If you have been on Family Fun Canada lately you may have noticed a new series called Urban Adventures. Since we don’t have a summer vacation planned, my family will be spending most of the summer finding ways to be active, healthy and enjoy the outdoors within our city.
I live in an amazing suburb with at least 20 playgrounds connected by well over 20 kms of pathways. My kids are very excited because we are going to bike to all of them over the course of the summer and cross each one off our list.
The other adventures we plan to experience this summer are: finding hikes inside the city, going on hikes in the mountains, enjoying a healthy picnic at the park near our house and cooling off in the outdoor swimming pools and spray parks in our city.
Our action plan for staying healthy includes daily physical activity, enjoying the outdoors, eating fresh fruits and vegetables (even if they are hidden in a smoothie) and taking our vitamins.
How do I get my kids to take vitamins since many of the kids chewables taste so chalky? I discovered Adult Essentials and IronKids vitamins about a year ago and have been hooked ever since.
They have a full line for adults and kids in gummy form. Understanding why there might be a gummy vitamin for a child is a no-brainer. Kids like gummies and taking their vitamins becomes more of a habit like brushing their teeth than an archaic form of torture. Anyone remember those nasty spoonfuls of cod liver oil we had to take as kids?
Well guess what? Adults like gummies too. I have slowly switched over all our daily vitamins to the Adult Essentials line. My faves are the Vitamin D. They taste like lemon drops. Yummy.
I love that the company is Canadian. The owners are Canadian. The vitamins are manufactured in Canada, their head office is in Canada and more importantly they are regulated by the Canadian government so you can trust that what they say on the packaging is actually in the vitamin. Go Canada!
You can find the gummmies at most major drugstore chains including Superstore, London Drugs, Shoppers and even Costco.
Before you head out to buy them be sure to grab some coupons. Visit the IronKids Facebook page and the Adult Essentials Facebook page. Simply click “Like” and you will be redirected to where you can dowload and print a $2.00 off coupon.
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We haven’t tried these yet and would love too. Keeping our fingers crossed!
We really like to swim in the lake. And we’re eating more fresh salad!
My kids and I love these vitamins. These are one of the few they will take
We like to go for as many bike rides as the weather allows. There are wonderful bike paths where we live.
We are getting to know our new city and spending loads of time outdoors this summer, maybe some camping!
Our family decided to make June/July/Aug trio months of resolutions. We are planning to implement exercise daily – walk to the park, swimming, badminton/something as simple as a tug of war. Time to SHAPE UP so to speak.
We go camping in Algonquin Park and have since the kids were months old!
playing outside, lots of walking, drinking lots of water
We’ve been making a bucket list of fun stuffs. Plus we will be doing a bunch of geocaching and walks!
I haven’t tried geocaching yet but I’ve heard it is a blast. Definitely something I would like to try someday with the kids.
We are going for evening walks and play days at the park
We will go swimming and walking in the park 2 to 3 times a week
lots of camping and swimming we enjoy…bike riding too…
We enjoy swimming in the pool.
camping,swimming,,biking,,
We will take a vacation and get away from the city and enjoy the peaceful small town in Northern Ontario, and get lots of FRESH AIR.
We spend alot of time swimming as a family.
We spend a lot of time on our country acerage with a lot of gardens. We also are trying to eat more of our home grown fruits and veggies and the gardening alone keeps us in shape!
We love to camp, swim, bike riding all that fun stuff
We are camping lots and going to the playground every night plus lots of trips to the zoo!
Just getting outside at every opportunity
This summer we have passes to local attractions that require a lot of walking. Beyond that, we’re doing a lot in our own yard. Staying close to home and keeping active.
Lots of walks in the park, play gyms, and tonnes of family adventures