Fire House

 Our church playgroup took a visit to a local fire department. Heath was super excited, and asked me every day for about a week leading up to the tour if today was the day. Finally the day came!  First they took us on a tour of the fire house. They showed us where they ate, slept, worked and played. When the tour guide fireman would ask if anyone had any questions Heath always had one for him. One was, "Is fire a liquid like water, a gas, or like ice, a solid?"  (He had asked me earlier but I wasn't 100% sure) FYI it's a gas.  He also asked him, "When do you go home to play with your kids?" "Why are you called firemen and not watermen?" and "Why is there a pile of hay outside?" (they had a bow target set up so on down days they could practice shooting for their deer hunting.)

Our boys weren't too keen on taking a picture with all the other kiddos and no Mommy.

Houston wasn't so sure about this whole fire house thing. The whole time we were there he was clinging to my leg.  This is the jump seat in the fire truck.

Driving the big rig!

Houston wanted nothing to do with the big truck.  Only in my arms would he go close to it.  Heath on the other hand couldn't get enough!

Houston liked the "Baby fire truck" though.  He was willing to sit on it and watch the other kids.

They had a practice fire extinguisher that shot out water. Heath did this like 4 or 5 times.  He loved it. 

It was definitely a highlight for him.  

The firemen were all so kind and great with the kids.   They had one guy dress up in his fire suit and crawl on his hands and knees so that the kids could see that they are just normal guys in those big scary suits.

Heath told me on the drive home that when he grows up he wants to be a fireman, because firemen are so nice, but not the one that goes into the burning building to save people, the one that stands on the ladder and shoots water on the fire.

 For a couple days following the boys were firemen all day long.  Heath had to get his raincoat, "because it is like a fireman's coat"  and asked for syringes to shoot water onto the fire.

Heath would go lay on his bed and say, "Mom sound our alarm!"

Then He & Houston would run to save all the people in the burning building.

Then shoot "water" all over it to make the fire stop.     It was sure fun!