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Baseball is in full swing these days. I love being a baseball mom! When I was younger, I used to spend my weekends February through October at the ballpark playing on my competitive fastpitch team. It was a blast and I love watching my oldest learning to play the game. 

He missed the first two weeks of the season due to getting his tonsils removed. He was bummed at first but now is loving being back with his teammates. He is making a lot of new friends.

He plays for the Cool Cats and is number 44 this season. He has yet to play one specific position but enjoys playing third base, catcher, and left field. Amari is pretty fast (when he is not being lazy) and is mostly in the outfield.  

Three Saturday's ago he ended up getting the game ball. He went 2-3 at bat, scored twice, and had a great play at 3rd base. He was focused the entire game even though it was raining out. He also was excited that his Auntie was there cheering him on.

There are three more weeks left in the season and I am pretty sure my little baseball player is going to love the rest of the season with his teammates. So many great memories are made both on the field and in the dugout. And I am pretty sure he will dig his first trophy too. 

I am all about featuring products that focus on sustainability and that are friendly to the environment. Denisa Piatti does just that with her Seaweed and Horn collections.

The Seaweed Collection pays homage to the local women in Zanzibar who harvest the seaweed from the sea. The intricate shapes pulled ashore are reflected in the designs. Denisa use acrylic plastic and forms organic shapes that mimic the seaweed and carefully combines the acrylic with precious metals to form the designs. Just like the women in Zanzibar who work long extraneous hours harvesting the seaweed, Denisa also works laborious hours crafting this particular design.

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Ingredients:

2 2/3 cups flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened at room temperature
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
12 strawberries washed and chopped (should fill a small cereal bowl)
2 teaspoons sugar
4 large mint leaves, washed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine brown sugar, sugar, and butter in a bowl. Mix together until blended for about 3 minutes. Add egg and beat well into the mixture. Slowly add sour cream and vanilla and blend together.

2. In a medium sized bowl mix together 1 1/4 cup of flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Stir together with a whisk. Slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until combined.

3. Wash and chop 10-12 fresh strawberries. Cut in half and toss in food processer with fresh mint leaves on low. Add chopped berries to mixture and stir together.

4. Spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray or grease with butter. Spoon batter into piping bag (Ziplock bag if you don't have a piping bag) and cut off the end of one corner. Squeeze the batter from your bag into each circular donut mold. Each donut should be 3/4 full. 

5. Bake for 15 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Let stand for 5 minutes before removing from donut pan and placing on cooling rack. Repeat with remaining batter until done.

Glaze -

1. Whisk together 4 cups of powdered sugar, 1/2 cups milk, and 2 teaspoons vanilla until smooth. Dip the top of cooled donuts into mixture and set aside on cooling rack to harden.

2. Add sprinkles.
 

Serves these delicious donuts with a cup of coffee and enjoy. The fresh strawberries and mint makes these donuts. My family loved them. Enjoy!

The school year is coming to a close which means summer is approaching quickly. I can't believe that my oldest son is finishing up his first year of school in less than 26 days. Where is my box of tissues cause this Mama Bear is about to cry!  I guess it's time for me to start looking into summer camps and extracurricular activities for my boys. Thankfully, Mabel's Labels makes it easy to keep my youngest son safe this summer with Customizable Allergy Alert Labels! He is allergic to pineapple and I don't want him having an allergic reaction this summer.  

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I plan on putting them on my son's snack bags and drink containers when he goes to sports camps, Vacation Bible School, and on his travel bag when we go on vacations this summer.

 

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2. How old is your mom?

Um...16.

 

3. What is your favorite thing to do with mom? 

 

Clean up the walls. Ugh, making dinner. And um, buying a toy at the store.

4. What is your mom's favorite thing to eat?

 

Um what? Salad...

5. What is your mom's favorite thing to drink?

 

Coffee! You drink a lot of coffee.

6. What is your mom's job?

 

Mentor. You hang out with kids all day.

7. What is mom really good at?

 

Cleaning up the house. Playing games like "hide-hide" and Star Wars.

8. What is your favorite meal that mom makes? 

 

Homemade Mac N' Cheese and spaghetti! 

9. What is your favorite treat that mom bakes?

 

Cookies. They are good and have lots of chocolate chips in them.

10. What is your mom's favorite color?

 

  Pink... Its a girl color and you're a girl.

11. I love my mom because...

 

She lets me watch T.V.