Kids have too much energy

It's cold and raining outside and my kids have way too much energy. That means it's time to pull out something new to play with (and hopefully exhaust them).

This is an inflatable air mattress. It has a slow leak so we can't use it for letting people sleep, but rather than throw it out we let the kids go crazy. The kids call it an air track (like at Little Gym). We start by just jumping across it.

One at a time is best, but we rarely end up following that rule. We do try to go the same direction, so there are fewer head injuries.

Then there is the fun of doing somersaults.  These are more difficult to get good photos of, but you get the idea.

This usually will buy me about an hour of the kids exercising. Then we can focus on doing art, reading, or the rain will stop and we can go outside to run some more. We only bring this out once every few months so it keeps the novelty, but the middle of Winter and the middle of Summer are both perfect times for an activity like this.