I was going to do a blog of our activity at the Library on Friday; they had an All American Heroes Celebration from 10:00 - 11:30 and it was a totally fun time!
They started out with an ambulance, showing the kids through the twists and turns of working an ambulance. All children got to climb up in the back and were free to ask questions and lie on the gurney. Zane and Anica were the first kids to get to go up in the front and Zane got to turn on the siren, which made his whole face light up! I'm sure the people in the neighboring buildings were at first wondering what the emergency was, but after the 3rd or 4th child turned on the siren, they were probably wondering where their headache meds were.
Once most of the kids had taken their turn, the firetruck was open for business. The first stop on their tour was climbing into the back seat of the truck, getting to put on a helmet and then trading it for a headset where they were engaged in conversation with a REAL firefighter (as Zane put it). Both kids were invited to turn on the siren, and it seriously was like a very loud siren competition between the ambulance and the truck.....it was nice when it ended to do a water demonstration!
The firetruck shot water onto the roof of the library building, showing the children how the power of the truck could be used to put out a fire. If you just looked at the building, you would think it was going through a torrential rainstorm, the water was running down the walls and huge puddles formed that the kids later enjoyed walking through.
The last demo was of a working dog and his handler. Kojak had been in Afghanistan the year prior and he and his handler were available for questions and he sat still for the children to pet. He's very active, but is perfectly suited for his job as a soldier.
Anyway, I was just going to show the pictures of all of this, but then we stopped by Wal-Mart on the way home to get a quick oil change....that lasted 2.5 hours! We dropped off the car, walked to the Subway at the back of the store, ate, and walked through the store for so long that I think we went up and down almost every single aisle! We unfortunately got there just before the guys went on lunch break, so I think they took the plug out to drain the oil, went on their hour (or more????) long lunch break, and then came back to finish the job. The kids were good troopers, and as a reward, we took two turns through the toy aisle, each lasting at least 30 minutes....and left without a single toy in the cart! Though we now have a very extensive birthday and Christmas wish list for each child....oh well, we did good to leave the Wal-Mart expedition with one lone Wal-Mart bag. I was exhausted, and didn't sit down at the computer for the rest of Friday, so you got to hear about it the following Tuesday, which is rather late, but oh well!
This wasn't the point of the blog today! I totally meant to write about our trip to New Orleans tomorrow, and how this is another step in the long line of steps leading to AK...Oh well, now I know what to write tomorrow! See you on the flip side!
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