For the third year in a row, we went to the open house at our town's fire station. (See2010 and 2011). We went right after school today and met up with a bunch of Sean's friends and the boys ran around the station and climbed all over the trucks. Clare tried her darndest to keep up but kept getting distracted by the firemen setting up the dinner table.
The ladder truck was parked out front - Sean was so excited...
"Oooooh.... truck?"
In the ambulance, Sean hopped up on the gurney and direct Clare to drive him to the hospital - Sean's throat hurt!
Sean got to use a hose!
After enjoying a hot dog dinner, I was able to get the kids to come home with me. On the way out, Sean asked a fireman if he could stay here all night and the fireman answered that this station is not the kind that firemen sleep at. Thankfully Sean accepted that as a pretty good answer.
When we got home, the kids were playing rough and Clare got upset - Sean quckly found a way to cheer her up:
