It's Fun To Ride A Firetruck

Did you know that today is the last day of Fire Prevention Week? Some of the local fire stations had open houses today, so Nana and Papa took Patrick to a fire station to check things out. And it wasn't just any old station, it was one with a fire truck (moms of wannabe firefighters know that fire trucks have ladders and rescue equipment, fire engines have hoses and pumps). Patrick went in his firefighter costume and was apparently quite a hit. They let him sit in the driver's seat, hold the hose (with real water coming out of it!) and they may have even let him ride around the block in the fire truck after he begged them, insisting that there was a fire that needed their attention that was getting bigger.







As if that wasn't a big enough day we took Patrick and Molly to the pumpkin patch. We had to find a new pumpkin patch this year as the farm we used to go to has been razed in order to built high density housing (imagine me rolling my eyes here). But, we found a great new patch that had tons of activities, and best of all it wasn't crowded at all. While Molly was trying to eat hay, Patrick picked a pumpkin for him and one for Molly. This is the first year that he's really aware of what Halloween is and he is so looking forward to it. He asks just about every day how far away Halloween is and when can he go trick or treating. I'm almost as excited as he is, the kids will have very cute (and coordinating, duh if you know me) costumes. Can't wait!