have to think about what to write! I love reading about your family. :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01236181240024456757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-31623754561267988002009-04-29T05:05:00.000-04:002009-04-29T05:05:00.000-04:00In the league of things we have to do as parents, ...In the league of things we have to do as parents, I can think of nothing worse than having to sit through a game of any description. And in the cold too! No wonder Brooklyn threw a fit as I think I would too.<br /><br />Thank goodness my son inherited my loathing of anything that involves kicking, hitting or throwing a ball.Lesleynoreply@blogger.com