The Pedometer

Earlier this week it was Adam's birthday. He had been talking constantly about his gym teacher at school, and how he had a pedometer he was going to allow the kids to take home, each for a day. Anyway, while I was out shopping for his birthday, I saw a Pedometer for $3.88 at Wal-mart (yes, I admit it, I shop at Wal-mart). I bought it for Adam along with a few other things. Well, it was his favorite present!! He has been wearing constantly, running circles (literally) around the house. Well, Anna, Lizzy, and even Greg thought it was pretty cool. Lizzy, who's birthday is this week informed me that she wanted one for her birthday. Greg went out to help some people on Saturday and made a little side trip to Wal-mart. He came home with a pedometer for everyone in the family (except for me!!). Now they are all running around the house like crazy, trying to see who can get the most steps. In a day and a half Adam had taken over 10,ooo steps. Yesterday, I finallly made him stop running because I thought he was going to pass out. Greg was just egging him on. They'r both quite the competitors. Moral of the story, if your kid is bored or doesn't exercise get him a pedometer. The fun just keeps going and going and going. It has been almost a week since Adam has had his and he's still interested. His goals just keep getting bigger.