Motivation for the Family

It really makes me so happy to motivate my children to be active and healthy. Now just by their very nature two toddler boys are extremely active. But what I've noticed with my boys is they really take notice when they see me run, exercise with weights, and always stay active as much as possible. While we are at the park I try to do exercises with them and teach them how to keep your body strong. The really embrace it and love doing exercises with me.

Growing up in my family we always went camping, to the beach, water skiing, boating, etc. The point is that we were always outside and running around.  My sister and I were really involved in competitive dance team.  And my brother was in football. My parents always encouraged us to be strong and healthy in everything we did and I really thank them for that! ♥

In this day in age with a happy meal being so convenient and childhood obesity on the rise I just wanted to stress how important it is to teach our little ones good habits very early in life.  Trust me, I am totally guilty of feeding my kids crap, but at the same time I also try to push and encourage the healthy stuff too.  I just wish they would eat it!! 

SO, be a good role model for your children and show them how to stay healthy and away from things that can hurt them.. such as smoking (Heads up.. I may get on my soapbox in a future blog about this as I am currently watching someone I love dying from this awful addiction)  :-(

Anyways..I wanted to share this cute little video of my boys mimicking one of my regular workout routines. It really warms my heart to see them do these types of things and I hope you enjoy it.