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DISCLAIMER“I was given POWERADE PLAY to try in my own home, and was paid for my time to write the review. I was not paid to write a positive review and all thoughts written below are my own.”
Mom , it makes me run SO FAST!
What a funny boy, my dear 6 year old is. I surprised him today with a new drink in his lunch. It was an orange-flavored POWERADE PLAY that we received in the mail for review. Today he got off the bus and literally RAN up the lane (two tenths of a mile, mind you) with a huge grin on his face.
Me: “Hi, Handsome!”
Ozzie: Mooommmmmmmm!!
Me: How was school?
Ozzie: It was Great! What is Aaron drinking?
Me: It's that POWERADE PLAY stuff we got in the mail. Did you like the new drink in your lunch?
Ozzie: Yeah! It tasted awesome. When we had walking club, I was the fastest runner!
Me: I have another drink for you for baseball practice
Ozzie: Cool.
And off he ran, into the house...
POWERADE PLAY is POWERADE’s new sports drink for young athletes. With just 60 calories per 12 fluid ounce bottle, it has 25% less sugar than traditional sports drinks. It is enhanced with 100% of the Daily Value (DV) of Vitamin C and 20% DV Zinc to help support a healthy immune system and also has 20% of the DV of Vitamins B3, B5, B6 and B12.
Our boys are loving having this fun treat in the house! I feel good serving it to active boys. I like the convenient size we received and the boys think it tastes yummy. It's not as sweet as more juices and the kids think it's "cool" like the big guys (high school boys LOL) drink.
With boys ages 6, 4, and 3, we are just getting started in the world of sports. This summer, we have a boy in coach's pitch baseball, one in t-ball and all three in swimming lessons. Of course, we also have bike riding, hiking, playing on playgrounds and just general goofiness that comes with raising boys.
Why do we keep them so active? Are we trying to raise professional athletes or something?
ABSOLUTELY CATEGORICALLY NOT!
My dear handsome husband and I believe that active boys are happy boys. We feel that America is producing too many boys who are not allowed to BE BOYS. Too much time is spent watching tv, sitting down playing video games and being told to “behave”.
Yes, our kids watch too much tv.
Yes, our kids play an occasional video game (mostly things like Webkinz)
Yes, our children are expected to behave properly.
However, they are also expected to work hard, play hard and be men.
In our estimation, we have only a short time to train boys to be men. We feel our boys have a purpose here on the planet to do great things, to do hard things, to make a difference in the universe. We want them to go on the mission field, do service work or whatever it is that God calls them to do.
Each choice we make for them is often calculated by “What is the long-term implication of this activity?” Mostly, we want the boys to relate to other boys... in any culture. What are the universal languages of boys? Sports, work, and music. So... we started our boys in music as newborns. They will all play piano (at least the basics) as well. For work, they have lots of chores and their Daddy utilizes their “big muscles” with outside work whenever he can. And the international language of boys? Sports: baseball, basketball, football, swimming (and who knows what else they'll enjoy). We encourage fresh air and sunshine, tree climbing, water battles, hide and seek and stomp rocket tag.
Do we want them to be superstars? Heavens no. We want them to get the basics and have FUN. We want them to learn to enjoy being on a team and cheering for teammates. We want them to learn to be good winners and good losers. Teams are good training grounds for lots of life's lessons.
Sooo, this review of POWERADE PLAY was a fun chance for me to verbalize WHY we encourage our boys to be so active. We want them to be active, healthy well-rounded adults and the training starts as having fun... now.
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How do you enter? Simply leave a comment below telling me about your favorite way to keep children active. This sweepstakes is open from now 5/10 through 6/10.
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