Why I’m Jumping Up and Down
Yesterday, I receive a large, bumpy envelope in the mail from the Baker family. I know it’s gonna be good. This is from the mother who advised me that the sign of a happy childhood is dirty children. This family doesn’t own a television set, and the children don’t play computer games. Whenever they […]
When the Competition is You
Last night for Neighborhood Fitness Group, we dance our normal dances and crawl around like wild animals. But then, the children beg for “The Jump Rope Challenge.” Turning jump rope in a basement is a challenge in itself, but we figure out a way to make it work. “The Jump Rope Challenge” isn’t a normal […]
Darning a Hole in Your Community
Last night, our neighborhood launched the second year of Monday Night Neighborhood Fitness Group in the parking lot. We had children and adults jumping rope while others biked, skated, threw football and Frisbee, walked a circuit around the perimeter, flew the big turtle kite, or raced up the steep hill beside the parking lot. From […]
The Double Dutch Challenge
I learned Double Dutch with the neighborhood children. I did it. Seriously, I did. It was a community effort. One mom bought the jump ropes at a sporting goods store, one mom offered her vague memories of how to do it, and one mom agreed to turn the ropes with me. We read an instruction […]