I received $100 from Merck Consumer Care, and any opinions expressed by me are honest and reflect my actual experience. This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Merck Consumer Care.
I love this time of year when the weather starts to warm, the days stay light longer, and all I want to do is be outside! Every day after work, my son and I go for a long travel around our community, whether he’s just in the stroller and I’m jogging or we walk on over to the playground. Either way, it’s great to be outdoors! Plus I like that we are becoming a more active family.
Trust me, as a mom I totally understand how hard it can be to juggle work, errands, running the household, cooking dinner, finding time to play with the kids, sports, homework, housework, etc. So many days I just want to come home after work, kick up my feet, and sit on the couch all day. However, like I stated above, I’ve been pushing myself to go outside and enjoy a more active life.
Living in cities set on the bay, we are lucky enough to have boating and other water activities readily available to us. I can’t wait to take my son in the paddle boats in one of our rivers later this year. They are so much fun! Plus my family has already been telling him all about other boats too! He definitely knows though that he needs that life jacket before setting foot aboard. Until then, we are having fun going to the park and planning trips back to the Zoo and amusement parks.
Summer Activity Suggestions
Here are just a few suggestions of some ways to get active with your family this summer!
Head to the beach
Take a bike ride
Go on a hike
Host a cook-out
Visit the park
Talk into town instead of driving
Play a family fun sport together
Go on a camping trip
Pick flowers
Watch an outdoors sporting event
Build a bonfire
Take an after dinner walk
Visit the local zoo
Merck Active Family Project
Need some more ideas for active fun this summer? You’ll definitely want to check out the Merck Active Family Project! The Active Family Project is aims to assist moms and their families in leading a healthier and more active lifestyle along with their families. It’s so easy to fall into a more sedate lifestyle. Why not change that though? Be active, be healthy! I’m pretty sure that if you as the mom start leading a more active lifestyle, your family will be sure to follow. Plus this website has really cool resources and a tool that allows you to search the area of your choosing for events and other fun activities.
Definitely check out the site and take the pledge to promise your family a playdate!
Enter the Family Playdate Sweepstakes!
Want to take the pledge to be an Active Family and win awesome prizes while doing so? Check out the Family Playdate Sweepstakes for your chance to win weekly prizes, including a Family Beach Vacation Prize Pack! This sweepstakes ends on May 26th, at 11:59 pm EST. Don’t worry, it’s free to enter! Plus what a great prize… family time! Wouldn’t it be so cool to win a prize for the whole family to love and enjoy?
Don’t forget to connect with the Active Family Project on Facebook!
I received $100 from Merck Consumer Care, and any opinions expressed by me are honest and reflect my actual experience. This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Merck Consumer Care.
These are great activity suggestions for the summer. I hope to go on many after dinner walks with my two this summer and to take them to the zoo a time or two as well. They love to stay active so it should be a fun summer.
I am trying to be more active with my family this summer…park, picnics, walks….
We enjoy bike rides through the neighborhood and swimming.
We are always much more active in the summer. It’s too nice to sit inside all day. Love the suggestions!
These are good suggestions; I already do at least 2-3 of them regularly but would love to go to the zoo this summer with her.
Great list! Thanks for sharing them. I’m always looking for fun, cheap things to do!
Love these activity suggestions. As my daughter is older, we are into geocaching and learning about the new locations.
We spend a lot of time outside. I wish I could go jogging, but my 2 year old refuses to let me push her in the stroller or anything, she always wants to walk, so it is a slow exercise.