Yesterday, my daughter’s class had a field trip. I went along for the adventure… remember? I’m an overbearing control freak!?! Nooo, silly!
Actually, I really enjoy spending time with our kids, I love the place they were visiting, I enjoy learning (or refreshing my memory) along with the kids, and… ok… I’m not thrilled with all [...]
Yesterday was a great day for movement. I love days like that… feels so good to moooove!
The resistance training work out was a high-intensity, quick-paced one with very short rest periods between sets.
30 alternating lunges with 2 x 25 lb. dumbbells
30 Romanian dead lifts with 2 x 35 lb. db’s
20 chest presses with 2 x [...]
We’re out of town for a seminar this weekend and we brought the kids along. We’ve been “tag-teaming” our parental duties with them while the other parent sits in on the classes. It’s all working out just fine.
You may recall from a post a few days ago that I spent some time packing up quite [...]
Yesterday my daughter went to her first day of a home school “school” that meets once per week for a very interesting variety of classes. This semester she’s taking a nice combination of history, arts, science/physics and literature.
Just an interesting, fun day for her with kids OTHER than her little brother, and a nice [...]
My focus continues to be on daily movement, whether it’s “formal” exercise or not.
Last Thursday, I did a full body work out (will be posted along with other “resistance training” work outs today). Then later that day I took the kids out for a bike ride and ended up doing a crazy series of sprints [...]
Squats on the BOSU ball
Here’s a little video clip of the exercise you see me refer to so often: squats on the flat side of the BOSU ball. My little model is holding some light weight balls up on her shoulders.
You can do the same with any light object (soup cans, etc.), or you can [...]
Loopy work out buddies!
You know those work outs I write about that sometimes take a little longer than others? Here’s why!
This simple suggestion for better health only applies to those of you who may have a challenge getting your kids to eat their veggies… especially if they’re sitting on the same plate as something like french fries!
My “Just One Thing” tip regarding kids and veggies is this: Give your kids their veggies BEFORE the rest [...]
Our kids have been on-the-go a bit more than usual for the past 3 weeks… vacationing along with another family (different schedules, different foods, etc.), then a very active vacation with mom and dad – LONG days full of adventure and exercise… and driving, then a day of whirlwind house cleaning to prepare for house [...]
Here’s a sneak peek inside our crazy little world!
We have a big “rule” in our house about watching television and movies – NO sitting around like a blob… letting your brain turn to mush! If the kids are going watch something, they’ve got to move their bodies! We have an understanding that every time a [...]
Every once in awhile, I find some twisted pleasure in proving to myself that I still have SOME level of control over my children. It’s so wrong, I know. I’ll start saving for therapy!
Call it bribery, call it brain washing… I don’t really care! I call it getting my kids to do what I want, [...]
That was the question of the day that I was asked repeatedly in our practice yesterday. “What do you do about Halloween? Will you let your kids have any candy at all???”
Have I mentioned previously that I’M NOT A BIG FAT MEANIE?!
Geez! What’s the big deal, anyway?! I’m pretty sure that a child will not [...]
Yesterday I took the kids on a fantastic field trip! We went to Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ontario to see the Monarch butterflies as part of their annual migration.
We were fortunate enough to have the one-on-one attention of an incredibly knowledgable naturalist from the park. The kids ate him up! They were sucking [...]
Today was my daughter’s first day at Summer Day Camp at the school she has attended for the past 2 years.
My last words to her at drop off time this morning were, “Have TONS of fun today, sweetie… and remember, don’t eat anything that somebody else gives you, don’t put anything on your skin other than [...]
