Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Exercising with Children.


I purchased a set of these DVD's a couple of weeks ago, hoping to use this for my girls while I used the treadmill. I put it on at the end of the day, hoping they would stay busy while I made dinner. The girls ended up in tears because they were running in to each other and eventually one of them got hurt.

However! I wasn't going to be swayed away from trying again. The second time, we all woke up in the morning and headed downstairs with the intent that I would exercise on the treadmill and they would do yoga. I told them that once they were finished I would be finished too; and if they did a good job they could use the treadmill while I stretched (I put my treadmill setting on 2mph). They agreed and did a great job.

The last thing we had to overcome was the space which was easily remedied by purchasing a second yoga mat; one of the girls used mine, and the other used the recently purchased one. My favorite is called "Silly to Calm". I purchased a 2-pack DVD at a New York Target - but, as we all know, all Targets look alike. I also saw it on Amazon.com. End Result: We all get to exercise together!Y

2 comments:

Jennfer said...

How fun to excercise together! I'm not that brave yet!
Love the new HEADER on you blog. The picture of the girls looks oldfashioned and almost dream like!
Have a great day you Cyber Chick!
Love, Jenn

charity said...

what a great idea! I will have to try that one. I always get called off the treadmill by eliza a hundred times for this that and the other thing usually it is mary hitting eliza or pulling her hair. The baby is the brut :)