"Oh man, (they have) a whole lot of energy," Mohamed laughed. "I don't like them on their screens, so I try to take them out and let them run and play."
Running is about more than the ground covered, or energy burned, Mohamed said. It's also the conversations that occur amid the methodical thump of three pairs of feet on pavement.
"It's very nice, it allows us time to be together, because we have two other kids (aged one and three) as well, so they see this as something for me and them to share," said Mohamed, whose family moved to Canada from Ethiopia when he was four.