I didn’t mess around with editing this week’s picture for #MySundayPhoto, because I think it’s perfect as is. Of course, I’m sure most parents think nothing needs changing with our kids…..besides their diapers!
Avery comes to work out with me in our garage almost every day, and she’s usually good the whole time. She even mimics some of my lifting moves or just dances to the music I have playing. I’ll never forget these moments, and this picture makes me smile with a giant grin.
She loves my weight lifting belt, and when I need to use it, I’m quick to return it to her to keep her content. Plus, she obviously needs to use it too!
Do you ever workout with your kids? Any fun stories?
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Half-way through my college career, I decided to run a marathon. I hardly trained, and the race hurt….a lot, but I pushed and made it across the finish line. Walking up or down stairs the following 2 weeks brought painful tears to my eyes, but I was hooked and wanted to do another, only better. I know, crazy, right?
Armed with a training and nutrition plan, I learned how important both aspects were to attaining any goal. Training, to prepare the body for the stressors of an endurance event, and nutrition for peak performance, recovery, and especially proper immune support.
Fast-forward to current day; I’ve completed over 10 marathons (including Boston), an ultra-marathon, and too many 5k’s and 10k’s to count. I’m extremely proud of these accomplishments as anyone should be, but I found endurance came at the expense of strength after failing miserably at trying to jump in the air. I certainly lost weight and changed my body composition, but my body lacked muscle and I decided it was time to train for strength.
Strength training and distance running are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but the need for good nutrition and a supported immune system remain key factors. I get all day immune support from Ester-C to keep me “Going” as a dad (see what I did there?) living a healthy lifestyle!
Although good nutrition may help support your immune system, I’m not taking any chances of being sidelined from training again. Now I get 24 hour immune support from Ester-C which enables me to consistently train as well as manage my key role as a stay-at-home dad and loving husband.
When I first became an at-home dad, a big fear of mine (besides nap time) was not having a consistent strength training routine since raising a baby was uncharted territory. That was over a year ago, and thankfully, with a little creativity and determination, that fear is a thing of the past.
When I go into our garage gym complete with a power squat rack, bench, several kettlebells, and Olympic barbell set, Avery comes too. She even has her own toy kettlebell to use when “working out” with Mommy and Daddy. She still needs a little practice on her swings, but she’s already a natural at squatting!
Along with cooking nutritious meals and lots of playtime, working out with Avery is part of the daily routine to keep fit, get stronger, and support our immune system. Thanks to a supported immune system and my motivation providing us to stick to our routine, both Avery and her Daddy (that’s me!) are getting stronger physically and strengthening our daddy-daughter bond.
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She’s only a few days short of 16 months old and already going to school. On Spring Break at that!
Well, I only assume it’s spring break here since I’ve seen kids aimlessly wondering the neighborhood during school hours. So it’s that or kids are playing hooky at a very young age now-a-days. I’m thinking it’s the former.
Thursday brought us another nice day with warm temps and only a little clouds here and there. Seemed like a perfect opportunity to make another playground run in my Soft Star Shoes and eat more mulch play with Avery.
As I said before, can’t wait to get our girl some Soft Star Shoes of her own. I’d say she could use them, huh?
Don’t worry, I brought a pair of socks to put on her before running around in the mulch. When in her stroller, she’ll take them off while walking or running otherwise. Even when it 40 degrees outside, which I think she regretted doing after the fact.
This time, we didn’t go to the small playground in our neighborhood, but instead went to one a little farther at a nearby elementary school.
So much potential. Just needs to get a little older and coordinated first…
I had another good run in the Soft Star Shoes and so far have zero drop complaints. See what I did there? Drop, like the zero drop that they are? Too corny/dumb? Sorry, just part of being a dad, right?
Avery took off to explore right after I set her down. This girl wastes NO time!
First she ran up to a slide with wide eyes.
Not sure why her eyes were so wide, but I held her and let her go down the slide a few times before she was off to find something else. Monkey bars?
She thought better of it and wondered off again. And wondered and wondered….
Not much she can do as far as playing on the equipment goes, so I guess a bigger playground is only cool for me. I played on the monkey bars and parallel bars and worked in a few sets of dips and pull-ups just to make use myself. Meanwhile, Avery was taste testing a rock.
That’s not a face of something tasting good. I took it away expecting screamfest 2015 to begin, but instead she just…..
I don’t know what you call it, but it wasn’t crying and that’s good enough for me!
I brought her down a bigger slide a few times and we sat in the big kid swing together before finally getting ready to go back home. But first, I had to try my best at getting a pic of us together. I set the camera timer and hoped for the best.
Note the rock made a return, but it made for a fairly good picture. By good, I mean Avery actually looked and somewhat smiled at the camera. Not an easy task with a toddler!
Once home, Avery chugged the rest of Mommy’s milk all by herself and then I fed her some organic grass-fed beef with potatoes.
After a little bit of ball throwing, it was time for a nap.
As usual, the nap was short and Avery was ready to run rampant once more. Which she did. Luckily, Kelley made it home before the sun set and we had a nice family walk together.
We don’t get to walk together as much as before, so every time we do, we try to make the most of it and just enjoy each other’s company. It’s the little things, they all add up to something big. That’s my deep thoughts for the day.
My other thoughts are on how exciting it will be when Avery can climb playground equipment herself and doesn’t need us to carry her up and down everything. Or maybe it will be scary….ummmm, sad…I’m not sure. Both?
Anyway, happy Friday! Here’s another pun before I go.
When it comes to kissing flowers, tulips are better than one.
Do you bring your toddler who can’t use playground equipment to the playground? Any ideas of what else to do besides follow them around and carry them on the equipment yourself?
An at-home dad on a mission to keep it real when it comes to food, fun, and raising a healthy, happy family.
