Sports Mama Tip: 2018 Holiday Gift Ideas!

The Holiday season is upon us once again, Sports Mamas! Our tree and stockings are up, I'm pinning new cookie recipes, and my boys' wish lists have been made.


Here are some of the items they are asking for this year:




No. 1 (15 years old)

• AirPods

• NBA jerseys

• Hoodies

• Football back plate

No. 2 (13 years old):

• Uggs

• Windbreaker

• PSN gift cards

• Jeans, "ripped" ones specifically

No. 3 (10 years old):

• NBA 2k19

• Sneakers

• Books

What are your athletes asking for this year? Let me know in the comment section below!

10 Signs You're Probably a Basketball Mom

After football and soccer comes BASKETBALL! No. 1 will be playing for his high school team and both No. 2 and No. 3 will be playing rec ball through our local youth club. I can't wait! It was 33 degrees during yesterday's soccer game... 33 degrees. No, thank you!

Here are TEN telltale signs that you're probably a basketball mama too...

1. You never leave home without your stadium seat, that just so happens to be in your team colors. Ain't nobody got time for bleacher butt!
2. 99.9% of your Instagram posts end with #ballislife.
3. You have more water bottles lying around in your car than you do people in your family to actually drink from them. So that's where they all went!
4. You know your way to all of the gyms within a 50 mile radius of your house. Who needs Waze? Get yourself a basketball mom instead!
5. Summer tourneys are your family vacations. How else would you be able to squeeze in a four day trip to the beach without missing a single game or practice?!
6. Your non-basketball mom friends look at you like you're crazy when you tell them you're charged an entry fee to watch your own child play!
7. You can't wait for your baller's annual checkup with their pediatrician to find out just how much (fingers crossed!) they've grown. Is he 6'5 yet, doctor??
8. Your charm bracelet collection has been taken over by those brightly colored, admission wristbands. Pink, purple, orange, green. Name it, you've got it!
9. You know so much about sneakers that people think you work for Foot Locker; When they come out, how much they cost, what NBA players are wearing them.
10. You also know that a good pair of slides are just as essential as their sneakers, even if they are only worn on the way to and from games!

Good luck this season, Mamas!




*** Click HERE for my basketball mama survival tips and HERE to see what I carry in my basketball mama bag!

A Tribute to Football Moms Everywhere

Dear Football Mamas,




Thank you for registering us to play, season after season.

Thank you for helping us to make weight for weigh-in.

Thank you for buying us all of the necessary equipment to ensure that we're as safe as possible.

Thank you for taking us to all of our practices.

Thank you for making sure the fridge is full when we come home starving afterwards.

Thank you for filling our water bottles.

Thank you for washing our uniforms.

Thank you for waking up even earlier on the weekends than you do during the work week to drive us across town for our games.

Thank you for cutting up oranges for halftime and buying snacks to feed our teams.

Thank you for watching us play.

Thank you for always being our biggest cheerleaders, win or lose.

Thank you for wiping away our tears when we feel like we haven't played our best.

Thank you for helping heal our cuts, bumps, and bruises.

Thank you for always having a smile on your face.

Thank you for always being there for us, no matter what.

Thank you for putting your life on hold, for ours.

You're the real MVPs!

Love,




Football Players Everywhere








*** A huge thank you to the awesome mamas in our Facebook Group for submitting all of these wonderful photos! ***