Congratulations to our winner, Ashley Pawloski! Check back on the blog on Monday for a few of the many awesome ideas you submitted! 🙂
Alrighty, friends. So many of you have asked where I got my shoes, featured in this pic here. Once again, Reebok?they hit it out of the park with these classic style, fashionable wedge-tennies. I am in love with the Reebok Women’s AK Wedge!
You can sport some too!! Leave a comment on this blog sharing your favorite exercise to do with your kids (or any kids!). I?ll test out these exercises with my own kiddos, pick my fave, and send the winner a pair. Contest ends at 11:59 pm EST Thursday, March 27, 2014, and the lucky winner will be announced on Friday, March 28, 2014.
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Heidi 🙂
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My little man and I like to go on night walks when weather allows. He tries to guess at new sounds and search for night animals/bugs. Its silent other than the animals/wind, and us time.
Heidi
I dont have any of my own kid but only the ones at my school a K-6 and paticularly involve my special ed 1st graders at group indoor/ outdoor activity ” Going on a bear hunt” … song where they row, using upper body motions ,crawl, run in place, using totsl body motions of arms and legs and emphasizing breathing as well, im on a bit heavy size but encourage the kids if i can move my body so can they in positive way and show them I too can start to be fit and we all have fun doing it in getting fit together no matter what our individual abilities are, or capabilities.They always cant wait for recess, me too.
I don’t have kids, but sometimes when I hang out with some or babysit them, I like to do jump rope contests. Whoever can jump over the rope the most times before messing up wins!
My kids and I like to play Red Light, Green Light. When its red we stop and green we go for it 🙂 Trying to reach the person who is the light. We also like to play “Mother May I”. It is all old school games but in today’s world they are forgotten. I have taught some of my students these games and they still like them. (Of course they won’t admit it, but I catch them playing it all the time).
My favorite thing to do with my kiddos is going on a hick.
We like to set up obstacle courses in the backyard. Jumping over things, climbing, hurdling… Anything we can think of incorporating with jump ropes, cones and even their swing set. It’s like a mini Spartan Race and we have so much fun! You might even burn extra calories from laughing so hard!
My grandkids and I like to walk the dog down the road, it’s a 1.25 mile round trip, it’s good exercise for this 63-year-old woman, and it’s something I couldn’t do 160 pounds ago!
For my son’s birthday, we had a pirate party for our family & 1 of our activities was a cannonball toss. You had to run to a tub of water (in our case a baby pool) & soak a water ball (or sponge) in the water, then throw it across the yard at one of the other participants to tag them. We had several cannonballs for each person & you could pick up any cannonballs & run to the water station & soak them & toss them back. I’ll never forget how my father-in-law who is usually so reserved, was the first one to grab the balls & run & he laughed so hard. Everyone was nice & wet by the end of the game, but everyone was laughing & having a good time.
We play tickle monster (a chase game) at the park. Gets everyone moving and having fun.
My 2yr old(almost 3yr) & I play “pillow mountain” as he calls it 😉
We pile up as many pillows & cushions & blankets we can find onto the floor and then we take a fast running leap into the pile over & over again! He will shout out things like “I landed in the mud, I landed in syrup, Im stuck in peanut butter, I fell in the marshmallows!”
Then we laugh & giggle our guts out being silly running back and forth like crazy people! He loves it and it gets us moving & grooving , especially during this cold winter we’ve had. 🙂 Have fun Powell Pack!