TeamLiz the beginning

I worked at a gym for years. And I always had to drop my children off in the daycare where they got no exercise. When I picked them up they would run on the basketball court before we left to go home.  I just wanted them to do something when I was working, ANYTHING.
My children were not getting much out of this gym deal.
So I created a class for toddlers who were in the daycare. The parents only had to sign in before their workout and I would take the kids downstairs into our party room and PLAY.
The kids worked out while the parents did.  Yes!
So there it was. My first TeamLiz Interactive fun class for kids. It's amazing what motherhood anxiety drives you to do.
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People ask me all the time what kind of activities do we do in our classes and at our parties and I always feel at a loss for words.
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Every time it's different, each group of kids create a different dynamic with each other. Some groups everyone wants to be the dinosaur, other groups no one wants to be the dinosaur.
TeamLiz classes are created for the child to feel independent, everyone gets a ball or a hoop in our class, we run relays where there is no winner, we play Simon says, we scream our colors while jumping, we act out animals, and sometimes we even have a dance party.Everyday it's different, but we exercise, we don't miss our parents, and we have a snack.


Now, go take your kids outside.



Coach Liz

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the first hour

Sneakers blog will mostly be about sports and games for KIDS -the combination so important to me I feel it may tie with the importance of kids learning how to read. - Oh I am serious.
Instill on your toddlers at a young age to want to be active to want to be involved they could change the world.

but today as my opener to the blog I will tell love story. totally unrelated to you and well about TeamLiz; (which of course my husband came up with)

Anyway it is nice to be reminded of that day.
I was only 22 which seemed so old then. I will never forget my new shiny job in center city Philadelphia. After about four colleges, 40K in useless student debt, I somehow managed an itty bitty mechanical engineering associates degree, enough to get me into the firm. So now, I didn't have to relentlessly go back and live with my parents again, now, I had "the job."
So I took the train in everyday to the city, had boyfriend a liked, and was adjusting to being an adult about five years late. (so yes parents there is hope)
At the new job a lot of my running around the office was receiving plans for more important people. I was about to retrieve a plan from the print room and there he was I could only see the back of him, he had the best hair I had ever seen on a man, when he turned and looked at me I could see myself in his green eyes.

My Nana always said, "there ain't nothing like a green eyed Italian boy" 

I went back to the bosses office and demanded all the information I needed on this guy. Of course my boyfriend was unaware of this was happening, and of course that would be ridiculous to meet a guy and totally fall in love with him over one look, I mean, really ridiculous.

I am not quite sure why the next few events happen. Maybe at the time I thought all the planning would get me in touch with the mystery guy on email and some contact was better than none.

So, I set him up on a blind date with my best friend.

I know, I am such an stunad.

I set the date for a bar in Philly about five blocks from work and we planned to walk there together to meet her after work. I panicked the entire day over those five blocks, and when the time came to go, and we crossed the street and looked at each other, and the world froze around us and I felt numb with love, all I could think was, 

CRAP.

Why the heck was I taking this man, my man, who is not my man, to meet my best friend? AGH.

When we got to the bar we got drinks, we sat down, 

and what turned out to be my friends one hour stuck in traffic, was the hour, the first hour ever with my husband, just us, together, in the best first date/not my date conversation ever.

But it was their date and she showed, so I left. But I knew. I couldn't believe I knew, but I did.

I called my friends cell phone, no answer. I got to work, I was sweating, crying, laughing, crying again. Did they do anything? Where did she sleep, at home I am sure, right.

I could NOT sit at my desk so I went to the kitchen to get a coffee. He walked in, leaned over my shoulder, and says, 

"I didn't like her teeth, what are you doing to me Liz?"

Of course I had some breaking up to do which always stinks, but I did it for my one and only. We dated instantly and I begged him marry me for two years after that, he finally asked me in 2005 and we have been married since 2006, with 2 wonderful little pain in the butt children.

Nana was right, there ain't nothing like my green eyed Italian.

Next TeamLiz Blog: I have some games and ideas that may just get us through winter with these stinking kids.