30 days: day 11 – Remember when?

While reading First Lady Michele Obama’s book American Grown, I was reminded that there was once a time when after school children were outside playing until dinner. I remember my mom calling my brothers and I from an 11th story window to let us know it was time to eat.

When I got a little older, my outside activities changed from playing outside to organized sport, in my case karate.  As an adult running and daily exercise has become an important part of my life, especially as I try to model the behaviors I’d want my children to emulate.  I guess I can say that I live an active lifestyle.

I’ll admit, I sometimes do chastise my kids for the amount of television that they watch. But when you think about it, their typical week consists of soccer, track and field (during the school year), Tae Kwon do, Volley ball running with me, walking the dogs, and also scouting events with the Boy and Girl Scouts (to include hiking, camping, and other activities).  My kids are pretty active.  Not to mention our activity filled vacations during the summer,  I guess their level of television is not too bad in comparison.

So, in an effort to keep myself moving today my TomTom and I logged another 4 miles.

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