No matter how early I rise with the intention of getting my workout done before my children wake up, I’m rarely able to do it alone. Most days my 3-year-old daughter climbs out of bed and comes straight down to our home gym and watches me do my workout.
Often times she’ll sit quietly in the corner, but sometimes she’ll join in and follow the trainer on my workout DVD and try a few of the moves. She’ll grab the pink 2-pound dumbbells I bought her (because she wanted her own pair of dumbbells) and try out a bicep curl or two.
Or sometimes she’ll unroll her purple yoga mat and hold downward dog with me. “Look at me, Mommy!” she’ll say with a big proud smile. She enjoys the ritual of activity in the morning and so do I. When one of the exercise videos is done, she’ll ask if I’m going to do another one. Sometimes she’ll ask, “Mommy, why do you exercise?”
I’m always conscientious about what I say and that I am sending her a positive message when I answer that question. I tell her I work out because it makes me feel happy, energetic and strong and that it’ll help me live a long life. I tell her it’s fun and that I enjoy it.
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