Our weekend began with plans to get our Christmas tree from a local farm. It soon turned into a Griswold-style comic adventure.
Making Mom Friends as a Military Spouse
For the first 4 months we lived in North Carolina, I was a stay at home mom with no friends. It was the second duty station of our marriage, but the first time I stayed home every day with our 1-year-old. I left my full-time job at the last duty station, and planned...
How to Create a Visual Deployment Countdown
Guest Post: How to Create a Visual Deployment Countdown Display for Young Children written by Meg Flanagan Today on the blog I am so pleased to welcome my first guest writer! Meg Flanagan is a special and elementary education teacher who holds an M.Ed in special...
Using Geography to Help Military Kids Understand Deployment
Deployments can be a great teaching opportunity! Help military kids explore their new interest in parts of the world that others in their class haven't even heard of. Here's how you can help military kids learn about cultures around the world during deployment. Help...
Get after-school help with homework
After school is one of the toughest times of the day for me. All 4 kids are home, but even if I get 2 to take naps, the older 2 need help with homework and school activities. My 2nd grader has had an especially challenging year. I need to help her review spelling...
Get Toys Organized to make Clean Up Easier
Want to get the toys organized? When you are outnumbered by your kids, you have to start streamlining your life a bit. Young kids are capable of helping around the house, but sometimes it takes so much effort to help them and supervise them that it seems faster to...
Why sports are great during deployment
When Dad is gone, and Mom is the only parent, things are different. Mom has a different style than Dad. Mom is probably not as much fun. And often, Mom is not as interested in sports. So Mom might be tempted to avoid sports programs during a deployment, and just wait...
Communication During Deployment: Military Kids
In prior deployments, my husband didn't have email access, and my children were too young to read or write. But this time, he has a computer, and our oldest is in 2nd grade. She is so proud that she can write to Daddy, and it seems to help her behavior a lot when I...
Deployment Survival Tip: Find a Gym with Childcare
Let's be honest : everyone plans to get in shape and lose weight during a deployment. But actually finding the time to work out can be a real challenge. And a frustration. I have dealt with this in a few different ways over the years. I tried a lot of different things...
Military Kids and Deployments: Everything You Need to Know
Sometimes you and your child could use a break from each other. Sometimes it would be great to have some time apart. Especially in the summer. When you start feeling like that, it might be time to arrange a sleepover! Note: this only applies to children old enough to...