We’ve started the Active Families Challenge. On day one, Superhubby and Number 1 (aged 4) were at some friends’ beach house, so spent many of the daylight hours swimming at the beach. Meanwhile, Number 2 (aged 2), Number 3 (also aged 2) and I took a walk to see the ducks (pity there weren’t any) and play at a well-placed playground. Naturally, I arranged our walking route so that we also had a morning coffee stop – now that’s a habit I would find really hard to change.

Today, day two, turned into a scorcher so the whole crew set off for the pool mid-afternoon, just as the temperature was peaking. The kids loved the pool – splashing, jumping, throwing rings and fetching them over and again. Judging by the amount they ate for dinner and the rare ease with which we got them to stay in bed, they had a good workout. I don’t know that I could say the same for Superhubby and I, but we did our share of lifting and swooshing as well as lots of floating about not doing much.

Seems getting activity in on the weekends/public holidays isn’t too hard to manage – let’s see how we go during the week.