This is getting harder to do with the kids home. That's not an
excuse. It's the truth. I have FOUR. One kid?
That's easy. Toss
her diapey butt in the stroller and go.
Two? Not so much, number two
is not equipped to go for four miles on a bike. She drops after about
two.
Three? Number three can do it - he's good to go - but he whines
if it's not what he WANTS to do. He wants to watch "Star Wars."
Number four - forget it. She needs
to do it, wants to do it, but it's overwhelming, my walk is too much
for her. I try to take her on shorter excursions, without bikes,
because the bike makes her twitch. She hates riding. She prefers to
walk, but is much slower than I, and we have to take our time. She has to be prepared for the walk, and she has to bring supplies, canteens, cell-phones, emergency rations and she's a lot like me.
All
five of us (without Dad) just "don't work" as a unit for exercise purposes. Sure, we
still do it for "fun," but if I want to have my actual exercise, I have
to go on my own, or just with one or two kids, unless I claim STRESS as
an AEROBIC EXERCISE.
This is getting harder to do with the kids home. That's not an excuse. It's the truth. I have FOUR. One kid?
That's easy. Toss her diapey butt in the stroller and go.
Two? Not so much, number two is not equipped to go for four miles on a bike. She drops after about two.
Three? Number three can do it - he's good to go - but he whines if it's not what he WANTS to do. He wants to watch "Star Wars."
Number four - forget it. She needs to do it, wants to do it, but it's overwhelming, my walk is too much for her. I try to take her on shorter excursions, without bikes, because the bike makes her twitch. She hates riding. She prefers to walk, but is much slower than I, and we have to take our time. She has to be prepared for the walk, and she has to bring supplies, canteens, cell-phones, emergency rations and she's a lot like me.
All five of us (without Dad) just "don't work" as a unit for exercise purposes. Sure, we still do it for "fun," but if I want to have my actual exercise, I have to go on my own, or just with one or two kids, unless I claim STRESS as an AEROBIC EXERCISE.