awesome!
last year when my oldest went to public school oh so briefly we pulled him out the week they were having fire prevention awareness week. he never got his hat or coloring book. ah, the parental guilt. guilt no more. i think i may have made up for it.
if you call your nearest station and make an appointment they LOVE kids and parents to take a tour. so cool. we got to see where they eat dinner (oh, how i want their over-sized table!). the firefighters came down the pole for us. we were there for them leaving for an actual rescue. and we learned SO much. like we have a bomb squad in little rock, who knew? the kids practiced how to make a 911 call with a recorded operator. he taught them how to climb out a window. and that kids often sleep through smoke detectors (mine do – i routinely burn dinner after their bedtime) but for about $10 they have recordable smoke detectors that you can call their name and tell them what to do (it alternates the voice with the typical alarm). amazing how your sheep know your voice. we’ll be getting one of them.
living the good life and sugar and spice met us in little rock for our field trip. with 1 extra friend thrown in the mix we had a total of 4 adults (my hubby went with us!) and 12 kids!
