Phoenix Fire Station #52 Field Trip

We went on a field trip this past Wednesday to visit the local fire station. We were taken on a tour inside the station where we saw a workout room, the kitchen (with three!! refrigerators), a movie room, sleep rooms, meeting rooms, etc. Then we went into the garage where they had three trucks. One was an old tanker truck which carries 1,000 gallons of water. Another truck was a newer tanker truck which carries 500 gallons of water. And then the BIG fire truck!

Kenzie, Kate, Michael, Dylan, Kaden, and Carly are wearing the fire hats they received from their favorite fire fighter that gave us the tour! They each also got a fire safety coloring book, crayons, two pencils, and a ruler!

Here are the kids (and Mr. Steve and Grandpa Mike--Dylan's Grandpa) on the tour...listening very carefully to all the cool info! In the background, you can see the old tanker truck.

Dylan, Kaden, Michael, Kate, Kenzie, and Carly on the back of the new tanker truck.

Here we are inside the BIG fire truck!!

Look at all of those smiles...what is cooler than standing next to a BIG fire truck?!?!?

Everyone got a turn to spray the fire hose...one of the best parts of the tour!!Kate

Dylan

Kaden

MichaelCarly

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Today we celebrated Valentine's Day with a party!! The kids enjoyed playing outside on the playground. Carly, Kate and Kenzie were having fun on the swings. Dylan and Kaden were on the lookout while Michael was checking out our Valentine's boxes!

We started off our party by frosting a heart shaped cookie. We added some delicious sprinkles and had some juice to go with them. Here you see Kenzie enjoying the frosting all over her face...Yum! Yum!

Here is Kate, Kenzie, and Carly exchanging their Valentines that they made at home. The kids did such an amazing job on their Valentine cards. They turned out so cute and they had fun giving them to their friends.

Michael, Dylan, and Kaden are checking out the Valentine's that their friends gave them in the decorated boxes. What a fun time!

A Perfect Day for a Walk

It was such a nice day today that we headed down to the greenbelt to take a walk. Since we just had all that rain, there was pretty green grass all over. We even found some javelina prints left in the mud so the kiddos followed the tracks. The tracks led us to two bales of hay that we had a fun time playing with them. These are the days why we live in AZ...perfect weather today!

Valentine Boxes

On Wednesday we got ready for our upcoming Valentine's Party. We decorated our valentine boxes that we will be using to collect valentine cards from our friends...can't wait for our party on the 10th!