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PLAYouts: Doing the sprinkler.

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  To know me is to be aware---especially in the summer---we try really, really, really hard never to WORKout. EVER. Life is too short (and the summer, to my chagrin, too too fleeting) to allow exercise to be yet another arena where we have to toil.  Where we're forced to (fingerquote) work (unFQ). As a result, Ive chosen to morph the bulk of my fitness into fun. I've decided ... Continue Reading

MizFit on TV talkin’ about PLAYouts.

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While I wasn't too into the whole Austin's Fittest Moms photo-shoot idea----I am really appreciating the opportunity to share with other moms how important it is to GET OUT AND PLAY with our children. Sure normal person traditional exercise is has its place, Ive just found the afternoons I spend with the Tornado being SILLYactive are some of our best times together. (If youre checking in via ... Continue Reading

Living not blogging: PLAYouts (giveaway post)

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Ive yammered about this a million times before----but I blather because I love. Today's Living Not Blogging is brought to you by MONKEY BARS, LEAPFROG, and HULA HOOPS. How you gonna get yer PLAYout on today? Please to hit us all up in the comments. EDITED TO SAY: Check out comment #20/#34 (discount code alert!) LOVE TIM. LOVE Punkrope!! One lucky commenter shall win a free ... Continue Reading

The Elder Statesman of Kidville.

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Today this one starts middle school. When I began working in social media in 2001 she wasn't born yet. When I launched this thing she & I were newly home from Guatemala and she was a year old. This summer whizzed past (I know I know. It will be different next year) in what seemed like a weekendandaBLINK. She worked. I worked. There were camps and canine-time and trips ... Continue Reading

Farewell Elementary (AKA 5 reasons I STILL love my tween)!

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pre-school (finger quote) graduation (unFQ). I wasn't sad when The Child went to kindergarten. We'd been Frick & Frack for plenty of years and were both ready to resume/launch separate lives. It was time for her to have secrets and an existence outside of me. It was HIGHtime for me to regain some semblance of sweet sweet freedom. (The freedom didn't quite transpire as planned, but ... Continue Reading

6 Lessons Dr. Seuss Teaches About Healthy Living.

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I'm asked all the time about my tattoos. Everything from Won't you regret them when your skin sags? (Nah, I await colorful-droopage) to May I touch them?? (typically asked by the under-5 crowd, it's not really a query & I kinda the exuberant leg rubs). Since Texas is often shorts weather my leg sleeve is the most visible. As a result, it's the art I'm most frequently asked ... Continue Reading

Fitness Wearable OBSESSIONS.

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Once upon a time I shared the story of The Walking Princess. like this...but much different. I draped the tale in lighthearted prose, but underneath the levity it saddened and disturbed me. The story's short version is there once was a woman who walked our Austin neighborhood. She paced our 'hood all day, every day. Literally all day (not in the figurative sense the kids are using ... Continue Reading

Family boot camp ISNT about the booty.

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ahhh youth. BOTH of ours. When The Child was tiny and more of a Tornado we moved our bods a lot together. We did Mommy & me everything: yoga, hopscotch, belly dancing, regular dancing. You name it--we tried it. And then she grew up a bit and we moved a LOT together: kickball, hula hoop, scooter, roller skates, Kangoo jumps. You name it--we tried it. And then, having discovered a love ... Continue Reading

jumprope

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  Recently Ive had reminders how short life is. If we dont slow down & listen to voices asking us to PLAY & not write about PLAYouts when we’re “ready” it may be too late. This post isnt about the prolific health benefits of jumping rope (sorry not sorry). It’s an invitation to join me in JUMPING not READING about said jumpage. Lets PLAYout! Portable. Least ... Continue Reading

4 steps to intuitive living.

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intuitive living is sometimes street-yoga. Ive blogged for a million years & penned a bazillion posts. Even with all my prolific'nessment (<---technical term) and rebranding there are two posts I'm most frequently asked about: intuitive eating and intuitive exercising. Readers are consistently curious about the steps I took to relinquish control and learn to trust myself. Yes I ... Continue Reading

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