Today was the annual celebration for the Month of the Military Child at the Child Development Center on base.
As you would expect, the daycare was covered with red, white and blue bunting, flags, pendants, streamers and balloons. There was vanilla ice cream with blueberries and strawberries, and you could take home a little cup of soil to plant red, white or blue flowers. I think we forgot our soil somewhere near the ice cream when Citrus went back for seconds.
The Fleet and Family Support Center had an information table set up but I was not asked if I was a military spouse, unlike the wives. Ah well. We got our tchotchkes anyway.
There are about 1.2 million military kids in the U.S., and about half have had a parent deployed. The hundred or so toddlers running around today have a lot more in common than they realize.
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