So lucky!
Why? Well, if you live here, I think you know why. It is almost the middle of January and we just had a 60 degree day! Wooooo Hoooooo!!!
It seems, though, that on every nice day (or week!!! :D ) my kids gets sick and we can't go out and play. So I have had to become quite the inventor with indoor "get-moving" activities.
This is what I have come up with. The pictures are not great- phone pictures you see- but they do prove that my kids are moving!
I have a yoga mat that has not been used in forever! I am not a yoga-er (not that kind of quiet spirit). But my kids loved it! In these pictures, Nevaeh is running as fast as she can across it. We did the bear crawl, summer-saults and skipping. It was a good way to act crazy in a small area without Nevaeh falling on her face and getting hurt. Grayson just wanted to lift it up and crawl under.
Hop scotch! You can use a lot of different things to do this. Get pieces of card board and tape them to a sheet, or the floor. You can even just draw right on the sheet of you can. Get creative!
-----We also turn music on everyday after lunch and dance before bed.
-----We play catch. Gray can do this with us now, so fun!
-----I brought their mini rock-wall/slide and swing inside.
-----I have created an obstacle course through out the house. Climbing over chairs, under them. Running around the toys, etc.
-----We do jumping jacks and kicks and push-ups. Yes, yes we do! It was her idea by the way.
-----I have Nevaeh go up and down the stairs trying to find stuff for me. I know, it sounds mean, but she has to get rid of some of that energy! (I don't make her just do it over and over though)
Sam you are so creative! Good work. :) My family is currently "walking" my niece while they walk the dog so that she's ready for her mid-morning nap. As you said, Gotta get that energy out somehow!
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