Anyone who’s ever had a child in kindergarten soccer knows the sweetest thing about it (aside from those tiny little uniforms and shin guards and nets you could fold up and put in your purse) is that everybody wins. To ensure that everybody wins, goalies are not a thing. Both of my kids loved kindergarten soccer. They couldn’t wait to get their trophies at the end, which was an inevitability, ...
The Camp Mom Waxes Poetic
I swear I know that Halloween comes every October 31st, but this year it really crept up on me.Maybe it was the fact that Bauercrest at the Bruins happened on the 28th, so I was swept up in a whirlwind of missing tickets, changing jersey sizes, and showing a Garden full of fans that Camp Bauercrest Youth Hockey is a thing (you just have to believe), ultimately proving to loving mothers ...
Camp Mom Lowdown on the High Holidays
The High Holidays always bring me back to when I was a little girl going to temple with my family. I absolutely dreaded having to sit through services. I found them long and frustrating, and I could never understand what any of it had to do with me. I went purely out of obligation. I think the only time I felt like I was really a part of things was at my own Bat Mitzvah. This all ...
Camp Mom Craziness
Every time I get into my car, I get a notification on my phone telling me exactly how many minutes it will take me to get to Amesbury. I don’t know why it keeps happening… or why it’s presuming, almost two weeks after the last day of camp, that Amesbury is where I want to be. I spent eight unforgettable weeks of my summer at 17 Old County Road, but then I packed up and said good-bye just like ...
Pre-Camp Business, Chill on the Hill & More!
Hello, Bauercrest families!I hope that those of you who are on school break are enjoying your time off, whether you are vacationing or staycationing. We’re doing the latter. Yesterday the unseasonably gorgeous New England weather had me sitting on the beach with my laptop, happily faking myself out. Now, as I sit inside with my laptop because it's 47 degrees out, I am suddenly not nearly as ...
Confessions of a Camp Mom
I love being a Camp Mom. Someone needs a little extra attention, I let him chill in my office. Someone’s feeling kidsick, I text her a few extra pics. Someone’s bunk’s a mess, I throw them all Swiffers and make them sing and dance to “It’s a Hard-Knock Life.” But it’s no secret that being an actual mom is a whole different ball of wax. And while I realize the two roles are not mutually exclusive, ...
