Some weeks are just built around being active here.  This is a round up of fun activities we’ve done.

• Free-get active idea: THE SPRINKLERS!!!  Although our sprinklers are on a schedule, my husband was testing out some of the sprinkler heads during the day.  My kids quickly got some swim suits on to take a few runs through.  What a work out!! At first its all about NOT getting hit by the water, then they are fully immersed.

• There was a pickup game of basketball on the 4th of July for the little guys.
• There was swimming.  Twice. At my sister in law’s and at the rec center.
• Trampoline jumping. Where necks were about to break.  My boys thought it would be fun to move one trampoline next to another at my sister-in law’s house. Then the would literally do a front flip from the higher one to the lower one! I had a heart attack EACH AND EVERY FLIP!!
• On Wednesday, we did a 4.4 mile (round trip) hike to Silver Lake Flats.  We forgot the camera!! Sorry.  The ONLY thing that kept flip-flopper going, was that Wade brought an inflatable tube with paddles in his back pack.  As soon as we got to the top, they jumped in the tube to paddle around the lake.  One great thing about having to hike up 2 miles to a lake, is it is never crowded.  The lake below had tons of people, the upper lake, only two other people were there.  They really enjoyed it, and the hike down was a breeze.

One last thought.  Remember Mousersize?? Those in my generation might!   Truth is, its not always easy to get out and do these fun activities.  We have a brutal winter here, and I don’t really enjoy being outside much.  But Kari, a coach from Beachbody sent me a few flyers about some videos for kids that look awesome!  One is Shaun T’s Fit club DVD, and the other is Get Real with Shaun T.  Both intended to make fitness Fun for kids.  The flyer says, overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults.  Which is scary considering how many overweight adolescents there are in our country!

If you have any kids fitness questions for Kari, feel free to ask! She’s an expert, and she has answers!  If you want her personal email address, just send her a quick note to karimoore_pt (at) yahoo (dot) com.