We did a birthday party for Grayson's 2nd birthday at the local fire station. We invited some of his friends to celebrate with him. The theme for his party was "Things that Go." He likes pretty much anything with an engine (he is his father's son) so I figured we would have all of them! We had a paper airplane contest and all the kids made a paper airplane with their mom's and we saw whose went the furthest. They had fun! I brought two train sets and lots of cars for all the kids to play with too.
After we played for a bit, the firemen came and took the kids out to the bay to see all the firetrucks! There were some very excited kiddos when they saw all those trucks. The firemen that gave the tour were fantastic! The showed the kids their tools, let them turn their flashlights and climb in the fire trucks. Grayson absolutely loved it!
Sitting in the fire truck!
After the kids got to play for a while, one of the firemen put on all his gear and showed the kids all the things that they would wear when going into a fire. It was really great because the wanted to show the kids that the fireman wasn't scary at all, that he was their friend and he could help them. Apparently when firemen go into buildings to get people out, sometimes little kids will hide because they think the firemen look scary. The kids went up and gave the fireman a high five so they could remember he was the same guy and not scary. The fire chief said he usually told the kids firefighters wear a mask like Darth Vader, but they don't get the reference any more. And then my little boy says, "Like Darth Vader!" Then he talked about the mask like Darth Vader the fireman for the rest of the day.
Overall I think it was an excellent success.
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