Guest post written by Brenda Haynes
When I was a little girl, my parents never really encouraged me to get any exercise so I just mainly sat inside and watched TV most of the time. Well, I've had to break that bad habit as an adult and learn to exercise instead of sit inside all day. I try to teach my kids to play outside for fun and also to exercise, and I think that one of the best ways to do that is to play with them. That way we're both working out! But I think that the kids get even more bored than I do when it comes to physical activities. I was online a few weeks ago to look up some new outdoor activities to try out when I found the site
http://www.satellitestarinternet.com/. I looked through it some and after that I ordered a satellite internet package. I got the idea to jump rope with my kids. That made me think of back in school PE when we would do double Dutch jump rope, so I went out and bought a few jump ropes. I taught my girls how to do that and it was so much fun! I think that will be an activitiy that we can do every so often.