Water Day at Stroller Strides

It is hot and humid this SC summer, so I decided to teach a Water Specialty Class for Stroller Strides. Instead of weight balls we used water balloons. For relay races we used buckets of water and big sponges. It was so much fun combining exercise with water play. It felt a lot less like a "work"-out and more like a "fun"-out! We all felt like kids at play - and had one of our biggest laughs at any class when Theresa busted a water balloon directly on herself when doing abs!

We ended up not popping all our water balloons during class, so Claire and I had a huge water balloon fight with the leftovers. I opened the water balloon fight up to everyone as optional, but no moms joined in right away. It wasn't a required part of class but just something fun if interested. Well, come to find out they weren't put off by a water balloon fight. They were just so thrilled watching how Claire and I played together. We were laughing and squealing and chasing each other until our stomachs hurt! And the moms were holding their infant daughters and envisioning their child growing up and playing fun games with them just like Claire and I were playing together. How sweet is that! As a mom you always try to make memories for your children. But in reality it is not the big grand gesture or activity. It is the small everyday laughter in a simple water balloon fight.