Obstacle in my path

We held pack meeting in our backyard last night. I tried really hard to have the backyard looking good before people came, so of course, all I could see were the weeds. However, we got some lovely comments about everything.
We (meaning sweet C and I and the Cub masters- a husband and wife team) built an obstacle course for the boys to run. They had to walk a balance beam, step on a series of buckets, swing themselves over each of a group of saw horses, do a forward roll, jump up on and run across a platform, crawl through a twisting tunnel made of cardboard boxes, step between the rungs of a ladder, run around a spiral made from a hose, do a backwards roll down a hill, throw a ball, and jump up to touch a wind chime to make it ring. (we didn't have a bell.) The kids all had a ball! Even some teenage big sisters and brothers who were there and the little ones. The hardest thing seemed to be the jump up and hit the chime. We couldn't hang it too high, the little cubs wouldn't have been able to hit it, but it was too low and easy for a few. I put a stool for some to jump from but that didn't seem to help.
One family though was the most coordinated. They raise their children somewhat like I did mine- sending them out to play outdoors. It is obvious to me that many children simply don't get to play or do outdoor activities.
Send your children out in the backyard to play! Take them to a park! Play ball with them, bike with them, run around in circles with them, have them chase the dog, Teach them some skills. Life can't get too busy to give kids some outdoor time. It just isn't right!
(All that simply because I watched little boys who couldn't put one foot in front of the other or jump up in the air.) (Ouch!)