I'm always searching for fun, new ideas to teach and make Deployment a little easier on Dylan. He is our biggest concern going into this deployment. I came across something similar to this picture from another army wife that I HAD to make one for our deployment. I thought maybe this could be a Dylan and mommy project but at this moment Dylan wants nothing to do with deployment preparations or talking about deployment, and that is normal, we wont push it. When dad is deployed I have a feeling this wall will become very important to Dylan. He will be able to see what time it is where his dad is, every night will mark off another day on the countdown calender, and also see where dad is on the map. 
Also not in this picture I made a mailbox (it is underneath the picture) The mailbox is for Dylan to write his dad letters,draw pictures, and put anything in there he wants his dad to have then I will empty the mailbox and send it off to Kuwait. When Mike was gone for training Dylan had a pile of little letters he made telling his dad to come home, and also talked about how he felt when dad was gone. Of course when Mike was gone for training he couldn't receive any letters, but I thought for deployment this would be perfect. As of now he wants nothing to do with it, he knows what its for, doesn't want to talk about it but this will be VERY handy when the time comes.
I have several friends who have went through deployments and I have got some great ideas to make this deployment some what fun. A friend told me she filled a jar full of Hershey Kisses for the number of days her soldier was gone. Every night before the kids went to bed they would eat a Hershey kiss which would symbolize "A kiss from dad" but also a countdown. I love this and will also be using this for both the boys! :)
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