THINGS TO DO: Have Running Races

Yes, I mean YOU! For some strange reason my kids think running back and forth, over and over for hours is fun, especially when their Mom participates. It IS fun!

For us this is an indoor activity, especially useful in the gray hour before dinner time. It is true that our house was designed with this game in mind. It is what you would call a shotgun house meaning if you stand at the front door and happen to fire a shotgun, (?) the bullet would run straight through the house and out the back door. So we race from door to door. As fast as a speeding bullet.

When you start the race make sure you say, "On your mark. Get set. Go!" You can also crouch in a runner's starting pose.

Running races gets the blood flowing, provides exercise, and livens things up.

When you tire of plain running races, try variations on a theme: hopping, skipping, galloping, crawling, bear walking, crab walking, walking backwards, s-l-o-w walking, tip-toe walking. You can even set up an obstacle course.