becoming a junior firefighter!

today, our storytime learned about fire safety. we were read stories about fire fighters, fire trucks, and fire dogs. we also took a trip to the lynnwood fire station! that was definitely the highlight of storytime! the boys got to sit in the driver's seat of the ladder truck and walk through an ambulance, a hazard response vehicle, and the pumper engine. i hope i am getting all of these technical names correct...i guess someone didn't pay very good attention! the fire station is just about a half a block from the library, so we just walked there. it was a fun little jaunt, trying to keep all the kids from veering off course and it was a pretty warm day here - for seattle standards. it is pretty sad, i was sweating bullets in 80 degree weather!!! what will i do when i return to the 100+ temperatures?!! we finished our visit by receiving fire hats and "official" junior firefighter badges -- i guess they are the real deal now!!