Mr. Fireman

Being a boy, Dawson loves all planes, trains, and automobiles. He always points out every tractor, dump truck, garbage truck, fire truck...you get the idea. When we found out you could take a tour of the fire station, we knew our little D-Man would be all over that, so we went last Thursday. We got there and were there for probably 3 minutes when the alarm went off. It went off right as we walked into the garage with the trucks and for a second I thought it was all part of the show until the fireman said "we gotta go, you can come back later!" So we watched them drive off, with Dawson waving. Chris, the fireman giving us the tour, called us back about an hour later and said they were back so we headed over for round 2. When we got there Dawson was in heaven! The fireman Chris told us he could explore as long as he wanted because he had nothing to do that day so we got to take our time and have a personal tour which was so nice! Dawson got to sit in the ambulance and "drive", play with the gadgets, walk around the back of it, and touch anything that wasn't red (aka hazardous.) He then went over to the firetruck and got to sit and "drive", turn on the lights, hit buttons, put on the headphones, play with the radio, sit in back and play with the flashlight and tools, and explore some more. He then got to turn knobs and play with the hose area, try on the real fireman hat, see their tools, and even spray water out of a real hose. The whole time he kept running around looking at everything and asking the fireman "what's that?" what's that?" We tried to have him put on one of the fireman's jackets but he told us it was too big. My logical child, I tell you. It was such a neat neat experience and we had so much fun learning about the fire station!