Family Day at the Fire House

After P and Jeff left today, we were thinking about what to do with the afternoon and evening.  We didn’t have anything planned, so we decided to head over to the local fire house for the family fun day.  We had never been before, and it ended up being a great decision to go.  The whole event was geared towards kids and families, everything was free, and the kids had had a great time while learning some really good safety lessons.They each got something painted.  Nina got a unicorn on her cheek, and Lyla got a ladybug on her hand.  They also got to participate in a safety activities for kids that earned them lots fun goodies like candy, a t-shirt, a bag, hats, pens, coloring pages, stickers, etc.  Nina even got to practice making a real live 911 call to an emergency operator where she got to practice stating the emergency, telling her name, address, etc.! 

One of their favorite activities was getting to spray the real fire hoses on wooden houses with “fire” in the windows.  They had to aim the hose at the windows and knock out the fire with the water.  It was a really neat activity that both of them enjoyed!

After more activities and some cotton candy, we all got in line to ride the fire engine.  The line was long to get on, but it was well worth the wait.  We actually got to sit in the open air on the back of the fire truck while it whizzed us through some of the streets in Ashburn.  We thought it was going to be a slow little ride, but we were quite wrong!  Nina, of course, had a lot to ask the firemen sitting in the back of the truck with us, and Lyla even chimed in on a few questions herself.  It ended up being a surprisingly fun afternoon!