Fire Station

We were able to take a tour of the fire station a couple weeks ago with some friends from church.  Dex enjoyed  it and was excited and nervous about it the whole morning before we left.  Another mom organized it and we got to join in.  He wouldn't sit inside the trucks or walk even walk through them.  He did look at the heat camera they use to find people inside homes to help rescue.  When we came home, he was full of regret for not sitting in the trucks and making them beep.  Life lessons.  But he still enjoyed it immensely.  

Saying bye to this one,

and watching this one pull in.  

Those men have insane driving skill with these huge trucks!

 He did want his picture taken in front of the big skylift truck.  Too bad the sun was in his eyes.

 Showing me his hat and coloring book.

While we were there, the crew that was supposed to give us a tour got called out.  We did get to see them leave, which was pretty exciting for the wee ones.  Another crew came in just as the others were leaving so we still got our tour.  We got to go upstairs to see where they slept, cooked, had class/relaxed and touch the hoses and see through their heat sensing camera.  At the end, about 5 firemen slide down the poles for the kids to watch and then the kids got a turn if they wanted.  Dex didn't.  It turned out to be another regret.  Darn those life lessons!  Afterward, they passed out some cute hats and coloring books for all the kiddos to have. Dex was pretty darn excited about those.