Exercising Mommy Style

Today was a double park day. With one daughter at a birthday party, the other on a date with her daddy, my son and I walked down the ridge to the park. We invented this cool Frisbee game, called Frisbee 21. Guess how many points you have to earn? He had to throw the Frisbee straight to hit the backstop for one point, and if he caught it when I threw it to him, he’d get 2 points. Needless to say, he won all three times.

I texted hubby to tell him about the wonderful mate I was drinking, and he said he’d be right there. Twenty minutes later he calls, telling me that he thought I was at home (even though I told him we were heading to the park), and that our daughter was too hungry to jump in the car and come get us (even though it’s a 2 minute ride at the most). So the little guy and I trekked back up the hill. Halfway there he wanted a piggy back, thereby getting out of most of the walking. That’s okay, it’s been a while since I exercised, I needed it.

Then later on my neighbor was taking her kids to the park and asked if I and mine wanted to join them. So we walked back down the ridge to enjoy about an hour in the park. Part of that time she and I got three laps in; not much, but it adds up to the rest of the walking. When we left, my son was so tired that I piggy-backed him all the way home. Whew! He’s not so little anymore, and when the girls were his age, they NEVER would have gotten a ride anywhere on my body!