25 May, 2010
Know More Do More Mondays: the it’s Tuesday after the long-weekend edition
Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Know More Do More
I know. It’s Tuesday. But yesterday was May 2-4 weekend (a.k.a Victoria Day) and that messed things up for me a little bit in terms of getting this post online.
Last week’s activity was this:
Do 30 minutes of gardening every day.
Ha.
Ha.
Did I really expect that we could do 30 minutes of gardening every day? Yes.
Did I forget that we had stuff going on almost every night of the week, and that I had various meetings and/or events which I had promised to attend? Yes.
I should have phrased the tip (which was of my own making) like this:
Do 30 minutes of gardening as a family at some point this week.
We did 30 minutes – maybe a bit more, but we certainly didn’t do it every day. Oh well.
My other new tip is this:
Be realistic about what you can accomplish, and don’t forget to make it fun.
Mental note.
We did have a very fun and active long weekend. The girls swam and played in my in-laws pool. They played outside with the kids in the neighborhood. We went to the opening of the new Canadian Museum of Nature and went to a local fair. By Sunday night we all collapsed happily into our beds.
The activity I drew for this coming week is this:
Organize a scavenger hunt in your neighbourhood and recruit a few families to participate. 83% of youth in Canada report that their neighbourhood is safe for younger children to play outside.
Whoa. Wish me luck on this one!
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This post is part of the Know More Do More initiative spearheaded by the Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network. KMDM is about empowering parents and inspiring them to take charge of their children’s health by taking easy steps to increase activity levels and improve eating habits. I’m one of two champion families who has been asked to take this challenge. You can join too. Check out the official website for more information. You can also get healthy tips by following @knowmoredomore on Twitter. If you’re blogging about your participation, please let me know so we can cheer each other on!
