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.
Comment away!!!
Heidi 🙂
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I love taking my kids on walks around our neighborhood and racing with them to the mailbox!
We dance to music we play dj and put on CD or my hubby has old records. It’s fun:-) we love to dance and make up fun silly dances!
I won’t be a mom for three more weeks, but can I consider doing Crossfit at 9 months pregnant (from crossfitmom.com) “working out with my kid?” 🙂 On that note, when she’s old enough to want to exercise with me, I noticed this website I’m a slave to has a link to crossfitkids.com, and I sort of love that idea, especially since they get to do exercises like “bear crawls” and “one-legged hops.”
I love going on a hike. It’s fun to get some fresh air and be out in nature. You can vary the distance depending on the age of the kids.
My favorite exercise to do with my son is aerobic dance ,and squatting a lot!!!
My favorite exercises with the kids has always been ball games, from playing catch to monkey in the middle;)
Here in San Angelo, TX., we have a 4 mile trail that runs along the river. My son’s and I (10 and 2) love to head there on a beautiful day and get in at least 2 miles if not more. Depending on how the little one is doing 🙂 They love and so do I. Love that my 10 yr old likes to work out like me 🙂
I teach first grade so I am constantly looking for movement activities to do with my students. My all time favorite, even from my childhood, is the human knot! Kiddos and adults have to work together to get untangled. It’s great for those students who need a little encouragement to be involved but it also gets kiddos up and moving and WORKING TOGETHER to solve a problem.
Dancing! My 3 year old daughter wants to be a ballerina so I try to show her moves from when I took 12 years of ballet growing up. It’s always so much fun!
My favorite exercise to do with my kids is called “crazy hill repeats.” I love it because I can do it with all 4 of my kids, who range in age from 4 to 11. (And I could even do it with one in the Ergo!) Basically, you find a hill, and run up it (“Attack the hill!”) and then do a crazy walk/jog back down the hill (make up your own moves, pretend to be an animal, invent a silly walk, etc.) Then, you run back up the hill again. Whoever can run up the hill the most times wins! It’s not time-based, so it works for all ages. The little kids get an equal shot, since it’s not timed–it’s just who can run up and back down the most times. Often times, my little kids win! They have amazing stamina. And as long as any of the kids are still going, I keep going, because it’s a great workout. The steeper the hill, the harder it is! (But please be safe and don’t choose anything treacherous.)