Mom's Eye View
Spring Sports Mean Lots of Running Around
This mother is looking forward to getting out of her car.
After some crazy days of spring, I’m looking forward to some lazy days of summer. Like many families in Naperville, spring has us running from practices to games all season long. There are overlapping sports — soccer and baseball for us. Schedules shift as game and practice days change week to week. Then there are the last-minute practices that might be announced only a few hours before they start. Add to that the drive time all over town from Nike to Commissioners to Frontier to DuPage River and Prairieparks. And, finally, the chaos of rainouts and makeup games. It takes a hefty calendar to keep track of it all. I use two. My monthly calendar has the numbers of the month running down the long side of the calendar and then five open spaces…
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