It's time to get the court shoes out from the back of the closet, go for a few runs, and dust off the skirt that thousands of women will be wearing as the netball season gets under way.
It's also time to warn the kids that Saturday is ''netball day'' and they had better find ways of entertaining themselves on the side of the court for up to an hour.
After retiring from rugby, I missed the friendship and fun that comes with team sport and, after having children, a sport that was family-friendly was also a necessity.
Netball ticked all the boxes when it came to friendship, fun and family-friendliness. On netball courts the length and breadth of New Zealand, you'll find women of all shapes, sizes and ages on the court, and children of varying ages and attention spans on the sidelines.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few infants left in their pushchairs with notes saying: ''My mum's playing netball, call her if I need anything - she's the WD playing on Court 3.''
Would anyone raise an eyebrow or take the moral high ground if that were to happen? Integrating family life with netball life is the norm at the recreational level in this sport and is fast becoming the modus operandi at the elite level, too.
No-one blinks an eye now when players make a comeback after having a baby. It is so much a part of netball culture that Netball New Zealand has asked Silver Ferns to make ''family planning'' decisions that are the most beneficial to the team and themselves when it comes to pinnacle events like the world championships and Commonwealth Games.
Bringing your baby to a Silver Ferns training would not be considered appropriate but Netball New Zealand would definitely help in terms of child care needs so the players could attend trainings and be switched on, both physically and mentally.
Making the transition from baby bibs to netball bibs also happens at the ANZ Championship level.
In the Pulse team that narrowly lost to the Queensland Firebirds over Easter, Daya Wiffen has a 15-month-old son, Liana Leota gave birth last year, and Joline Henry is in the squad only two months after giving birth.
Wiffen is enjoying her chance to shine, Henry works hard to try to achieve her pre-baby form, and Leota is a star for the Pulse with her vision, passing skills and connection with Donna Wilkins.
I had the privilege of watching Leota play club netball in Palmerston North only a few weeks after having her baby. She is simply a freak when it comes to her commitment to netball, which is inspirational and admirable.
These women make it all seem so easy. Is it?
Wiffen, in an interview, admitted that last season her post-baby body was different in ways she hadn't expected. She didn't understand, and despite her willingness to soldier on with a ''can-do'' attitude, she is glad Henry is the one going through that adjustment this year and not her.
Although it's hard work getting there, having babies is no longer seen as a disadvantage, and in some ways it could be seen as a positive.
In the past, the Pulse has struggled in the transtasman competition (finishing seventh last year was its high point) but with coach Robyn Broughton, captain Katrina Grant, star shooter Wilkins and a few more mothers, maybe the Pulse can harness that mental toughness and physical resilience that comes with motherhood and improve this season.
