Ft Drum Momma's

Stephanie - posted on 05/20/2010

Hi, my husband and I will be moving to Ft Drum in 3 weeks. I have a 2 yo boy and a 6 month old baby girl. Does anyone know of any playgroups?

Michelle - posted on 04/04/2010

Hello, my family is moving to the area and I was wondering if anyone goes to playgroups. I have a 2 year old daughter. I'm also looking for mommy friends. I like crafts (knitting, sewing, needle felting), natural living, Waldorf education, and shopping. :)

Christine - posted on 03/23/2010

Updating - We now live in Adams! :-) I love the small town atmosphere. :-) If anyone lives in/near Adams and wants to get kids together for play, let me know! We're buying our first swing-set next week!! yay! I have a 4 1/2 year old and a one year old - both rough & tumble boys. :-)
- Christine

Jamie - posted on 03/19/2010

Spring is almost here!! This is my first Spring/summer here so I'm not sure what all there is to do yet but we plan to be at the park a lot!! The farmers markets have some good stuff too. I take the kids to the library on post on Fridays after my daughter gets out of school, my son and I go to the one downtown from time to time too. I'm pretty sure the one in Watertown has story time
http://www.flowermemoriallibrary.org/
Hmmm, I can't think of anything else at the moment.

Bailey - posted on 03/13/2010

Hey ladies, updating, I moved to Gouverneur. Those of you who live here or know people who live here, help! I'm getting stir-crazy not knowing anyone up here. I am SAHM and have an 18 month old son and a house full of crazy pets. Haha. I live off Factory Street.

Jamie - posted on 02/24/2010

Not sure if your looking for a house or apartment, but we live in Gabriel Courts, it is run by Luk Properties (http://www.lukproperties.com/) they have several housing sites that they run around Watertown, I like them. Feel free to message me!

Christine - posted on 02/20/2010

I'm PCSing there next month! any suggestions for housing off-post? We need a place that is friendly for two rambunctious boys and two feathered friends (parrots). :-)

Candace - posted on 10/02/2009

Hi! We live at Drum on post. My hubby is currently deployed ( first tour ) and we have 5 kiddos. Three boys and two girls! We've been here since June 07 and are sooo ready to move on lol! Just wanted to say hi!

Bailey - posted on 10/01/2009

Hey I think I was in a different post with some of you ladies with a different profile ...that one got deleted (?) but this is my new one. I just arrived at Drum 12 September and we'll be living in Evans Mills right behind WalMart. My son is 1. Also, I do babysitting ...lol, just throwing that out ... :). I'm considering doing FCC but I can't get ahold of anyone and since I'm offbase, I may just do it anyway and get CPR recertification through RedCross or something. But I do babysit! Right now we're living in Watertown while our townhouse if finishing being built. Does anyone know about Mommy & Me classes or Baby Sign Language classes?

Jamie - posted on 09/30/2009

I have been to a few farmers markets in Watertown and also to one in Carthage. Do they have any fall festivals here?

Amber - posted on 09/29/2009

That is great. even though it just started getting cooler, there are still so many things to do and you will enjoy it up here.

Jamie - posted on 09/29/2009

Hi, I'm pretty new to Drum still, we got here on the 1st! I like it so far!

Shelagh - posted on 09/28/2009

Hi, I'm up for playdates if anyone is interested. Shelagh

Amber - posted on 09/20/2009

sounds great. my email is myblubella@yahoo.com so you can send me your number so we can get together. can't wait. it is always nice to meet someone new up here...

Kayleen - posted on 09/20/2009

I'd love to get them together for a play date. Plus it's always nice to meet a new mommy in the area and one with kids about the same age is an added plus. I'm pretty flexable with when I could meet up so let me know what works for you and we can go from there.

Amber - posted on 09/19/2009

Aww that is great. I wish I could say the same thing for my husbands mom. I am close to his step dad but not so much to his mom. I think we should get together for a play date though. I think your boys and my girls would have a ball together.

Kayleen - posted on 09/19/2009

Black River is small and not all that exciting but thats why we love it. Were on a nice quite road in the middle of the country and it's alot like the towns my husband and I both grew up in. I guess I lucked out with my in-laws. My husbands mom can be a little nuts but for the most part we get along well. His dad and step-mom are GREAT! I'm almost as close to his step-mom as I am to my own mom.

Amber - posted on 09/18/2009

I will be doing the books for the Junction Inc and Junction Boys. It will be nice cause it is only M-F so I am looking forward to still having my nights and weekends with them. I don't think I have ever been to black river in the 2.5 years we have been here. that is really good that you are close to your family, mine is over 17 hours away and my hubby's is all in Mexico. and some in Cali. So we don't ever really see them, which I am not to upset about.. You know how it is with the in-laws.. hahaha.

Amber - posted on 09/18/2009

my hubby didn't know yours sorry. but i guess it is a big FOB

Kayleen - posted on 09/18/2009

Quoting Amber:

Wow you guys have been here a long time. I hope that we aren't here forever. I am just glad that my husband only has 3.5 yrs to retire. Hopefully after next deployment next year we are outta here. but maybe we can get together some time for a play date. it would be nice for my girls to have some friends their own age. I start working on monday but I am yet to find a sitter for them while I work. It sucks... Are you a stay at home or do you work??

Yeah were glad we haven't done any moving around other then in the area. Were close to family (well 4 hrs but thats as close as you can get for where they are)so being here has been a good thing. My husbands getting out next November after 8 1/2 years and going to work for DES. He'll be able to work for them for 20 years and retire as if he had worked for 28 so it works out I guess. It would be nice to get together. The boys are always ready to meet to kids and have people to play with. I'm a stay at home and working mom. I am home with the boys during the day and work a few nights a week at the YMCA in Watertown. My oldest started pre-K this year so he's gone for a few hours each afternoon which is the perfect time for my youngest to nap and for me to have some mommy time...lol. Where will you be working?

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

so CPT Baldwin. I will ask my hubby if he knows him

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

he's a cpt

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

what rank is your husband and I can ask mine

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

I wonder if they know each other.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

that is wild.

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

Mine too

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

yeah alot of the brigades went. that was the day my husband left too. how weird. do you know where he is over there. mine is at Speicher

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

do they usually have units come back at around the same time? My husband deployed back on October 24th last year in the middle of the night. I remember there was another group going too.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

he is one of the 1SGTs for 3-10

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

yeah. 3-10

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

what unit did he deploy with? Was it an aviation unit?

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

mine should also be coming back in a few weeks. he has been gone since last october

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

My husband should be coming back within a few weeks. How long has your husband been gone?

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

yeah i am glad we live off 12 it is a state hwy so they take better care of it.

i still have friends in gouverneur that we go and visit. we actually stayed with them until we got our house last week

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

Yeah the drive is long but at least there are things to do in the area. Some of the towns up here are middle of nowhere. He just didn't want to drive through the snow belt.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

but i am still wating for him to get home from Iraq

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

i just hated the drive to drum for my hubby. but we live in clayton now. so it is alot closer to the air base.

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

10th CAB. I love it there too. At first I was a bit hesitant because we had just left a big city but it's so nice there.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

wow. yeah i loved gouverneur when we lived there. what unit is your husband in?

Shelagh - posted on 09/17/2009

Hi, I live by Drum also. I live in Gouverneur. We got stationed here in 2007 but I grew up in Oswego, so I am familiar with the area. I have a 3 year old girl, 21 month old boy, and 4 month old b/g twins.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

Wow you guys have been here a long time. I hope that we aren't here forever. I am just glad that my husband only has 3.5 yrs to retire. Hopefully after next deployment next year we are outta here. but maybe we can get together some time for a play date. it would be nice for my girls to have some friends their own age. I start working on monday but I am yet to find a sitter for them while I work. It sucks... Are you a stay at home or do you work??

Kayleen - posted on 09/17/2009

I love it here also. We have been here sence 2002 and just bought a house in Black River. I know what you mean about making friends in the area I have 2 and one I grew up with and she just PCS'd here with her husband. I also have a 4 yo and a 2 yo however I have boys.

Amber - posted on 09/17/2009

I have lived in the area since 2007. We lived in Gouvernuer the first year then he deployed so I went home to my family and now we live in Clayton. I love it here. I can never find any wives that i like around here. I have 2 girls a 4yo and 2yo.