{"id":18766,"date":"2013-11-13T00:30:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=18766"},"modified":"2013-11-11T21:04:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:04:22","slug":"30-days-of-gratitude-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/30-days-of-gratitude-day-13\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days of Gratitude: Day 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

SugarBabe Jacinda shares her gratitude for being a parent helper at school.<\/h2>\n

Last week I had the opportunity to chaperon my daughter’s school camp. The kids were all aged between nine and eleven. I spent 3 days\/2 nights with 70 students and a dozen other parents\/teachers, and honestly, I came away as buzzed about it as the kids.<\/p>\n

I tend to be a little cynical when it comes to the amount of money we have to pay for school camps. Is it a reasonable amount? Do the kids really get that much out of camp? Are they charging too much? Well I can safely say now, after being THERE with the kids, that every cent is totally worth it and then some.<\/p>\n

To see the kids participate in so many activities outside their comfort zone, to see them work through fears successfully, building self-confidence and teamwork along the way . . . it was amazing. I felt so blessed to witness it all, and to be a part of such an incredible experience. They had archery, go-karts, a flying fox, a confidence course, a balance course, a rope maze, kayaking, and a huge water slide. The whole camp was built around increasing their courage, and I saw it over and over again as individuals pushed themselves just that little bit further than they thought they could go.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos of Brooke enjoying her camp:<\/p>\n

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When I thought about what I was most grateful for, being a parent helper at school was top of my list. I won’t always be available (or needed) at future activities. I’m sure as my daughters get older, having a parent along on trips won’t be the fun that it is now, so I’m making the most of it while I can. Later this week I’m helping in my younger daughter’s class too. It makes my heart glad to know that right now, my girls love it when I help out at school, and I’m thankful to be available to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SugarBabe Jacinda shares her gratitude for being a parent helper at school. Last week I had the opportunity to chaperon my daughter’s school camp. The kids were all aged between nine and eleven. I spent 3 days\/2 nights with 70 students and a dozen other parents\/teachers, and honestly, I came away as buzzed about it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":18767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18766"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18769,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766\/revisions\/18769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}