Safety Town

So this last week was super fun, and super crazy! Haha. Safety Town is this little camp for kids ages 4-7 that teaches them all about being safe. Throughout the week we were able to have the Police, Firefighters, Paramedics, Humane Society, and some other people come and teach us about being safe! I've helped out with this camp twice in the past few years, but I haven't been able to for a while. So I jumped on the opportunity to volunteer at this camp when I found out I could actually go!

The woman who runs the camp is a member of my church, and we've known her for years! She's always been someone I look up to, and this week was really great, thanks to her!

There was 4 groups this week, and we were each assigned a place in the little town we set up each morning. The people who put on the camp make intersections and cross walks so the kids can learn how to safely cross the street, and how to 'drive' their bikes safely as well!

>>It's so fun seeing the kids run around the little town all week!

So here are the kids in my group!

I was really lucky to get an adorable group, just as the others! They all got to know each other very quickly, and were good friends by the middle of the week.

Sweet little Mia liked taking pictures with my phone all week. :)

My favorite thing about this camp is how much it teaches every person who is involved in it. The kids learn about safety and working with others, and the leaders learn more about patience with children! I loove kids, I babysit all the time and love it! But man, every time I do this camp I get to work on my patience and other qualities it takes to work with big groups of little kiddies. They became better at not listening as the week went on, but that's normal;) haha. They were so crazy all week, it wasn't hard at all to feed off of their energy! All around, it was so so much fun!

Sometimes it seems a bit crazy that this will be my life about 10-15 years down the road, having lots of kids! But I'm grateful that kids come one at a time. Unless I have twins or anything more than that--that'd be a trip! Everything is meant to happen for a reason, I can handle anything I set my mind to! Haha. I'm also really grateful to have such great experiences like this to prepare me for my future life. I really love being involved in events like this, they're nothing but uplifting in so many different ways!

--I volunteered at the Santa Maria Safety Town, but it originated in Santa Barbara. Click HERE for the link to their website if you have any questions or just want to check it out a bit more. :) 

Love, Megs. :)