I know, you just had to have another Kit-Kat (those things are like crack, I swear. I mean . . . I've heard . . .), so if you're feeling a little guilty about over-indulging, pick up that spare pumpkin you have from your front porch, and take a seat against the wall for some good old fashioned Wall Squats. And if you're baby is fussy, use him/her instead of the pumpkin (and use your discretion on raising baby up and down like you would the pumpkin).
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| Lower body down at wall with knees at 90 degree angle and back against wall. Push through heels and extend arms straight out holding pumpkin. |
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| Slowly lift arms straight up and return to start position. Make sure to not swing arms! |
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| While you do this sing the itsy bitsy spider to your child as you slowly raise the pumpkin up and down, take a break at the end of the song, and do it two more times. |
I don't have pictures for this one, but its too fun not to include.
Whole body Alphabet
Stand with feet shoulder width apart, slight bend to knees. Hold pumpkin with both hands straight out in front. Draw navel to spine and use pumpkin to "draw" letters. Use your entire body. For A, start down at your foot by squatting low and then reach up with pumpkin with hands over head to engage shoulders, then back down squatting to your other foot and twisting to reach your feet, back up and cross over your body across your middle to complete the A. Continue with each letter, making sure to use your entire body when making the letters. Don't forget to sing along to your child the Leapfrog Learning Alphabet song, that goes something like this: "Every letter makes a sound, the A says "Ah!" and so on and so forth through the alphabet.
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