A Little Firefighter

Mom and Ron recently asked us if they could take the Joshua to the Olathe Fire Department Open House.  They now have car seats in their car, so they are able to take the kids places by themselves.  This is exciting for us, because we value the close relationship that they are building with our children (and also because it really helps if they have the flexibility to pick up or drop off the kids from our house when needed).  They figured it would be something Joshua would love, and they were right.  Afterward they reported to us that he got to do lots of things that two-year-old boys love to do.  His favorite activity was using a real fire hose to put out a fake fire.  He also got to see Sparky the robotic talking fire dog, or at least that's how he was advertised, but he turned out to be mute.  Poor Sparky.  Joshua also got to wear some cool firefighter gear, which was actually the second time he's dressed up as a firefighter, but I'm guessing this time it was just slightly a bit more authentic.  He also got to see a real firetruck and sit in a real police car, which Ron correctly pointed out that unless it's at another open house, it better be the last time he sits in a police car.  He had a super fun day, and we are looking forward to more of these types of grandparents/grandchildren activities in the future.