We went to the National Zoo on Mother’s Day with three other families from our classroom at the base Child Development Center. Pictures are here for friends and family — all others can skip unless you want to look at The Most Adorable Children on the Planet.
Oh, and one picture of a panda and another of an exhibit of his poo, which I only note because they have to keep it chained down so no one takes it. Now that Citrus is potty-trained, let’s hope she doesn’t want her own display.
Three of the kids, including Citrus, are the same age and are Eurasian with mothers who are Asian-American officers. What are the odds?
Only about 15-20 percent of all servicemembers are women — 201,575 in 2006. Of those, about one third are officers. And only about 2.3-4.7 percent of Air Force and Navy officers are of Asian descent.
Now playing a little loose with the numbers because the real ones are hard to come by, if we assume that the number of Asian female officers mirrors the percentage of all female officers
. . . my guess is that 3.3 percent of Navy/Air Force officers are Asian-American women. And 3 of the 685 were at the zoo.
All of this means one thing: I should have gone to bed rather than be doing these sort of calculations. Still, Elysia and I thought it was kind of interesting.
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You could further drill down to how many of those female officers are married, O-4s, with children on the cusp of turning 3 years old…
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Hi I found your blog off of milblogging.com (one of their articles about milspouse blogs). I just have to say that your daughter is beatiful! I really appreciated your Flat Mommy book–a very creative way to include your wife in daily activities. I’m also a milspouse, but no kids yet. I can only hope they will end up as cute as your Citrus! Oh and good job in the cake decorating! Baking is one hobby I picked up during this deployment.