CONTRIBUTED BY LAURA COSTA Joy Balloon Birthday Joy Company provides balloon decorations and so much more. My favorite thing about Joy Company is not just the quality of their work, which is great, but it is the kind and loving owners. Islaine and Maulo, also known as Alex, make the company so great. They love [...]
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Joy Company
Posted on 12 December 2011.
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Kids & Maternity Shopping, Kids' Parties, Parenting Wisdom0 Comments
An Okinawa Adoption Story
Posted on 11 October 2011.
I always wanted to adopt but was never able to. I was a single 24 year-old female serving in the United States Marine Corps and adoption is expensive. I got by but let’s face it, I was no Angelina Jolie. I didn’t make the movie star paycheck and with the hours I worked, child care [...]
Posted in Childcare, Preschools & Schools, On Becoming Me, Parenting Wisdom, Pregnancy & Childbirth17 Comments
MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers
Posted on 24 July 2011.
MOPS Cards CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN PARKER Your three-year old spilled his orange juice, and while you are on your hands and knees cleaning it up, you notice the stale Cheerios from days gone by hugging the floorline that meets the wall. You crawl farther under the table, promptly bang your head, and eventually pick up [...]
Posted in Adult Programs & Classes, Childcare, Preschools & Schools, Kids Programs & Classes, Parenting Wisdom, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Spiritual Life13 Comments
MOMS Club of Okinawa
Posted on 24 March 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY ANALICIA MCCLELLAN 1. What is the main purpose of your organization? MOMS Club stands for “Moms Offering Moms Support“. We are a local chapter of the International MOMS Club non-profit organization and our main purpose is to support other moms here on Okinawa. We know it can be hard to be so far away [...]
Posted in Kids Activities: Indoors, Kids Activities: Outdoors, Parenting Wisdom21 Comments
Packing for the Long Flight
Posted on 12 July 2010.
Several years ago, Lucia wrote a post for us about packing for trips. You can find it here. For those of you who want the advanced tutorial, keep reading. Lisa takes us on an Organizer's Dream Trip with her post! May I someday be this organized! CONTRIBUTED BY LISA D. I’m a Girl Scout type [...]
Posted in Off-Island Travel, Parenting Wisdom12 Comments
Kids and Jet Lag
Posted on 04 June 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE Unless you've spent your entire life in a region where there's no such thing as Daylight Savings Time, you know that adapting to a time change quickly and effectively can play a major role in how well you begin adjusting to a new duty station, or even just while on vacation. [...]
Posted in Off-Island Travel, Parenting Wisdom0 Comments
International Adoption Workshop
Posted on 05 March 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER HANSEN Twice a year MCCS offers an International Adoption Workshop through the Marine and Family Services Center. The workshop covers issues pertaining to both international & domestic adoption (don’t let the title fool you!). Adoption is possible while living in Okinawa. Before my husband and I were married, we discussed the possibility [...]
Posted in Parenting Wisdom, Pregnancy & Childbirth2 Comments
Japanese Corner – Playground Talk
Posted on 27 November 2009.
CONTRIBUTED BY JANNINE MYERS I did something a couple of weeks ago which gravely reminded me that my Japanese language skills are in dire need of attention. I was on my way out with both my daughters, when my youngest daughter’s two little play companions raced over to see if she could play (you [...]
Posted in Japanese Language, Parenting Wisdom7 Comments
A Military Family Thanksgiving
Posted on 22 November 2009.
Maybe it's just me, but I love Thanksgiving. It's probably my favorite holiday, even moreso than Christmas or the 4th of July (the latter sliding in there because it's so close to my own birthday, I always believed that the festivities were in celebration of me). I love the food, the gathering of family in [...]
Posted in American Festivals & Holidays, Military Life, Parenting Wisdom5 Comments
No Kids Allowed: When Parents Escape
Posted on 08 November 2009.
For me, one of the hardest parts about being a military family isn't the constant moving, or the long separations from my husband, or even the lack of control over our very existence. Rather, it's the fact that we live so far from our families. Growing up, I lived a mile from my father's parents. [...]
Posted in Date Night, Military Life, Okinawa Getaways, Parenting Wisdom2 Comments
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