March Adoption: First to be Second!

[MomByHeart]

No one ever wants to be second.   Not unless it means they will be getting showered with love by Molly moms for the second time!

The USS Cape St. George is our FIRST ever SECOND time adoption!  You ladies did such a great job the first time that they are back for more.  Our first time supporting the Cape was a Christmas adoption in 2010.  Over 50% of the crew is new since then, so even though the ship is being adopted a second time, many of the sailors will be first-time recipients of our love. 

The Cape St. George is a guided missile cruiser based out of San Diego and is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet  as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. They left on their current deployment on December 7 and have already heard that they will be extended.   Their theme is "Dragon Slayers."  Their moto is "Always Victorious."

I did some research and found out that April is “Humor Month,” so the theme for this adoption is “humor.”  When I asked the POC about this theme, he said the crew will certainly be ready for some humor by the time our boxes start arriving.  So let’s try to bring smiles to their faces and laughter to their day!  Here are few ideas to get us started:

• Clean joke books
• Comics from local newspapers
• Movie/sitcom dvd’s with a comedy theme
• Silly putty
• Funny ties
• Those Groucho Marx fake glasses with the furry eyebrows
• Knock-knock jokes from kids .  I thought this would be great for groups of kids…they can write down all their favorite corny jokes that we parents  get tired of hearing over and over =]
• “Gag” gifts
• A collection of humorous stories/pictures from the internet or your own family

 

Their specific requests are:

• Magazines
• Toiletries
• Personal hygiene items
• Snacks
• Microwaveable food
• Candy
• DVD’s and popcorn for “movie nights”
• Phone cards—The chaplain has requested phone cards and has said that he is willing to distribute them on an “as needed” basis.  There will be a separate address for the chaplain listed when shipping time comes.
• Pillowcases: This group is able to receive pillowcases, so pillowcase moms, you are on duty!

 

We are also going to have some extra support and love from the Makin Island moms this month.  As a way to “pay it forward” for our adoption of their loved ones last month, they are going to hold a special packing party for the Cape St. George!  Thanks, Makin moms, you rock!!!

 

The male/female count is 350 male, and 6 female.

 

 Here is a list of what we need and what we have so far:

Female pillowcases (6)—All taken care of!

Male pillowcases (350)—All taken care of!

Magazines:  Loraine 100+

Toiletries (female):  Boxes for the 6 females

Toiletries/Personal hygiene: 1 full box of misc., deodorant, toothbrushes (1 case+), lip balm, razors, dental floss-240, hand sanitizer, body washes

Microwaveable food/Snacks: Popcorn-2 boxes+, 400 cookies, Fortune cookies - 2 boxes,

DVD’s:  40+

Candy: Laffy Taffy-101, fruit snacks, several boxes of misc. goodies

Drinks:  Drink packets-500, water bottles filled with goodies-36, energy drinks-800

Games, etc: 120 decks playing cards, "game" cards (Monopoly, Clue, etc.), puzzle and brain teaser books, puzzle pages-350

Silly stuff:  Groucho glasses-4, glow-in-the-dark glasses-4, Silly Putty

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I know you moms are going to be full of great ideas for how to get some huge belly laughs out of this awesome crew!   So let’s get busy and show our FIRST SECOND that our love is just as strong the second time around!

 

Shipping Dates:  March 21-23

 

 

 

[PAM (GM MOM)]

Ok, I will have another box to send filled with toothpaste, razors, hand santizer and all kind of body wash and lotions for both male and female but, mostly male.

[Sally Guenther]

Peep would they not be funny so thefore fit in the joke grouping

[Denise (Dee)]

Why did the man/worker set a clock under his chair?

He wanted to work overtime.

 

From The Ellen Show.

[Susan mom to Niko]

Now moms...  we have to remember that the President is the Commander in Chief of our armed forces!!  Let's not get our sailors in trouble with political humor!! ;)

[MJ~ Erik's mom]

So sorry, thought that it might be funny bcuz it was about Bush, not the current Pres.( deleted )

[Susan mom to Niko]

hey we don't know until someone shares that bit of knowledge with us!!  some commands are very particular!!  My sons base won't allow any political bumper stickers...  they send a reminder out every election season!!

[PAM (GM MOM)]

Thanks to my son's girlfriend's Dad I will also be sending the ship acouple of boxes of fortune cookies. 

[MomByHeart]

I love fortune cookies!  Tried to make them once:  disaster.  From now on I stick to the restaurants.

[nancy (ian's mom & tanya's mil)]

2 peanuts were walking down the street....1 was a salted.

A magician was driving down the road..then he turned into a drive way...

a man walked into a bar......it hurt.

Two snowmen are standing in a field. One says to the other : "Funny, I smell carrots too".

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is it naked or homeless.

There are 2 cowboys in the kitchen. Which one is the real cowboy?
The one on the range.

A Horse goes into a bar and the bartender says
"Hey buddy, Why the Long Face"

Q. Where do you find a one legged dog?
A. Where you left it.

Q. What's pink and fluffy
A. Pink fluff

Q. What's blue and fluffy
A. Pink fluff holding it's breath

Two muffins are in the oven.
One says to the other "God it's hot in here"
The other one replies "Oh no... It's a talking muffin"

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs:

at your front door.....matt

in the ocean......bob

         ~when you push his head under the water....duncan

beside a carnival ride.....ralph

on a hill.....roland

being cooked by cannibals.....stu

I forget so many of them but they would be hilarious when we were younger.

[Laura]

to add a few to nancy's list...

sitting in a tree - Barry

hanging on a wall - Art

sitting in a hole - Phil

[lauren]

It was funny and you are right it was not about our commander in chief it was about Bush and he won't be in any election. BTW my sailor said to tell you he thought it Funny and saw nothing wrong with it

[Kim (Ethan's Mom)]

Another Navy mom posted this so i thought I would share :)

 

During an underway watch the Officer Of the Day decided to test a sailor's seamanship.

"What would you do if the forward watch fell off the side of the ship?"

"Easy, sir, I'd call 'Man Overboard' and follow the Man Overboard procedures."

"What would you do if an officer fell overboard?"

"Hmmm," I said, "Which one, sir?"

 

I do have some blonde jokes but they are a little lengthy. I can post a couple if you would like me to.