Thankful for the Service Men & Women

Happy Veteran's Day! Of all the parades that my mom was in last year as Mother Of The Year, I thought the Veteran's day was one of the most meaningful, touching, and relevant to a reason for a parade, that it kind of took a soft spot in the "holiday folder" in my heart. Anyway, tucked that in the back of my mind for a year. I didn't take time to think about my graditude for the service men and women today, until we went to Dole Plantation and there happened to be a little historical display of army vechicles in the parking lot. It was really cool. The Armed Forces Perservation Society (or something like that) had been asked by Dole plantation to come over after their parade. They had a dozen vechicals...WW2 and Veitnam era vechicles...motorcyles, supply runners, jeeps, I can't remember the names of all the cool looking army vechicels, but they were fun. And here we had just came for the pineapple ice cream. Only pics on my cell phone...we couldn't resist to put Willie in the drivers seat of these big army tanks, Lucy was asleep.
On top of that, I came home and got an email from a friend with the following pics. A friend from our playgroup at the nearby park invited us to go to the Fire Station with another preschool group who was getting a tour. This was a little while ago, but I'm so glad my friend had a camera and was willing to send me some momento pics. These guys were awesome! Firemen really have a sense of humor! I actually thought it was really thoughtful of them in the way they presented to the little kids. They were all about making the kids have fun and really like firemen so that if the kid was ever in a situation of danger, and a fireman came to rescue them, the kids would recognize the fireman as someone who can help them and not be afraid. "Cause sometimes with all the gear on, firemen can look a little scary." says one of the men. I thought that was a great thing to teach the kids. Anyway, these guys were a lot of fun, Lucy was sad to go when we left.
Thanks firemen!! And all those who serve society in these noble ways!!

Group pose for a special "fireman's eye view" picture! Don't drop the camera! Would you believe it-- he did!! Okay, the first camera was not real, but we all totally bought it and were surprised! He did take a real picture too!

Firing the fireman's hose!


Who let the dogs out...woof, woof, woof, woof, woof....wahoopwhoop!!

100lbs of gear...in about 30 seconds. We'd be happy if our kids could just get their shoes on in 30 seconds, that'd be great! :)jk, my kids don't even really put their shoes on themselves yet. ;) But these guys have to be pretty strong!