Fire Prevention Week

One of our favorite weeks of the year is Fire Prevention Week. Every year Steven reminds the girls that his dad, their Papop, was a fire chief and they get just as if it were the first time he told them. Story Time this past week had the base fire chief and a lot of the fire department there. That included Sparky the fire dog and a fire truck to explore.




First, the fire chief read a couple of stories and then we went to the truck. Every time Sparky comes out there's a mixed reaction. There are some kids that shriek with fear and others you just can't stop attacking hugging him. Sadie was pretty happy to see him, but not really touchy happy. She kept her space but was friendly, which is perfectly Sadie-Mae.


Ruby, on the other hand, was screaming 'pup-pup' and pointing. She loved him. She hugged him and took dome pictures with him. She was enthralled.
We checked out the fire truck, which was Sadie's favorite. They explored all the different seats that fire fighters sit in on the way to a fire. They pretended to drive the truck and saw all the hoses and tools. I'm pretty sure they would have stayed there all day, but fire fighters can't play all day. They needed to be ready in case there is a real fire.




Sparky said goodbye and Ruby chased after him. She was screaming 'kiss kiss'. She wanted a proper goodbye. She gave him a kiss and a bug hug. And the faces she making, we call it her 'ducky lips'. She makes the lips and then gives you kisses. She really is too funny.




After we said goodbye, we went inside to find some books to bring home. We check out a ridiculous amount of books every week. Most of the books the girls' own are missing at least a page. Sadie and Lilly are trying to keep their books from being destroyed by Ruby, but they've had a some of them since Lilly was a baby. Babies and paper books don't go so well together. So in order to read everyday we check out about 30 books a week, return them, and then check out some more. It works for us right now, and I'm sure I'll have some pretty strong arms from lugging around the bag(s) of books ;)

-K