Mirror Watching: Meet The Brown's

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Meet The Brown's - The Get Fit Fam

I am a sunlight, sunshine kind of girl. In my opinion, if the sun is out there is no need to waste it indoors. The sun being out means it is time to get outdoors and play. Maybe it is a throw back to my childhood when as long as the sun was out I could go out and play. Even at seven in the morning. As I got older it meant the beach all day with friends.

I seem to be instilling those ideals in my daughter. Every morning when we wake up my routine, before we do anything else, is to go around the house pulling up the blinds. I want to see outside and I want to know, most importantly, if it is sunny. Even she, my trusty exercise sidekick, knows to be extra happy if it is sunny. Sunny means we are going to have a different kind of day.

Don't waste a sunny day indoors. Sunny days are perfect for outdoor family fitness! click to tweet

This particular morning it was not only sunny but it was warm and Daddy was going to be hanging with us. Yayy! Isaac (Daddy and Hubbs) made breakfast and after some funning about the house I was itching to get outside. "Let's go biking", I announce.

Zj's always ready to go. She is the ultimate social, get out and go child. She inherited that from her mother. Daddty, as Zj has started calling him since she started watching Guess With Jess, is a homebody. He loves to just be at home tinkering around the house unless he out to the gym or running. So when I announced we were going riding Zj jumped for joy and Isaac was dreading the drama. He claims we are drama filled, but it is Ok because he likes us. lol.

For all of you who have little ones, I'm sure you can relate, trying to get out of the house some days is a total nightmare. The very thought of making breakfast, cleaning up, brushing teeth, putting their clothes on, combing hair, packing snacks and other miscellaneous items to keep them entertained and getting to and in the car can be enough to make you stay at home to make a craft instead. If you let it it will zap every once of your enthusiasm.

Nevertheless, We press our way. Daddy didn't have too much to say which balanced out the Talking Princess. She alone will talk you under the table. Just ask Aunt Gina, who keeps her while I train. Isaac puts the bikes on the car and we are off to Panola Shoals, South River Trail.

Once we arrived Zj recognized the trail and immediately started talking loud asking to go on the roller coaster. She must have remembered last year's family ride debacle. Dadty hitched the chariot to his bike and put Zj in. From there she proceeded to talk us to death demanding that needed her helmet, then her snacks, Bunny and her juice. "Ok Zj, take a break."

We choose a better trail spur this time and rode a half hour out and back for an hour ride. Zj was enjoying herself. Every time I passed her, she was smiling and chatting to whoever would listen. Even the other people out enjoying the trail. Dadty and I were huffing and puffing over the hills and through the heat. My legs were burning me and Isaac looked like he had been dunked in water from perspiring so badly. At the half way point we were all grateful I had packed so much water.

By far today's ride went much better than last year's inaugural ride. Last year Zj screamed and hollered so badly her voice was echoing through the scenic, silent country side. That, combined with picking the wrong hilly trail (mind you they are all hilly in GA but that one was ridiculous), my inability to make it over most of them and Dadty's dislike of drama put a nail in the coffin for family riding 2014.

This year, I'm not sure which part was worse, Zj trying to talk us to death, prepping to go, the hills or my now sore legs and lady parts. However, none of it even matters because we had a great time and we got some exercise in during the process. I can't wait to get back out into the sunshine with my family!