Go See the Fire Truck

Thursday we had the chance to go with our Mom's Club and visit a local fire station. Walker was extremely excited all week, as his current obsession is fire trucks. I have even changed our route to most places so we can drive by a fire station and see if a fire truck is "out of the garage" or if it is "takin' a break" in the garage. It makes Walker's day every time.

We arrived early (an extremely rare occurrence) and had to wait a few minutes to go and see the fire truck...this was Walker's response to being told to wait. I think he honestly believed I had brought him this far and was not going to let him see the truck up close.




Once Jenny got the okay from the firefighters, Walker was able to live the dream and touch and turn every knob and button on the truck. He spent most of his time really trying to figure out how to make the thing work, and when he was put behind the driver's seat, he just wanted to make it go.





Eli had a blast traveling all around the fire station and enjoying the new sites and sounds. Apparently he was also collecting hats, as we ended up taking home four.



Here is a close up of Eli and his buddy. They both look just thrilled to be there. They warmed up after we had been there a while.



The firefighters were great and did a really good job with the wide range of ages (1-5 years old). Walker was by far the most interested kid there. As we left the firefighters said they looked forward to seeing Walker in about 15 years and they would hold a spot for him.

[most of the photos are courtesy of A Moment Like This as I only took our little camera and really didn't get any good shots]