Last weekend, we decided to go out for a family outing to the Iowa City Farmers Market downtown. As we walked to the market, we passed the Iowa City Fire Department. To all our surprise and excitement, a very nice firefighter invited us (well, really Peter and Natalie) to look at their fire and rescue rigs. It was soooooo cool, even for this 33-yr old mom. I was excited for the kids to see the fire department upclose and personal and it was pretty cool for Sam and myself as we never got to see anything like that before!
Peter even got a lift to sit in the drivers seat. Can you tell by his face that he was excited?!
Natalie got her turn in the truck, too!
With so many buttons inside the fire truck, I'm so relieved the kids didn't push something they shouldn't - like the siren! The firefighter offered for us adults to get a turn at the wheel. It was VERY tempting and would have been exciting, but we passed. It definitely would have been another one of my exciting experiences in big rigs like my first ride in a combine 5 years ago. I was so excited to ride that combine that harvested the corn fields near our house; I told everyone at work about my thrilling experience. They just laughed - apparently, people in Iowa ride combines as early as they ride their trikes!
Anyway...
The nice firefighter gave the kids stickers and Junior Firefighter hats before we left. Natalie was so happy to wear it - she kept it on all the way through the farmers market.
We hope this the beginning of many cool experiences for the kids to learn about things like the fire department and what they do. We showed our appreciation that morning by dropping off a dozen of cookies from the farmers market for our fellow firefighters!
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