{"id":2012,"date":"2014-12-24T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2014-12-22T23:59:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T04:59:30","slug":"wfmw-the-long-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wfmw-the-long-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"WFMW: The long jump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have kids? Check<\/p>\n<p>Have Christmas cookies? Check<\/p>\n<p>Have cold weather? Check<\/p>\n<p>Have kids eating more sugar than normal and cooped up inside because of cold weather? Check.Check.Check.<\/p>\n<p>One day when we were doing school I decided to see how far the boys can jump, just for fun. \u00a0They <em>loved<\/em> it. \u00a0No, actually they <em><strong>LOVED<\/strong><\/em> it! Now they beg for me to mark off a jump for them again. \u00a0It&#8217;s the perfect way to encourage energy release without simply doing something mundane like running stairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-2-of-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2015\" alt=\"childhood unplugged (2 of 2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-2-of-2-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-2-of-2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-2-of-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-2-of-2.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All you need is painters tape and a yardstick or some other way to measure. \u00a0A hallway works fabulously, but any open space will do. \u00a0I marked off a long starting line and then one foot increments off to the side. \u00a0If the tape is on carpet and they land on it, the tape tends to work it&#8217;s way loose. \u00a0When it&#8217;s beside them, they can still easily count how far they&#8217;ve jumped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-1-of-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2014\" alt=\"childhood unplugged (1 of 2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-1-of-2-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-1-of-2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-1-of-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/childhood-unplugged-1-of-2.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all three ran and jumped because it was just that much fun. \u00a0Those crazy boys can out-jump me already!<\/p>\n<p>Tell me something your children like to do when they&#8217;re cooped up inside and then go have some fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have kids? Check Have Christmas cookies? Check Have cold weather? Check Have kids eating more sugar than normal and cooped up inside because of cold weather? Check.Check.Check. 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