Sometimes the best ideas are STOLEN.

Months ago I decided I'd steal my bestie's Deployment Countdown craft idea... She stole it from NoTimeForFlashCards although it seems the original post is gone. Of course I think mine is by far the cutest rendition, but I'm sure you could have guessed that!

Daddy is underway for deployment. To help the girls understand the length of time I adapted Kelsey's version and made it all our own.

This is now hung on our sliding glass door.

Here Gogo holds our sea creatures awaiting placement (from Wallyworld). Please note her amazing sense of style.

Every night the girls will place a certain amount of sea creatures onto our ocean scene. When the container is empty daddy will be home!

For OPSEC reasons my complicated formula for daily placed sea creatures will not be revealed, and can not be understood simply by looking at the picture. Certain sea creatures amount for different day amounts, color also plays a part. The very placement of the sea creatures makes breaking the code extremely hard :D

PRIDE RUNS DEEP!