May 11 2009
Hot, hot, hot
As part of fire safety week, one of the local fire departments visited Nathan's and Lucie's school. You could tell how excited the kids were when the huge red fire truck pulled up in the front parking lot. The preschool boys were practically jumping up and down and had a hard time leaving the front lobby to go to their classroom.
All the students, including the preschoolers, had a video presentation. They received a bag of safety information and plastic fire hats. The children also were taught safety tips like crawling on the floor and having a family meeting place.
Since then, Nathan and Lucie continue to don their hats and play fire fighter. Nathan likes to quiz Lucie on fire safety. This is when I add my two cents about staying away from the stove (Nathan has a really bad habit of getting too close to it to smell the food) and not pressing the buttons on the microwave (Lucie's new naughty behavior).
The fire department sure made an impression on my kids -- and on some of the parents, too. There seemed to be a lot of moms hanging around at school and joining their kids for lunch that day.
I wonder if it's a job requirement for firemen to be good looking because these guys certainly were. If I didn't have an appointment after preschool got out, I would have stayed, too.
