Mommy Fitness Tip- Walking With Friends

I went on a walk the other day — with a friend — and I enjoyed it so much more than I normally do.

Her two kids were in school and two of my three kids were in school so that left us with one child (my toddler) and as any parent knows, one child is always easier than two. Or in our case… five.

We both have very busy schedules so fitting in some ‘girl time’ can be difficult for us. Schedules collide, the kids have demanding routines, oh, and we have husbands, too. (ha ha). We’ve been meaning to walk for literally weeks but? Schedules.

We finally said enough is enough.

When we started our walk our intention was to go approximately two miles through a pre-planned route but after we got going, and arrived at the point where we were to make our turn — to head back home — we decided to change it up. We were enjoying our much needed girl time that it made a longer walk feel so much shorter.

Of course not many toddlers I know have an attention span that allows for more than two miles (two snacks and a sippy full of water) at a time so we had to get a little creative towards the end… have a look.

You gotta do what you gotta do, right?

It’s obviously no secret — the whole walking with a friend thing — but I thought it was definitely worthy of a mention. I mean who doesn’t love girl time with a good friend? And something to make exercise go by quicker? Bonus.

Lessons learned:

• Walking with friends makes the time go by so much faster
• Bring water bottles (and attach the cup holder to the stroller instead of leaving it at home)
• Bring snacks and toys for the toddler in tow.

(I’d also like to thank Megan for allowing me to include a video of her singing Little Einsteins. Isn’t she awesome?)