Live Fit and Sore

Category: Parenting/Family

  • A tribute to her Mom: Elizabeth Edwards

    What a wonderful tribute to her mother — and you can also tell how Elizabeth Edwards was able to prepare her kids for her passing. She dealt with it being honest, sincere and straight forward. Watch this and you can hear in her daughter’s voice how much she loved her children and family — I…

  • Not Even Kids on Sports Teams Get Enough Exercise

    Not Even Kids on Sports Teams Get Enough Exercise So relying on your child’s sports team to ensure they get enough exercise may guarantee that they are getting in their 60 mins of activity because of instruction time! We parents just can’t win! What are we to do — think about encouraging or finding additional…

  • SweetGreen Hosts Free Yoga Sessions FTW!

    I love companies that really give back what they are ‘selling’ — SweetGreen in Reston Town Center is hosting free yoga weekend for their neighborhood at Down Dog Yoga — which happens to be super close to where I work.  What a great idea – host a free yoga session to promote healthy and fit…

  • NFL star Michael Vick urges kindness to animals in visit to New Haven school – King Of Prussia Courier

    NFL star Michael Vick urges kindness to animals in visit to New Haven school Now I have mixed feelings about this. I do believe people can change and perhaps Vick has changed but he treated those dogs so badly, that how do you forgive that? Those dogs didn’t want that and didn’t deserve it and…

  • Adventure Weekend

    During our week of staycation/Thanksgiving, I wanted the kids to get out and do stuff. Today we went to Adventure Theater at Glen Echo Park in Maryland to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.  The play was an hour and was so cute — perfect for the family. Glen Echo Park looks like a great place…

  • Gratitude: The Wonder Drug

    Gratitude: The Wonder Drug Thanksgiving, as its name attests, is a time for us to be grateful for the things we have—whether it’s a loving family and friends, health, material wealth, a decent job or good child care to make our juggles go more smoothly.But giving thanks isn’t just a custom that we should do…

  • 10 Websites That Help You Recycle Or Reuse Old Stuff & Protect Our Environment

    As a website we run off a server probably kept in a large databank somewhere. Servers do have a hefty carbon footprint, so it’s a bit strange for us to be preaching about eco-consciousness. But hey, we have to get the word out. And the word is that although the web is contributing something to…

  • Groupon Deal of the Day: Nordstrom Rack

    Have you bought anything from those Group Deal sites yet? I have and havent been disappointed yet. Here is a good one today for Nordstrom Rack: $25 for $50 Worth of Shoes, Apparel, and More at Nordstrom Rack Here is the fine print: # Limit 1 per person # Good for $50 value of merchandise…

  • Some Deals this Weekend!

    A few deals to take advantage of this weekend: Starbucks is offering a BOGO offer through Sunday: Buy 1 Holiday drink, get 1 free. Give it to a friend, make a new friend! 2-5pm today-Sunday. Chipotle is offering a special as well tomorrow: Check-in at Chipotle using Facebook Places Mobile on your smart phone on…

  • Arizona School Sends Overweight Kids Home With Notes

    Arizona School Sends Overweight Kids Home With Notes. Obesity is a very serious problem for adults and children and getting serious about addressing the underlying reasons why its such a serious problem in this country is definitely important. Taking it upon yourself to send kids home with a note essentially telling them they have a…