CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL
I thoroughly love being a stay at home Mom. I am so glad I am able to stay home and spend time with my girls. Of course being a stay at Mom is not all sunshine and rainbows. It is very hard work and truthfully it can get a bit lonely. After I had my first daughter we PCSed to a new base and I wasn’t getting out much. I was so starved for adult conversation that I would talk with the cashier at the grocery store like we were long lost friends – much to my husband’s dismay. I some how muddled through and found ways to make friends.
Being experienced and much wiser I was sure this time around things would be different. I was positive this move would be easier and that I would know exactly what to do with my youngest. I was going to jump in with both feet and knew it would be wonderful. But after everything settled down and my oldest was in school I was once again starved for adult or any conversation for that matter. Not that I don’t talk to my 18th month old but our conversations are very one sided. There are only so many things that require a yes or no answer and animal sounds aren’t always a fitting response. So I began looking for ways to get out of the house and meet other Mom’s. I was so happy when I heard about Coffee and Coloring at the Schilling Center.
On Tuesdays from 10am – noon the Schilling Center hosts a wonderful get together. It is the perfect place to mingle and get to know other parents and children. Plus there are free beverages and food which is always enough to lure me to an event! They provide coffee for the adults and juice along with snacks for the little ones. They have crayons and coloring pages available for the older children.
If your kids are still in the crayon eating phase like mine there are also wooden puzzles for them to play with. The room is enclosed so the little ones can run around to their hearts content. There is even a rug in the back for the little ones to roll and play on. The staff and the Schilling Center is wonderful and very accommodating. They were constantly making sure there was enough coffee and snacks and that we all were comfortable. My daughter and I both had a wonderful time at coffee and coloring. My daughter was able to run and play with her peers and I was able to get some much needed adult conversation – it was a very good day!
is this still going on?
Is this still a current event? I have a 2 yr old and having the same issue of getting a bit lonely… My only concern is that we go to Alligator Steps at 9:30 until about 10:15 on Tuesdays… This doesn’t leave a lot of time to make it :O(
No signs ups just come when you can. I will be there tomorrow with my daughter so I hope to see some of you!
Ooh..! My daughter and I would love to join! Do we have to sign up somewhere or just show up? Thanks!
As far as I know there is no age limit. I have seen tiny babies up to older children there. Heck I would say you could even come without kids if you wanted!
What’s the age range for this? Thanks!
The Schilling Center is on Kadena AB across from the Movie Theater and sorta of next to the commissary.
Heather, thanks for the info! Can’t wait to share it with my girlfriends-with-toddlers who are always looking for activities like this. :)Quick question though: where is the Schilling Center?