Minnette and Aurelle (and I!) are participating in a very small community preschool co-op this year. It has been a lot of fun for the girls to get to spend time with their friends a couple of times a week, and fun (slash stressful) for me to have several turns planning the lessons and activities. Though, it is not nearly as easy planning educational activities for a crowd of same-aged kids (there are 7 in our group!), as it is for my own children at home. Props to public school teachers- homeschooling is waaaay easier!
Every Friday is field trip day, and one week we were able to head over to our local fire station and talk to the firefighters and see the firetrucks up close. I never had the opportunity to go to the fire station as a child (at least not that I can remember...) so this was a fun new experience for all of us!
The girls were extremely excited to go, but decided against getting a picture taken in the firetruck's driver seat (maybe next time!).
The fire fighters who were on duty told us all about the trucks, their different jobs when they get called to a fire, and even showed us how some of the equipment worked. Did you know that each truck costs over a million dollars before it even has any of the special equipment and tools on board? Blew me away.
Kyle has Fridays off of school and gets off of work early, so we were extremely fortunate to get to have him come with us. Being the only Dad in the crowd, he was quickly volunteered to be the one to try on the firefighter uniform, which weighs over 75 pounds!
Definitely getting a little hot and sweaty at this point! Though protecting you from flames and intense heat, these uniforms don't do much in the cooling department. Kyle had a lot of fun getting to try all the equipment on, though!
The girls as they watched Daddy:
Waits, just hanging out, as usual :)
Almost done.... I don't know how they are able to get all of this equipment on so fast!
The final product:
A few minutes later, they received a call to put out a house fire, and we had to leave in a rush. Though it is extremely unfortunate that someone was experiencing a fire, it was still really cool to get to see the firemen in action. As we were leaving, we got to see the huge garage doors open and watch the trucks drive off with their sirens on. We sure are grateful for these men and women who help protect us. It was such a neat experience, and one I hope to repeat in the future with our kids.
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