Baseball, the All American Sport

If you love the sport of baseball you're in the company of thousands upon thousands of other baseball fans across the country and the world. Whether you are in a packed stadium watching professionals, listening to a game on your radio while sitting on the back porch, coaching your child in little league, or watching your grandson or granddaughter participating in their first year of tball if you love the sport, you're probably smiling.
My grandson played his second year of tball this summer and I can say without being a boasting grandparent that he is truly quite the batter! It amazes me when he steps up to bat and hits the ball from the batting machine on his first swing. It amazes me how hard he can hit the ball, and it amazes me how he's grown since I played baseball with him on the front lawn when he was two and three years old. Now at six years old, he loves baseball, soccer, and hockey. He loves to golf and loves to ski. He loves to ride his bike and is training for the kids Triathlon.
You can see some photos of him playing baseball and one of his biggest cheerleaders, his little sister. And if you continue to scroll down you can see some of the baseball items I have recently added to our Toddler's Place store and some of our baseball T-shirts, mugs, stickers, bags, and more from our Sport Shop.

Stick Figure I Play Baseball Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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BASEBALL Blond Boy Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Baseball Rocks T-shirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Baseball Slugger T-shirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Frog Baseball Batter Up Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Bumblebee Baseball My Sport Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Green Baseball All Star Tshirts and Gifts by sport_shop
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Baseball What Else T-shirts and Gifts by sport_shop
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Born to Play Baseball Tshirts and Gifts by sport_shop
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4th of July Weekend

4th of July was a wonderful! We had a backyard barbeque yesterday evening with some family members and later watched the fireworks from my backyard. We had the firepit burning and roasted hot dogs and made s'mores, plus feasted on chips and home made guacamole and salsa and other snacks. We hid balloons that contained coins in the backyard for the six kids that attended the party and they had a blast doing those little popits on the sidewalk in front of the house. By the time the fireworks were over we were all very tired but happy. It was a great night!
I went to the Marquette parade yesterday as my grandson and son in law were in the parade. I watched it with my daughter and granddaughter in the sun at temps reaching over 90 degrees. On Friday I went to a festival in downtown Ishpeming that had a lot of sidewalk vendors selling everything from carnival type toys, hand made crafts, wood carved items, beautiful framed photos, and lots of hot dogs, nachos, and cold water and pop. The kids enjoyed snow cones and ice cream bars and had a blast in the big bounce tent, blow up slide, and on the pony rides. They won some trinkets doing the fishing game and basketball game. Another nice time had by all.
Today was a quiet day, spending the morning cleaning up a bit after last nights backyard barbeque, then later took a ride to Munising and spent ample amount of time walking along the beach of Lake Superior on the way there. Once in Munising we found a little roadside park and found a spot high on a hill overlooking the water. I sat and read a book for about an hour, enjoying it immensely as I barely have time to read and it felt so wonderful to do so, there in the semi-shade with the view of lake superior, the water a green/blue today, the air so fresh, and no bugs biting me. And although I can hear the distant popping of fireworks in neighboring cities, I chose to forego fireworks tonight and get an early rest so I can wake up refreshed and get some work done tomorrow.
All in all it was a nice 4th of July holiday, the best part spending time with family and friends. Here's a few photos of my 4th of July weekend. He loved the festival and truly enjoyed the ponies!

It was a very hot day for a parade with temps reaching well into the 90s!

After the parade, she cooled off by spraying herself with water and loving every moment of it. So many smiles and giggles as she sent the soft spray of cool water into her face.

All dressed up in patriotic red, white, and blue to be in the parade!

One of my favorite evenings this weekend was spent watching the sunset at black rocks in Marquette at Presque Isle. It's so beautiful there on a warm, calm, summer night.

New Designs at Toddler's Place

If you've visited my Toddler's Place store in recent weeks you might have noticed that some sections are empty. That's because I'm revamping the entire store and at the present time I have many sections created for designs that I haven't yet added products for. I hope to have this store completed by mid July. In the process, I have added a lot of new designs in various categories including sports, miscellaneous, music, girl stuff, and animals. If you haven't visited our Toddler's Place store lately, check out some of the new kids, baby, and toddler T-shirts, bodysuits, tote bags, cards, stickers, magnets, and other items! You can find many of our designs are suitable for adults too, so we've added plenty of adult size t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatshirts to our store as well. It's only July, but certainly not too early to start thinking about cute back to school T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and school tote bags. We also have a lot of cute and colorful summer, surfing, and beach T-shirts and bags!
Can't easily find what you're looking for? Just type a keyword into the Search This Store bar in the left sidebar and you can easily find all the items in our store pertaining to that keyword. Pretty cool isn't it?! Need help adding a name or other text to an item? You can add it with the easy customization tools available to you, but if you would rather have me personalize an item for you, just email me at sales@peacockcards.com with your request and I'll be happy to send you a link to the personalized item!

BEACH African American Boy Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Animal Lover Boy T-shirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Bugs Bugs Bugs Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Mermaid Blond Pony Tail Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Frog Fairy - Blond T-shirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Little Cowboy Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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Frog Baseball - Catcher Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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SOCCER - Brunette Boy tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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The Campfire Tshirts and Gifts by toddlersplace
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