My daughter is camping for the first time
@shaggin (74987)
United States
August 20, 2017 1:31pm CST
Today my daughter who is 13 is off at her friends house. It is a birthday party and the girls are camping outside overnight. This is her first time ever camping so I hope it goes well.
I loved camping with my friends as a teen. The father who is a former police officer (now a detective) will be staying outside with the girls to make sure they are not scared and are safe. I am so nervous but I trust the parents completely.
My sons cyber school books arrived yesterday. The books are in the photo I attached and the rest of his supplies fill a dresser drawer.
My daughters first day back to public school is August 28th where she is entering 8th grade. My sons first day back to cyber school is September 5 where he is entering 4th grade.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Aug 17
I remember taking my kids camping for the first time. It was a school-sanctioned camping trip in a large field behind the kid's elementary school. I volunteered as a chaperone for the campout. It was one of the funnest camping trips I've been on! We had such a great time with everybody else on the camping trip, even though it was freezing cold at night!
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Aug 17
That sounds like it made a wonderful memory. The first time I ever went camping was not in a tent but in a wooden building with no electric or bathroom or anything. That was for my 4th grade class trip at school. I never camped again until I was a teen and camped with my friends and the guy I was seeing at the time. I was 15 then. I loved it. I have no camped since that summer though and it has been over 15 years now.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@moffittjc Neither of my kids enjoy the outdoors 
they are like their father that way. My parents never went camping we always stayed at hotels so I never got much chances to go camping.
they are like their father that way. My parents never went camping we always stayed at hotels so I never got much chances to go camping.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Aug 17
@shaggin Wow, 15 years since you've last camped out! That's a long time! I pretty much grew up camping, as my family like to hunt, fish and camp, so we were always heading out someplace fun to camp out at on weekends. And I have a huge love of the outdoors, so I try to take my son camping nowadays as much as possible. My daughter, on the other hand, she doesn't want to have anything to do with camping! haha
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
24 Aug 17
Camping is fun. I hope she enjoys it. Good luck with the school. Lil Keith starts back on the 28th as well. The twins will not start until September.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
29 Aug 17
@Shellyann36 School is back in session now so I doubt it. It's gotten chilly here all the sudden.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@shaggin So glad she had fun! I hope that the weather is nice and that they can enjoy a few more camping sleep overs this year.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
20 Aug 17
I hope its a great night for her with no scares.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Aug 17
It took me quite a few hours for the anxiety to leave me. I have spent most the day reading.
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
28 Aug 17
Yes it it! It covers al the subjects he will have throughout the year.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
22 Oct 17
I hope she had fun sleeping in a tent....
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
26 Oct 17
@shaggin When our children were young ( now as adults they get their own site), we let our children each bring a friend to camp. Between the two of us we had 6 children and ended up with 12 children at Camp Insanity. It was fine when they were little, then they were teens and it was not so fun but we lived through it..
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
21 Aug 17
@shaggin I hope to hear about the camping trip when she gets back :-)
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@FayeHazel She had a great time. She was very tired the next day after getting barely any sleep and her back was sore from sleeping with a rock under her part of the tent but we had to get some school shopping done. She told me tonight that the camping party was the funnest thing all summer.
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
21 Aug 17
Don't worry much,with an adult at the camp, the girls will be having fun
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
21 Aug 17
@shaggin Everything will be alright, go watch some nice movies and relax
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@peachpurple It went great! She told me today that was the funnest thing all summer.
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