Quaker Make the Play Contest!
This post is sponsored by Quaker. All opinions are my own.
I had the opportunity to interview Andrew Luck, Quarterback for Indianapolis Colts. Andrew is participating in Quaker’s contest to find out what unique ways that families play together. You can submit your own invented backyard game or an original way to get creative playing outdoors for a chance to win a day of play with Andrew Luck!
During the interview, Andrew shared with me his family’s own invented backyard game. He recounted how his family started what they call “Roof Ball,” a game that his sister came up with while at their grandma’s house in Cleveland, Ohio. They would throw a ball onto the roof and could score a variety of points for a successful throw. Andrew didn’t remember all the scoring rules, but did confess that his little sister always won – a sore spot for this great competitor!
With his own fond memories of creating games in his youth and spending lots of time outdoors with his family playing a wide variety of sports with his dad or a slew of neighborhood kids Andrew says the Quaker Make the Play Contest is something he totally aligns with in encouraging families to get outdoors and away from the tech and video games that often distracts from family time.
My husband is always sharing the crazy games his grandpa would come up with when he was a kid. His grandparents owned a piece of property way out away from town so they would use their imaginations instead to come up with the craziest games they could to keep the kids entertained while visiting. We took a family trip and visited his grandpa a year ago and I was excited to get to participate in some of the crazy games I heard about growing up. One of the games involved a soft loop tied to the end of a long string. One player would stand at the end of the deck while the other player pulled the loop back and let it go swinging it towards the other player. The goal was not to hit the other player, of course, as they were a safe distance out of the swinging path. However, you were trying to get the other player to flinch. If they had nerves of steel and wouldn’t flinch, they’d win a point! This type of game is totally in line with my husband and his whole family’s personalities and sense of humor, that it just cracks me up.
Interview with Andrew Luck
Q: Why is this campaign important to you?
Andrew: I feel fortunate to be a quarterback in the NFL. As a kid being outside playing was so important to me and my family and this contest has the same wave-length to try to get kids outside and playing. Eating well and get good sleep.
Q: What would you say has been the highlight of your football career?
Andrew: We made it to the playoffs last year – beating the chiefs at a home game. We are hoping to make it to the Superbowl some year.
Q: How do you fuel up before a big game?
Andrew: A good night’s sleep, I need a good 9 hours of sleep. I also eat a big breakfast. We play in the afternoon around lunchtime so I fill up with a big brunch of eggs, potatoes, oatmeal with yogurt, fruit, orange juice and milk. Then a good stretch and warm-up.
Q: You mentioned you eat your oatmeal with yogurt in it, can you tell me more about that?
Andrew: I start with a good quality oatmeal and add in usually strawberry or blueberry yogurt, fresh fruit, and sometimes raisins or cranberries too. It’s a great way to combine it all.
Quaker Make the Play Contest
Quaker and Fuel Up to Play 60 is joining together to invite parents across the nation to show the unique ways their family plays. Studies have shown that kids do better in academic performance and concentration in class when they are active. So it’s important to do what we can to keep our kids minds and bodies active and healthy.
By participating in the Make the Play Contest, your family could win the grand prize “Day of Play” in your own hometown with Andrew Luck! Daily prizes will also be awarded as a $50 NFLShop.com gift card. The contest is open now through December 1st, 2014. To enter, head over to QuakerMakethePlay.com and submit your own short description and image of your family’s unique game!
Love oatmeal any way. So many things you can do with it.
Getting families to spend time together is so important. Oatmeal is a great way to fuel up for the day.
Wow how awesome! I think that would be very cool, and my kids would love it too. Big huge sports fans here!
What an awesome experience! I love the idea of getting families together and playing!
My family enjoys bowling. Our local club has a Rock a Bowl night every week with laser lights and glowing bowling balls. If we don’t feel like going out we often play Wii Sports.
I love Quaker products. Sounds like it was a great experience you shared about!
We play a lot of tag, which isn’t unique but really gets us going. We love jumping on the trampoline too!
My kids and I used to go for runs all the time. Now they are slacking off a bit. I love that campaign of families working out together.
This is such a great interview! Love the message that families can exercise together.
I like him so far. he seems to have a great outlook on the game and good values
Great interview! I don’t think we have any interesting games we play… LOL! Other than maybe travel games on the road.
My neighbor adds yogurt to her oatmeal. I always thought she was the only one LOL
It’s a;ways fun hearing big names encouraging families to get out and play!
Very cool interview! We play a similar game, just at the beach. So fun!
Cool interview. I want to try his oatmeal/yogurt recipe! That sounds really good.
What a fun interview! Looks like he really enjoys fueling up for a big day!
Our family loves Quaker products. How fun to interview Andrew Luck. It looks like a great interview.
I love the roof ball game idea. I remember tossing my ball onto the roof of my parent’s home when I was a kid.
What a great interview! Andrew Luck is a great player and I love seeing him partnering with Quaker!
You must have been so excited to get that interview! I love the picture of him doing drills with the kids.
I’m going to have to try the yogurt in my oatmeal, haven’t done that before. I’m curious if he has a hard time getting to sleep on days he doesn’t have practice/games.
My daughter used to play this hybrid game of hide and seek and Marco Polo. We had to keep our eyes closed the whole time we played hide and seek. It was fun, but we lost a few lamps. =D
We don’t play any creative games, really. However, when we play hide and seek the kids get VERY creative with their hiding places.
We’ve played our own variation of roof ball too. 🙂 That’s fun that you got to interview him!
My nephew is all about new and different ways to play with army men. The other day, he had me, him, his sister, and his gramma all shooting at army men with nerf guns.
I totally need 9 hours of sleep, too. Any less and I feel so unproductive.
How FUN! Being from Indiana, I was excited to see your interview with a Colts player! When I was younger, I would play volleyball by throwing the ball onto the roof of an outside building on our property. The ball would roll back down and I’d bump it back up. I could do that for HOURS!! Now with my own family, we love playing outside when the temperature is nice. Especially swimming. Inside, we play age appropriate board games with the kiddo.
Wonderful interview. Kids need to be outside for sure. It’s so healthy for them.
Great interview! Getting kids to play outside is really important.
I don’t know that we play anything really “unique” but my daughter loves making up games for us to play in the backyard. Plus lots of time in the Bounce House and swing set, too!
We take turns making up outside games. The kids can make up a game super fast – getting Nana to be able to keep with them is a different story! I know they let me win sometimes.
We love oatmeal that has all kinds of goodies in it. I love adding granola and fruit. I haven’t tried it with yogurt yet, going to have to change that.
We do a weekly board game night, but that is about it for games. Every now and then we will do things like I spy or licence plate games in the car.
We have a weekly wii game night with friends and family our favorites are the dance games! We like to tease each other! It never gets old! (and surprisingly with the more intense dance games and the zumba ones you really work up a sweat!) 🙂
It’s so delicious, I found that I enjoy the oatmeal with cranberries and walnuts in it. I love these pictures too, they’re fabulous.
What a great interview! I love how this encourages families to play together not to mention the exercise they get! How awesome!
Andrew Luck is on my husband’s fantasy football team! LOL!
I never thought about adding yogurt to my oatmeal. What a great way to make breakfast stay with you longer.
I love that they are getting families to spend time together! I don’t have a yard, so our family fun is at the beach!