{"id":12182,"date":"2013-06-18T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T21:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=12182"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T21:43:51","slug":"its-not-all-about-you-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/18\/its-not-all-about-you-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Not All About You Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/b>The best way to feel good about yourself is to do something for someone else.<\/p>\n

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Okay, so we\u2019re in the second week of summer, full swing into Mom living like a 12 year-old letting summer have its way with us.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve gone to Raging Waters for our first Fun Wednesday<\/a> and gotten our season pass for the price of a regular admission<\/a> (promotion available all summer!). We\u2019ve got bowling cued up for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got our first Pinterest Project Day<\/a> lined up for Thursday: Angry Bird Pizzas!<\/p>\n

And we\u2019ve started an impromptu Go Some Place for Lunch We Don\u2019t Usually Go Day. Last week we picked Leatherby\u2019s Family Creamery<\/a> and started with ice cream before lunch! I haven\u2019t had a banana split in decades! Rating it as a 12 year-old: Epic.<\/p>\n

But all this indulging of ourselves has left me feeling guilty. Guilty that we have the luxury to dive into the deep end of summer when some people don\u2019t even have a plastic kiddie pool. Whether it\u2019s the luxury of time, money, transportation, resources, freedom from responsibility, or even love and friendships\u2014it\u2019s important to remember to share the wealth and not always be so focused on our own needs and desires.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re adding another theme day to our summer of fun: It\u2019s Not All About You Day<\/strong>! Each week the kids and I are going to do something for someone else. Last week we donated (instead of selling on Craig\u2019s List) a room full of girls\u2019 furnishings to the American Cancer Society Discovery Thrift Shop<\/a> in memory of Pa who died from Leukemia.<\/p>\n

The kids have brainstormed ideas ranging from doing a summer camp in the backyard for little kids like their friend who does Camp Jenna every year to collecting retired sports equipment for underprivileged youths like Asha and Bela’s Cleats for Feats<\/a>. (To donate cleats and shin guards for this fall’s soccer season benefiting kids of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento contact Asha Armstrong at ashaarmstrong9@gmail.com<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"Bela<\/a>
Bela and Asha Armstrong collecting soccer gear for Cleats for Feats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s the list we came up with to enhance our summer with good works and not just indulgence:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Not All About You Day<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Turn in cans and bottles (collected or saved) and use money to buy games and activities at the dollar store for kids in hospitals.<\/li>\n
  2. Offer to weed, prune, mow, or plant for an elderly neighbor.<\/li>\n
  3. Take vegetables from garden and fruit from trees around to the neighbors.<\/li>\n
  4. Offer to exercise a neighbor\u2019s dog.<\/li>\n
  5. Do trash pick-up at the park, river, or other public places.<\/li>\n
  6. Sponsor a foster child or family to go to Raging Waters<\/a>, River Cats<\/a> game, bowling, skating, or Sky High<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Make or bring cake\/cupcakes and\/or donate extra party supplies to Project Birthday<\/a> for children in need.<\/li>\n
  8. Donate supplies and\/or care time to local animal shelters.<\/li>\n
  9. Donate Slip n Slides to Children\u2019s Receiving Home<\/a>\u00a0or Boys and Girls Club<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. Cook and deliver a meal to a needy family.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pLagU9fIm7g]<\/p>\n

    Please share any of your ideas for teaching kids to give back to others!<\/p>\n

    Next week: Work before play with Chore of the Day!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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