(photo courtesy of www.northtreasure.com)
Well folks, He is off. Plans changed a tad bit since liberty was over at a crazy time. We took him to the ship last night. The kids did a lot better than I expected. Princess was asleep when we got there and Prince made sure to stay up to see daddy off.
Sadly, I do not think they get the time frame of the things happening.I tried to explain to them. After birthdays, after this and after that. We will see. I am hoping that it works.
Honestly, This is my first deployment with kid(s). Princess was 18 months last deployment. She did great. WONDERFUL I should say. Prince has had daddy home a large majority of his life so this is really new to him. I will teach him to roll with the punches.
I tried to snap some pictures last minute. They are a bit goofy and everyone is tired.
Prince decided to be Hulk
All smiles!
Daddy and the Munchkin
A daddy and his girls.
We love you! Stay safe and we will see you later.
AHHHH! Love the photos, its so hard for litles to understand. I' email you what we did to help them understand the length of time he would be away
ReplyDeleteA friend showed me this website today. It has a book about Dad being deployed and why he had to go and that he still loves his kids, etc. Anyway... it's 32 pages and under $10. I'm thinking about buying it for when we have to get ready for our deployments (hubby's still in school, so the soonest he'll go underway is 6 months from now). Maybe it will help your kids.
ReplyDeletewww.patriot-kids.com