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Next stop Yokota, Japan!

Posted on January 14, 2014January 16, 2014 by Erica

And we’re off, almost. Next stop Yokota, Japan! See you in about ten hours.

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writeshianwrite says:

January 14, 2014 at 4:08 pm

So cool.

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Welcome! I'm a biologist-turned-stay-at-home-mom-writer and blogger following my Naval Officer husband around the world with our young school-age child, preschooler, and young toddler. Currently living in Kanagawa, Japan.

Instagram photos

Spontaneous random taste testing Haribo gummies that required charting the results today between lunch and homework. Here’s their scale 5- Yummy 3-Okay 0-Yuck: you may puke in the trash can! C did rate one gummy type a 0, but there was no vomiting involved. 😂 Results helped to allocate gummy types to the most suitable person. They had impressive problem solving skills. 🍬

Happy to be these kids Mama. Two special events this week awards at school for J (and he’s been working so hard all year), and C bridging in Girl Scouts from a Daisy to a Brownie.

While I’ve supported my husband’s career in many ways, I’ve always refused to help sew, iron, or adhere patches or ranks to his uniform. Then this year my daughter became a Girl Scout. A sweet daisy. Here we are towards the end of the year with these sweet patches on her vest. My inner voice: “What are you doing Erica?” Me: “I’m removing daisy petal patches I placed spatially incorrectly to make room for the completed daisy, with piping hot patch glue simmering on my fingertips... You know... living my best life!” When my daughter bridges next to a brownie level will she will be old enough to sew these on herself? Conversation I will have with my husband tonight: “When you are on shore duty next, you get to manage C’s Girl Scout uniform”. 😂🙌 #parenting

A huge shout out to my friend Shannon. When I first met her my daughter was throwing a massive fit on a raised ropes course ( designed by German standards for her age). She immediately climbed up to our location, helped my flailing kindergartener who I was struggling to wrangle, introduced her daughter to my daughter after C had calmed down, and we’ve been friends through choice and mutual activities since. This sweet mom friend made sure C was invited to her daughter’s birthday party, and makes a point to connect her in our American expat community here. This are the type of people and mom friends I love: those who support and care. Believe in unicorns... because they exist. Thanks for being our unicorn 🦄Shannon. ❤️ (Unicorn napkin from Shannon’s daughter’s birthday party.)

Happy Mother’s Day! I’m grateful for my sweet kids who make me breakfast in bed, make me laugh, and convince me to spend the day at Legoland together. ❤️ I hope all my mom friends have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

It’s spargel and strawberry season here in southern Germany. Notice we only eat the green spargel (asparagus),not the traditional “white” spargel. I love these roadside fruit stands and spring here.

Raising a kid who is bilingual has been a huge opportunity, and we’re trying to make sure she doesn’t fall behind in English reading. She started playing the rhyming “e” game while taking her to school today. Once we were there I scribbled down some ways to make the echonic e sound... notice at the end when you try to contribute “chimpanzee, saddletree, transferee...” C: “You forgot pee! Pee pee.” Me: “Okay. Yes, I did. I think our game is now done.” You can always count a six-year-old to usually come to this point in the game.

Last weekend: G and C’s running race in our neighborhood with their local schools, visiting the Räuber Hotzenplotz exhibit at the local children’s museum, and a stop in the Schlossplatz after lunch out in downtown Stuttgart.

After a three week span of at least one of my kids being out of school on spring break, next week they all are back in school. We’ve had a lot of fun adventures together the last few weeks. Today at one of my favorite local places the Wilhelma Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Parents ask my son G how great the new cafe is for lunch. 😁

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Welcome! I'm a biologist-turned-stay-at-home-mom-writer and blogger following my Naval Officer husband around the world with our young school-age child, preschooler, and young toddler. Currently living in Kanagawa, Japan.

Instagram photos

Spontaneous random taste testing Haribo gummies that required charting the results today between lunch and homework. Here’s their scale 5- Yummy 3-Okay 0-Yuck: you may puke in the trash can! C did rate one gummy type a 0, but there was no vomiting involved. 😂 Results helped to allocate gummy types to the most suitable person. They had impressive problem solving skills. 🍬

Happy to be these kids Mama. Two special events this week awards at school for J (and he’s been working so hard all year), and C bridging in Girl Scouts from a Daisy to a Brownie.

While I’ve supported my husband’s career in many ways, I’ve always refused to help sew, iron, or adhere patches or ranks to his uniform. Then this year my daughter became a Girl Scout. A sweet daisy. Here we are towards the end of the year with these sweet patches on her vest. My inner voice: “What are you doing Erica?” Me: “I’m removing daisy petal patches I placed spatially incorrectly to make room for the completed daisy, with piping hot patch glue simmering on my fingertips... You know... living my best life!” When my daughter bridges next to a brownie level will she will be old enough to sew these on herself? Conversation I will have with my husband tonight: “When you are on shore duty next, you get to manage C’s Girl Scout uniform”. 😂🙌 #parenting

A huge shout out to my friend Shannon. When I first met her my daughter was throwing a massive fit on a raised ropes course ( designed by German standards for her age). She immediately climbed up to our location, helped my flailing kindergartener who I was struggling to wrangle, introduced her daughter to my daughter after C had calmed down, and we’ve been friends through choice and mutual activities since. This sweet mom friend made sure C was invited to her daughter’s birthday party, and makes a point to connect her in our American expat community here. This are the type of people and mom friends I love: those who support and care. Believe in unicorns... because they exist. Thanks for being our unicorn 🦄Shannon. ❤️ (Unicorn napkin from Shannon’s daughter’s birthday party.)

Happy Mother’s Day! I’m grateful for my sweet kids who make me breakfast in bed, make me laugh, and convince me to spend the day at Legoland together. ❤️ I hope all my mom friends have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

It’s spargel and strawberry season here in southern Germany. Notice we only eat the green spargel (asparagus),not the traditional “white” spargel. I love these roadside fruit stands and spring here.

Raising a kid who is bilingual has been a huge opportunity, and we’re trying to make sure she doesn’t fall behind in English reading. She started playing the rhyming “e” game while taking her to school today. Once we were there I scribbled down some ways to make the echonic e sound... notice at the end when you try to contribute “chimpanzee, saddletree, transferee...” C: “You forgot pee! Pee pee.” Me: “Okay. Yes, I did. I think our game is now done.” You can always count a six-year-old to usually come to this point in the game.

Last weekend: G and C’s running race in our neighborhood with their local schools, visiting the Räuber Hotzenplotz exhibit at the local children’s museum, and a stop in the Schlossplatz after lunch out in downtown Stuttgart.

After a three week span of at least one of my kids being out of school on spring break, next week they all are back in school. We’ve had a lot of fun adventures together the last few weeks. Today at one of my favorite local places the Wilhelma Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Parents ask my son G how great the new cafe is for lunch. 😁

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