Yes, you can play baseball in high heels.
I promise.
As a child, we used to have massive whiffle ball games in our backyard. It was always me, Jane, my 2 brothers, my parents and any neighbors who were available to play.
The games were low-key, but could get very competitive. Very hard-core (yes, even for a 6-year-old little girl). And they were always so much fun!
One thing I love most about it was that my mother always always played. No other mothers in the neighborhood played.
Those were truly some of the defining moments in my childhood, when I looked at my mom and thought to myself, “She’s so cool!”
Oftentimes she would play in her favorite while mule espadrilles. Looking fashionable while staying sporty.
So about a month ago my parents bought William and Alexander their first baseball bat and ball. A nice Nerf set so that we could teach them how to hit a line drive and throw a mean curve ball (OK, that may take a couple of years!).
One recent afternoon right after the 4th of July, Jane, my mother and I had a business meeting with a local vendor. So as I was showering and getting dressed upstairs, Matt had taken the boys out front to play.
I could hear laughing and giggling from my bedroom, so I peeked outside to see what was going on.
Well, it was baseball practice.
Matt had bases set up. Each of the boys had their gloves on.
And Matt was “hitting” balls for the them to get and throw back to him.
My heart melted.
So I screamed down “Go Red Sox!”… and the boys looked up.
And then I got the request, “Mommy, you want to play too?” from my William.
And believe me ladies, there was a second of hesitation. There I was – make-up on, hair straightened, rocking the sundress and high heels, and I was contemplating painting my toes and nails…
Not to mention my mother would be picking me up in 30 minutes.
But I thought to myself, “This is one of those times where I can show my boys that Mommy not only loves baseball, but she can play dressed up, dressed down, in flip flops, in high heels, or (as was the case) in full blown make-up and hair mode.”
And so, I ran down the stairs, opened the front door… got myself behind that home plate and started hitting baseballs to my boys.
In high heels.
And I remembered back my mother playing with us in the backyard growing up. And her playing whiffle ball in her mules while Jane and I cheered from the swing set as she ran the bases.
I remembered her throwing footballs. And playing volleyball. And just loving it all.
And she’s a girly-girl too!
And so it’s moments like that one in my yard, playing baseball with my boys, when I look at my 4 men and think to myself, “Can life get any better than this!?”
I may not be painting nails, or playing Barbie, or dashing off to dance class, or braiding hair, or making a princess outfit (yet!!)…
I’m raising boys… but I’m still a girly-girl at heart.
I love that my boys know I’m the type of Mommy who can get down and dirty in a baseball game – even with heels on!
I love hearing them cheer me on as I run the bases in my Jimmy Choos!
So, yes… you can play baseball in high heels.
I promise.
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Speaking of being a girly-girl… wouldn’t this Carolyn’s Kitchen apron and glove set actually make you excited to do housework!?
You can win a Carolyn’s Kitchen apron and glove set of your choice!
Simply leave us a comment here, stating your favorite Carolyn’s Kitchen set!
We’ll randomly choose a winner on Friday, August 10th at 12:00 noon EDT, and the winner will receive the set of her choice, courtesy of Carolyn’s Kitchen!
Oh my! I soooo need one of those sets! Hubby would LOVE the Marilyn set, but ha, I think I’d rather wear the Dorothy set in lime or pink!!
Steph
What a cute picture you just painted. Jimmy Choo’s and baseball, who knew they could go so well together! Your boys are really going to have to search the world over to find women that can measure up to mom and Grandma!
Audrey, you know I’d soo be there playing ball in heels. If I ever wore them, that is! Good thinking with the dropping it all and playing with your boy…you know what it took me awhile to pick up on–it goes too quickly!
I need to be in on the apron thing, and my favorite has got to bee the Dorothy pink! xoxo
I would love to win this!! I like the Dorothy in Aqua!
Love the sports story! I was at the park yesterday with my 2 and a friend brought some toys. My son LOVES sports!! He is only 2 but if there is a ball in the room, he will find it and claim it. He found a kids sized tennis racquet, he never saw one before. He picked it up and wanted me to play tennis the WHOLE time we were there. My daughter was content in a pile of dirt, so I played tennis with him while we were at the park. I was thinking how I am always playing some sport with him and how I love his athletic side!! I cannot wait until he is on a team! I know he will be in his element for sure. But speaking of teams…. GO YANKEES!! 🙂
I don’t know if I can play baseball in heels only because I have enough trouble WALKING in heels! I work a pair this past weekend that are a little higher than usual. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I was sitting down most of the night!
But don’t give up on me yet. We’re going out again this weekend, and I’ll be damned if I’m not going to practice in those same pair of heels. Wish me luck!
YOU SURE CAN!!!!! Girly Girls that raise boys ROCK!!!!
AND SPEAKING OF GIRLY GIRL . . . .those aprons are awesome!! Have I mentioned that I have a pin up fetish? I love the look of the 40s and 50s pin up girl!!!
Why do I have to pick my favorite?!?!? I love all of the aprons!
My favorites are the Dorothy Red!!! I love the b/w/r apron!!! Ohh or the pink and white!!! Matching gloves!! LOL! the fur. . .no way!
When I tell my wife about my boyhood, she always has the same response. “I so don’t want a boy.” I tried to convince her that I was just an exceptionally bad child. she wasn’t buying it. 🙂
I’m all over the Dorothy in pink or lime.
And I’m up for a ball game with the kids, no matter what I’m wearing. (Although I’d probably kick off the shoes and play in my bare feet…)
LOVE those Aprons! I am a fanatic about aprons! I pick up a few here and there at second hand shops. Purely decorative given the light wieght sheer material they are made of (vintage aprons that is)
It was hard to pick just one of the Carolyn aprons but I will say the Red and Black Dorothy one 🙂 Heck I would be happy with any one of them!
I LOVE the Dorothy Apron Pink best!!
This little apron set would get any hot momma excited!
I would love to wear the Dorothy Apron in Pink and cook for my husband. I was just thinking the other day I could really use an apron. I hope I win!!!!
Yes, girly-girls can hang in high heels. I get home from work and my son barley lets me out of the car and has the football or basketball in hand, mom caught the ball so there I am in dress clothes and heels playing ball. The things we do for love!
This would definitely spice up my spice rack! I think the Dorothy set in black & bright pink is dee-vine.
I love the Dorothy apron in black and red. My cooking would taste much better if I wore this apron in the kitchen.
Love this post! High Heels on the ballfield. Love it.
Love the apron set too…just great.
Great story, Audrey. Those are the times your little ones will remember the best; not the times you planned out a game and made sure you had players, etc, but the times you dropped what you were doing or took the few minutes you had available to play.
I think my fave is the Dorothy in black and lime.
I’m in limbo between the Marilyn in pink & Dorothy in black & aqua. I promise to decide if I win. Too fun! I’m sure hubby would enjoy my cooking more in one of these!
I’m not sure how much cooking would get done in the Marilyn set;0) However, I think the Dorothy apron in pink is too F-U-N!
The Marylin apron set looks too fun… I love the pink!
I’m off to link up the contest!
I love the Dorothy in black and lime but the Marilyn set is hilarious and I know my daughter would love to have matching Lucy aprons…
I love the dorothy apron in pink!
What a great post again!
And the aprons… I want one! My favorite is the Dorothy in red (and black). Those are sooo cool, I have to remember to put that on my want-it-for-Christmas-list, unless of course you girls are so fabulous and pick me to win 🙂
Katja
I am totally torn between the Dorothy apron in lime and in pink! They are both awesome! lizzy_142@hotmail.com
Oh my gosh, those are just AWESOME! Its so hard to choose, but I guess I would have to go with Dorothy in Lime.
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the dorothy sets are so cute! would love one in lime. 🙂 thanks!
I would freak out wearing the Marilyn… but I know that’s what hubby would like best! Pink is adorable! Great sponsor! Thanks for letting us know about it!
Oh I so love the Sweetheart Apron in red:-) You were indeed very lucky to have a mom who played sports with the children…not too many moms do! lol I was the only girl with 4 brothers so I was involved in a lot of their baseball and football games but my mom never joined in…she said she was always too busy cooking! lol xox
I LOVE the Dorothy Yellow w/ the black stripes!
Oh, my! Dorothy in lime is definitely the one for me LOL! Love it!!!
I Love that Vintage Lucy Apron in yellow!!
Reminds me of the apron styles my Granny wore.. I loved them then and still do!!
I so want to win that!!! I used to have some of my Granny’s aprons but they got lost between moves. I miss having them.
Dorthy all the way…Hubby likes that one, too;)
As far as playing baseball in high heels…So that’s why I’m so lousy at the game. I’ve been wearing tennis shoes all this time:)
Oh my goodness!!! That has to be the cutest apron I have ever seen! I love it! I love to host little get togethers and that would be a show stopper for sure! Now I just need to find some cute high heels to wear around with it!
Dorthy set in Aqua or Orange please. Too cute!
My husband would love the Marilyn apron but I have to say the Breast Cancer apron is my favorite. My grandmother was diagnosed in February so the pink ribbon is special to me.
Enter me in the contest because I SOOO need the yellow Dorothy apron!!!!
Sweetheart Apron!
Oh my goodness those aprons are sooo cute! I love all things that have to do with cooking and retro fashions. This is right up my 50’s inspired alley!!!
I love the Dorothy set in the Aqua color.
Since I’m the bread “cooker” in the family, I’m sure the apron would be worn on a daily basis. Besides wearing it in the kitchen or doing chores around the house, I’d actually wear the apron to get the mail in the afternoons just so the neighbors could ooh and ahhh over it.
Can you imagine the response I’d get when I’m entertaining my husband’s colleagues when they come over for dinner?
Show-stopper for sure!
I like them all–probably Dorothy in Red!
Please count me in on the apron thing. I LOVE the Dorothy apron in either lime or pink!!!
I think it’s AWESOME that you do that with your boys! I’m trying to teach my little girl to get a little more dirty and “play”!!
I like the Dorthoy in lime green 🙂
I really like the Dorothy apron with the black stripes, in any color! How cute! What a wonderful idea. It’s always important to have the right outfit for everything, including cooking!
Very cute aprons!! I lespecially ove the Dorthy apron Red!!
What a sweet boy! Also, very cute apron!
Go supermom! That’s the kind of mother that I want to be! Kids absolutely love when their parents play with them. I use to run my mother nuts, I was the only child so who else could I play with? WOW! Those aprons are too cute to even wear cooking! I’d love to have Dorothy apron in red or aqua! I can’t decide!
The Dorothy Apron in pink is too cute. I would love any motivation to clean my house!
Dorothy in Black/White with Red! oooh I luv it!
All I could think when I read this was, “She owns a pair of Jimmy Choos?!” Totally jealous! 🙂
And, hey! We’re both having an apron contest, lol!
I LOVE Carolyn’s apron sets. Please enter me!
I wish I could pull off the Marilyn apron, lol!
My favorite though is the Dorothy apron set in pink for Breast Cancer research. I lost my aunt to breast cancer, so I think it’s wonderful for her to have this and to donate to breast cancer research. I would wear it proudly.
What cute pictures.
I love the Dorthy Apron in pink. My youngest whos 22 and just moved into her own apartment just asked me to try to make her a apron sort of like that.
IT so reminds me of her. So that is my fav, even though it was VERY hard to choose everythings so cute.
Thank you..
I love hte Aprons the Dorthy ones are so sweet. I have been cooking every day for my parents as i leave in 16 days to move into the college dorms. So this would be such a treat to win..
Thank you so much.
Has to be had to be the Pink Dorthy if I have to choose.
Oh do I really have to choose..
Yes thats my favorite. Love it..
Would look super on me in my first apartment I just got cooking away here with all my pink new appliances.
Hope I win..
Have a GREAT week.
I love them all, even though orange is not my best color! 🙂
But seriously, my choice would be the Dorothy apron in aqua or pink, especially if there was a matching apron available that I could purchase for my daughter!
I think you can do ANYthing in heels that you set your mind to do. 😉
And OMG! Faulous throwback! I LOVE the Dorothy apron in lime, but I’m drooling over the Daughter’s apron too. Sophia has her own lil apron collection already!
I like the Dorothy apron in Pink and i like the candy cane one. They are all cute..
I love the Dorothy Apron Breast Cancer Pink. I good friend of mine is a survivor and I would wear it proudly and think of her!
You’re definitely a girly-girl if you wear heels while playing sports!
My favorite Carolyn’s Kitchen set is the: Breast Cancer Pink Dorothy Apron and Gloves.
What a great story. I love it!
Love LOVE Love the Marilyn apron! Too cute, I have been looking for a cute one for quite a while now, so this would be perfect!
These are so cute! I think my favorite is the Dorthy apron in pink!
I gotta go with the Dorothy and the orange is my favorite.
oooo!!! These are so cute! I LOVE the pink Dorothy apron.
What a neat contest. I like the Dorothy in Pink.
Cool contest!! I like the Dorothy Apron Breast Cancer Pink set!
What a great story! Your boys are very lucky! 🙂 Oh, and I love the sweetheart aprons – all the colors are beautiful! 🙂
I definately love the pink Dorothy apron shown above – boy would my hubby be pleasantly surprised when he got home 🙂
I like the Dorothy in red – I think this is a win-win for everyone – Hubby would love it – it would make cooking more fun and aesthetically pleasing too!
The Dorothy in red, definitely!
I loved you story…please say there will be a #2 soon!
My favorite is the Sweetheart apron.
Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
Too cute! I love the Dorothy Apron Set in pink (and I’m not even a pink kinda gal!!!). I also like the Sweetheart Apron Set but I saw that they only have them in black or red…
Please enter me in this draw. These are just too cute!
I loved your post, by the way! You are one very cool mama! The boys are so lucky to have you!
OMG! My husband’s jaw would drop!!! I would love to win the Dorothy set in pink! Woo hoo!
What a fantastic lesson for us all! I don’t have any kids, but next time I promise to dress up when I go out and play ball with my dog. 😛
I like the Marilyn Apron in black and red.
Crystal816 at hotmail.com
I would love the Dorothy Apron Red, I’ve added a link to this on my site. My hubby hates dresses but I think he’d totally flip over this.
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What cute aprons! It’s hard to pick a favorite because they are all so awesome:) I really love the Aqua Dorothy so that will be my pick. Thanks for the chance to win:)
Hey there,
I am in love with those aprons. Tres adorable!
But my favorite would have to be the Dorothy apron in the Breast Cancer Pink because a portion of the proceeds go to Breast Cancer. I am all for the different organizations that help people, but especially breast cancer because my best friend’s mom is a survivor of breast cancer. So if I was to win I would pick the pink one to give to her because she collects the breast cancer pink items!
What a lovely contest and keep up the good work!!
Much love,
Britt
There are some really cute aprons there. It was a toss up for me between the pink Dorothy apron and the breast cancer one, but I think I would go for the breast cancer pink Dorothy apron if I won.
My wife really likes the Dorothy Pink apron!
I love that apron set. I don’t have any Dorthy aprons so I don’t have a favorite, well maybe that one you’re giving away if I win. I haven’t played baseball with my son yet as he is only two, but I love playing cars and trucks with him!
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