Fire Station Tour

About a month ago, I joined some other moms for a fire station tour at a local fire station. I was excited to do this with Wyatt because he is always so enamored with fire trucks when we see them. The station we went to was older... the only one in the area that still has a working pole!

For the tour, Wyatt wore his *favorite* shirt, his fireman rain boots and his fireman's hat (I tried, but I could not convince him the hat was meant to be worn the other way!).

Even though he loves fire trucks, when we got inside he was pretty shy. He didn't want to touch the hose. I was able to get him to sit on the truck but only for a minute. Then we got to go inside the truck but he was very quiet through it all.

Here he is hanging back while the fireman shows off the equipment at the back of the truck.

Then they had us all sit down and showed us the gear that the fireman wears. They wanted the kids to see the person beneath all the gear, so they wouldn't be afraid if they ever encounter a fireman in his gear.

Here he is with all the gear. The mask made his voice different. I thought it was such a good idea for them to do this because kids probably do get scared in a fire if they've never seen this before! After this, we got to go upstairs and tour their living area which was neat to see.

Then we came back downstairs, and they showed us how the pole worked. This is all the kids watching. No, we weren't allowed to try it :) In fact, they said only firemen who've been trained can use the pole!

Then they gave us some goodies, like this plastic fireman's hat. Wyatt decided to wear it the correct way... long enough for me to take this picture anyway.

By this point, Wyatt had started to warm up and not be so shy. Here he is helping roll up a hose.

Standing up on the back of a truck with a friend (who incidentally is only 2 months younger than Wyatt... can you tell my boy is tall?!).

Standing in front of the truck bay before we left. It was fun. 

I love my little firefighter :)

(Yes, Piper was there. She hung out in the stroller the whole time, even snoozing part of the time.)