We are downsizing!!

'Downsizing' - that's a new buzz word, right? It kind of makes everyone nervous, but at Stroller Strides Richmond, its a GOOD THING!

Every mom wants to stay on top of things, right? No mom has enough hours in the day to get evrything done, right? We all want something fast, simple, and complete, right? Well, we heard you, and we are 'STROLLING' towards the answer.

Right now, if you wanted to stay in the loop with all that the Richmond Stroller Strides mommies are doing, you would have to do the following:

• Pull up the main website to see the current class schedule, read about specialty classes, and see the newsletter.
• Join our Yahoo chat room to see who is meeting where for an afternoon coffee break, or to ask these 'expert' moms the answer to the question 'How do you remove crayon from carpet?'
• Join our Meetup page so you can RSVP to all our social events - Mom's Night Out, playgroups, family days, community events, etc, etc
• Click on the blog to look at cute pictures and read about the biz

WOW - that's too much information in TOO MANY PLACES! So I am currently working on a way to consolidate it all into one, yes ONE, place. Plus we will be adding an optional weekly email update so you can stay on top of everything. I am working hard to keep you up-to-date while decreasing your time clicking on website after website!

I am hoping to roll everything out by the beginning of June! Stay tuned!!

Stroller Strides on TV!

What great press we have been getting lately! Yesterday Stroller Strides Richmond was featured on the NBC12 morning news at 6:45am. What a prime spot! Every mother in Richmond is probably awake at that time watching the news! A special thanks to Ashley Swann for doing an incredible segment! There are lots of moms, happy babies, and even a dad!

Here is the video:


Here is a link to their story online. Be sure to vote in the poll 'Do you ever mix in a workout with your kids?'

An Organized House is a Happy House

I had a very non-traditional Mother's Day. Normally moms (typically including myself) request the day off where they forget out their household duties just for one day. This year, I actually spent the day 'in the trenches'. I organized my entire house. It was a daunting task, but the toys and clutter were taking over. It had to be done.

So I made a goal...everything in the house has a 'home'. That meant all toys had their proper bin. All mail had a basket. All art supplies had a shelf. If we ran out of room, then something had to go. We did not keep it if it didn't have a 'home'. That meant no more toy strollers parked in the corner. No more coloring books stacked on the floor. Everything went somewhere.

Now I also made a household rule that no one goes to bed at night until everything is in its 'home'. I wish I took before and after pictures because the difference is remarkable. We are going on Day 2 of an organized house and everything 'feels' calmer. Let's see how long we can keep it like this! To top it off, we will get to have one killer of a yardsale to sell all the stuff who we deemed 'homeless'!

As a treat for all this work, many women would ask for a massage or a pedicure. Not me, I scheduled a carpet cleaning. I know, I'm a strange woman! Strange, but calm.

Watch our slide show!!

These are pictures taken during a Stroller Strides class and published in the Times Dispatch. What beautiful mommies and babies!

Mothers work out with Stroller Strides in Maymont Park

Extra, Extra, READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Stroller Strides was in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Sunday! Here is the link. The article was FANTASTIC! I was so excited to have this piece written by Maria Howard who typically writes articles about all the fitness trends in Richmond and is a fitness professional herself. She did a great job explaining how moms are really important role models in promoting healthy lifestyles. I love how she talked about their being a 'crier' at every class. Its the tue, ain't it :)

They also had a fabulous slide show on the website which can be found here. Those moms are working hard!

Thanks for the ladies who were in class that day, and especially to Jenn B. who was quoted in the article.

Mother's Day is Special at Stroller Strides!

I hope everyone had an amazing Mother's Day! At Stroller Strides, we celebrated with a good sweat on Friday! Our annual Mother's Day celebration started with 28 moms (and one grandma) participating in a great class! During class we focused on exercises that moms need to do our jobs as mothers so there was lots of squats, rows, core work, and agility work. Here are some pics of the babies all lined up at the start of class.

Then after class, we had our Celebration! We treated the moms to pampering, Stroller Strides-style!! Thank you so much to our businesses that supported our event:

• Kalico Kitchen provided delicious cake!
• Chick-fil-A brought a yummy gruit platter
• Massage envy gave moms chair massages
• BeautiControl consultant, Erin Snow, gave hand and foot treatments
• Vitamin Water 10 provided refreshing drinks
• LUNA provided the ever-popular yummy LUNA bars.

What a great way to kick off our special weekend!!