6 men arrived to see what Santa Parkour is all about.
WarmUp:
10 x Toy Soldiers
10 x Mountain Climbers
10 x Mericans
10 x Cotton Pickers
10 x Windmills
The Thang
Warm up in parking lot waiting for some more daylight: High knees/butt kickers/karaoke/bear crawl/crawl bear/crab walk/walk crab….mosey back.
Mosey back to playground dragging Anvil’s sandbag (which I asked him to bring!)
Introduction to Santa Parkour course:
Start with 5 burpees/climb ladder up and down/parkour jumps over balance beam/flip over bar/walking dips across parallel bars/5 burpees/balance beam to monkey bars/cross monkey bars and shimmy to pull up bar and do a pull up to see who has been naughty or nice (burpee for each time you hit the deck)/10 dips/10 incline mericans.
One round of above course.
Grab a block and load wheelbarrow.
Introduce Santa’s sleigh items.
Sand bag (2 pax carry)
Wheelbarrow with 6 blocks (started with 1 pax but realized we needed 2 for the hill)
Michelle with tow strap attached (3 pax and then 2 pax pull tire along path with strap)
Pax choose their poison and we journey down the trail hill dragging leaves, hitting stumps and having a jolly old time.
At bottom of hill stop, unload blocks and do block exercises.
10x Curls for girls
10x Skull crushers
10x squats
10x rows
Load blocks back up and grab santa gear and take the hill!
Tough sledding up that trail hill back to the playground.
Santa Parkour course round 2 and repeato trail.
Santa Parkour course round 3 and repeat trail expect block exercises were block octofectas.
Gear back and mosey to AO with time expiring right at 0800.
Coffeeteria is back- pop tarts/coffee with cinnamon/oranges/juice for non-coffee drinkers.
Reflection: “Contrary to popular opinion, waiting is not sitting, sulking, seething, striving, and stressing. How to wait patiently involves an intentional choice to trust God with an outcome you can’t control.”
5 Things to Do When You Are in a Season of Waiting | All Pro Dad
Pulled from this week’s reflection from All Pro Dads- program NLMS runs pre covid but still get their daily emails. (Great reading by the way). We are in a season of waiting during Advent for Christ coming into the world and also in all our lives as we wait to emerge from the pandemic. Waiting does not need to be stressful nor anxious, but rather if we look back at previous obstacles we have overcome and the confidence God has a plan for us it becomes a bit clearer that “it’s all good”.
Moleskin:
-Strudel reveals he found a short cut through our yard to the nearby port a potty this past week.
-Anvil was kind enough to bring along his sandbag, sleeve tat is looking awesome too. Nice insight about how they can be a reminder of a permanent change in life. Also seems to know lots about the history of yoga pants.
-Dandelion compliments said tattoo by stating “at least it distracts me from looking at your face.” Hard to believe sometimes he is such a successful business owner and
-Salty throws the sandbag over his shoulder at end of workout and jogs to the parking lot. Man is definitely turning into a firefighter!
-Cheetah ran in, took care of business, ate an orange and ran home. Great to hear you are home more this month!
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Shirley