The Firehouse

I was looking at the blog an noticed that I have forgotten to add something pretty cool that we did recently. We visited a fire house! The Playgroup in Metairie set up a trip to a local fire station so we tagged along. Chance immediately pointed at the fire trucks and wanted to touch them but first we went inside the building itself. We were able to see where they eat and cook (there was something cooking that smelled good) and where they lounge with big fluffy couches and a big screen TV. We saw their lockers and bedrooms and where they workout. One of the firemen dressed up in his gear and walked around. Chance was very interested, sitting on my lap and listening the whole time. When the fireman asked what you do if your clothes catch on fire Chance turned around and said "roll" to me but he wouldn't do it for the fireman. That's ok though as long as he knows what to do. Finally it was time to go out and look at the fire trucks. They opened all the doors and drawers and cubbies, revealing all the goodies inside. Chance liked looking at all of the different thing that the firetrucks carry with them, hoses and oxygen tanks and lots of tools. He really really liked when it was his turn to climb inside the firetruck as you can see from the first picture he did a little dance and jumped up and down. I never got a really good shot of him in front of the firetrucks because he kept following me whenever I would take a few steps back to get a wider shot. He definitely had a good time I think I will try to set up something like this for our group then maybe we can go again. At the end they gave everyone junior firemen hats (just like in his Corduroy book) and a coloring book. While we were at the fire station Chance did not want to try on his hat but once we got home he put it on and made lots of smiley faces for the camera.