fire station

Our super nice neighbor, Chris, is a fire fighter and invited the kids to come check out the fire station where he works.  I took them this morning and they were so excited to go.  Then when we got there, they both clammed up and didn't say a word...even Malia.  I have never seen her so quiet.  We got to see the inside of the fire station, I've never been inside one before.  It was really neat to see where the fire fighters sleep and their huge kitchen.  I think the funniest room was the lounge, there were about 12 lazy boy recliners in there, all circled around the T.V....Scott's heaven. :)  Chris was so patient with my zillion of questions, it is all so interesting.

Kekoa was fascinated with the maps and all the pictures of fires that fire station had fought.  Chris is not only a fire fighter but also makes all the maps...so cool!!  Malia was taking it all in, she was in complete awe of everything.  Both kids left with fire fighter badge stickers and wore them all day.  At dinner tonight, Malia was showing Scott her sticker, telling him all about her morning at the fire station.

It was a really fun way to start off our weekend!

When we got to the fire station, we were walking up and the fire truck was driving away!  It was actually pretty funny, at least Kekoa and I thought so.  I think Malia was a little confused.  They had gotten called out but would be back in 15 minutes.  We took a stroll in the neighborhood...Kekoa was so anxious to get back and see the fire trucks.

Kekoa was so excited to find this little "trail"

This girl cracks me up with how she was walking!

Back at the fire station...

Malia nervously looking at the fire trucks.

This fire truck is used to fight forest fires.  We got to sit in it while Chris drove it out into the driveway.  He turned the lights on and everything.

Wow, I like maps!  Chris made the maps in this map book!

So much cool gear.

Look at that silly face of Kekoa's!  And Malia had her hands in her mouth the entire time.

A nice smile.

Man, these fingers are just delicious.

Chris put on all his gear for the kids to see.  It is so Star Wars like.

Kekoa finally warmed up a bit towards the end.  Man, our little guys is so shy.

And when we got back home, all Kekoa did today was play "fire".  He is the rookie     "wookie" and Scott is too.  All day long when we would say "Kekoa", his response is, I'm not Kekoa, I'm the wookie!  (so cute)  He went to sleep tonight in his fire truck jammies with his new fire fighter helmet on the bed.

Playing fire with Baba

such a serious little rookie

driving the fire truck