Playtime

Kids have a natural abundance of energy and its sad that a lot of kids don't get outside and run and play. I can say that I'm also guilty of sitting my 3 (yes including the baby) in front of the TV in attempt to have some peace and quiet or to get some work done.

A few weeks ago my eldest child was proudly demonstrating to me how she does cartwheels. They weren't perfect and looked more like rolling over on the grass. I then was helping her do handstands and forward rolls. It was after this that she started the "Mummy I bet you can't do a handstand" jibes. Obviously she hasn't been paying attention to my Crossfit discussions. Needless to say it didn't take me long until I was busting out a few moves on the lawn for her.

Next she was egging me on to do a few cartwheels as apparently Mummy's can't do them. Well much to her delight this Mummy can still do cartwheels (and probably a poorly executed round off too). What I forgot was that cartwheels shouldn't be done when you have tight muscles and haven't warmed up. One word - ouch!

So where am I headed with this you may ask? It all stems from a conversation with Miss E on the way to school today. She was talking about running and mud running (that's what she calls the obstacle courses like Warrior Dash) and saying that most mums don't do things like that. She also went onto say that the only other mum that can do handstands and cartwheels is Emma (my Crossfit coach).

I did attempt to let her know that lots of other mums do run, jump, do cartwheels and handstands but she just hasn't seen them doing it. Her response was "we'll more Mummy's should be outside having playtime".

So my question to you is when did you last get outside and play line a kid? Go on, have a go. Trust me it's fun and you might even surprise yourself and enjoy it too.