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Exercising With Toddlers
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Feb 18, 2009, 23:53
I’ve been exercising to some of Richard Simmons' exercise
videos.
Let me tell you. I thought I had it all worked out. I’d wait
until anyone old enough to laugh at me had gone to school or work for the day,
but nooo. Were all my problems solved by that little strategy? Not on your
life.
At first the toddlers happily plunked themselves on the sofa. I
guess they thought we were going to watch a new movie.
Then the action
started and they looked agog, then bewildered by my strange movements. What in
the world is mom doing?
And then they started throwing obstacles in my
path: sofa cushions, toys and the remote. It was as if to say, "Change the
channel!" They even attacked my legs and tried to hold me still.
So being
the devoted mom that I am, I put them in their room to play with a billion toys
so I could do this little thing for myself for thirty minutes. Oh, the protests
and the wails! What a terrible mom am I!
But I jiggled on (that’s what
happens after you have a few kids and don’t exercise) ignoring their pitiful
cries and even the phone.
And when I was done, I’d successfully sweat
buckets and had the old heart pumping nicely.
The next day I tried again.
Immediately, the kids cried out when they saw the little man with the puffy
'do.' He was not as motivating to my toddlers as he apparently was to the group
exercising with him. My one-year-old quickly turned off the television.
I
turned it back on.
"Spob," I was told, which translates to
SpongeBob.
"No Spob. Momma needs to exercise."
So the other
grabbed the remote and managed to change the channel to The Wiggles. And then
THEY started dancing around in front of the television. "Move over, Mom. This is
how it's done!"
Gee, I bet Richard Simmons never thought of his exercise
routine as outdated. But, it's true. Next to The Wiggles, who can really work up
a sweat of their own, Richard is an oldie.
So much for the video, Mr.
Simmons! Today we're going to "point our fingers and do the twist...then we're
gonna go up and back down, get back up and turn around...can you point your
fingers and do the twist?"
Yes, I can! Apparently, if Momma wants to
exercise while the Wiggles play, then she can exercise all she wants.
So
now the toddlers and I are in sync. And it's working into our daily routine
pretty well. I'd write more, but right now I have to 'do the monkey, elephant
and tiger,' right after I dance with hot potatoes, mashed bananas and cold
spaghetti.
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