M runs and jumps constantly, although mostly on the couch and around our tiny living room. At tennis, which she hates, she runs the length of the court many times. We are signed up for gymnastics but I'm not sure she'll do the activities. I feel like we need more exercise options. What do you do?
Re: How active is your child?
DS1: Quinn - 10.22.10 and DS2: Cole - 01.18.13
Over the weekend she and DH discovered Pocoyo (the English version, narrated by Stephen Fry, it's pretty cute!) and on the show they were having a race. This resulted in DD spending upwards of a half hour straight running laps around our house while repeatedly shouting "Runnin' like Poco-looooooooo!!"
Stuff like that is pretty much the extent of her exercise, she entertains herself by running around pretending to do things. She also likes to "ice skate" and then fall down "like Daisy Wheel" (Doozers) and "fly like Baymax!" She also gets on all fours and hops around like a frog. She's got a good imagination, that one. ;-)
I'm in the opposite boat, and feel like she should be in more structured activities, so I'm planning to see what kinds of classes they offer for toddlers at the Y.
DS is the most active body I have ever met. He is even active in his freaking sleep. We aren't currently doing anything because winter here is so unpredictable (and we were broke after Christmas), but we are starting swimming lessons in February. E will love it so very much.
E loves to be outside and doing things, but he doesn't really want to be "guided." He would rather be in the shop with DH, tinkering, but doing his own thing. He absolutely hates it when I try to interfere, or direct him into doing anything remotely creative. Or constructive. He much prefers destructive creation.