Mother

Happy Mother's Day!

Another year has gone by and it’s time to show the most important woman in your life how special she really is! Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity to tell mom how much you love and appreciate everything she does on a daily basis. Take the time today to do an activity together that is both fun and active for the whole family. Help mom out with gardening, go on a hike, or even better, go for a jump on your Springfree Trampoline!

There are a million reasons to love mom and we asked our Springfree family from all over the globe what they love about their own mom the most. Here’s what they told us…

How are you celebrating Mother's Day this year?

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Springfree Trampoline staff members from all over the globe put a video together to show our appreciation and love for our mothers! Take a look:

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

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Erin & Emma meet Alison Braun

“You need to get out of your comfort zone and jump for joy” says the inspirational Alison Braun.

The once self confessed overweight mother stole the hearts of the Australian nation in the 2008 Biggest Loser competition.

I had the pleasure of meeting Alison at the Sydney Women’s Expo where she shared her journey of shedding over 50 kilos, and reintegrating to ‘life on the outside’. So many people praised how fantastic she looked and how much they loved watching her on TV. Asked how she deals with the attention, her reply, ‘[it’s]…Just Humbling’.

Now Alison travels around Australia aiming to inspire women to get fit – and the key according to Alison is the power of the mind.

When I heard Alison encouraging people to ‘Jump for joy’, I automatically thought of my experience trying to get mothers to have a jump on the Springfree™ Trampoline. At the event I offered many mothers the opportunity to have a bounce, but their response was “Oh No… I couldn’t jump I would probably fall apart”. But once they make the decision to get out of their comfort zone, and give it a go, they have an absolute ball!

Alison is proof that your body can do amazing things, when you’ve got your head right.

So I propose a mission to all mothers, women and anybody who hasn’t jumped out of their comfort zone for a while – go crazy! Try something new, do something different – heck get out to the backyard and jump on the Springfree™ Trampoline if you’re one of those mothers who thinks… Geez that looks fun but I couldn’t do that!!

So, it’s no big secret I just returned from 7 months travelling… and the more I read the luckier I realise I was.

I’ve joked a little that I’ve been to some pretty dangerous spots, Caracas and Los Llanos in Venezula, Nairobi in Kenya… etc.

My mother is fortunately a good sport, and didn’t give me too much grief at the time, but talking recently I realised how worried she really was. And with good cause.

After hearing exhalations of ‘you went where??!!’… I had a hunt of the world’s most dangerous cities. Guess what, Caracas has arguably the highest danger rating in the world.

Then there was a recent travel story in the Sydney Morning Herald (a big paper over here in Australia) listing the top ten places you’re likely to be pick pocketed.

Shock horror – I’ve been to 8 out of the top 10. And the only reason I haven’t been to all 10 is I ran out of time to visit Madrid (which I’d paid for) and Buenos Aires which was on my original ticket, but I had to change as I couldn’t fit it in.

1. Barcelona, Spain

2. Rome, Italy

3. Prague, Czech Republic

4. Madrid, Spain

5. Paris, France

6. Florence, Italy

7. Buenos Aires, Argentina

8. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

9. Athens, Greece

10. Hanoi, Vietnam

I’m 26, and independent, but I travelled overseas first time alone at 16. Not being a mother myself, but seeing how happy my mum is to have me back in one piece, how do you feel about your kids travelling? Or having little ones, and knowing one day they will?

Kristen, Marketing Manager, Springfree^TM Trampoline Australia

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/159175/top_5_most_dangerous_countries_in_the.html?cat=9

Reading the first line of news article ‘Blokes finally have a good excuse to head to the pub when their partner is pregnant’, I was trapped! When have Australian blokes ever needed a excuse to go to the pub?

I needed to read on to find out what qualifies as a ‘GOOD’ excuse to leave your waddling partner at home, tired and swollen, to go have a drink with the boys.

Then there was the word EDUCATIONAL… obviously this article was orchestrated by a group of men sitting around the poker table one night in a brainstorming session on how to get away from the hormonal wife…

What they were really talking about is a concept called Beers and Bubs – a 2.5 hour session aimed at men who are too busy to make ante-natal classes or find it hard to speak up in a clinical environment. The group discusses pain relief, birth etiquette and caesareans over a meal, beer or soft drink.

How do you feel about his concept? Good idea or lame idea? I asked some of the Springfree™ Trampoline mothers what they thought…

Trudie – Costumer Service & Mother of 4.

What a joke. If they have time to go to the pub why do they not have time to go to an Anti-Natal class?

Tanya – Assistant Marketing Manager & Mother of 2

I know my husband squirmed all the way through antenatal classes. I found often the men wouldn’t join in the conversations as they didn’t appear to want to share their feelings and thoughts in front of the women or perhaps felt they weren’t entitled to contribute as they weren’t as impacted by the pregnancy as the women. A male only group environment would enable them to share and discuss the experience from a man’s perspective, having the ability to be completely open and honest about their circumstances and learn the role a man can play in the pregnancy, birth, and then nurturing of the child – the men I know seem to feel lost and unable to contribute and they’re reluctant to discuss issues with their partner for fear of upsetting them or being misunderstood. They want to help, but have little idea how. Learning these skills can not only help them become more included in the process, it would benefit their partner greatly and encourage a more harmonious environment for the child – and its cheap therapy! Antenatal in the pub – what man wouldn’t go!

Leanne – Administration and HR Manager & 15 Weeks Pregnant

I do like the idea that they can feel comfortable in an environment and feel as though they can talk more freely. We are yet to start ante-natal classes but other fathers have already got my husband dreading some of the things he will have to sit through.

Blogged: Erin @ Springfree Trampoline Australia.

Tuesday 13 October 2009