Here are some family-oriented games to keep a parent active:

• Play a game of catch.
• Have a hula-hoop contest.
• Play a game of hot-potato Frisbee.
• Set up a badminton net in the backyard.
• Hit the tennis courts.
• Swim together at the local pool.
• Initiate a game of hide-and-seek (gets the adrenalin pumping!).
• Hop on a Pogo stick and count the bounces.
• Try out those new rollerblades (or dig out the old four-wheelers!).
• Have a race with some scooters (in a safe place free from traffic).
• Remember hopscotch? Sure to get the heart pumping!
• Basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer or tetherball.
• Go to the park and climb, swing, slide, teeter-totter and just run!
• Ice or road hockey.
• Climb a tree or two.
• Play a round of dodgeball.
• Set up a scavenger hunt.

The best thing about all of these activities is that they will inevitably end up with someone having a great time. When you were a child, did you ever have a bad time playing outside? Children have a way of always having their bodies in movement. As adults we could learn a thing or two by watching how our children play – both young and old.