Visiting our Favorite Fireman

Uncle Mike, Abbie and Sophie

Sophie and Abbie

Abbie gives a wave as she pulls her truck out

 

This past weekend, we knew that Sophie would be disappointed because Matt's dad, Paw-paw Tom and his sister, Leia, were supposed to have flown in for President's Day weekend. Since the weather was bad in Atlanta and many other places, their flight was cancelled and so they postponed their trip until another time. I decided to give my Uncle Mike a call to see if he would be working at the fire hall and he was working! We hadn't taken Sophie to visit a fire hall since she was about Abbie's age. Anyway, the girls enjoyed seeing Uncle Mike, checking out the fire trucks and pretending to drive. They also took a look around the fire station itself. We forgot our digital camera so we took pictures on Matt's new phone. We were a bit concerned about Abbie because she really got upset almost as soon as we got there when there was a loud noise at the station. Then, she calmed down and warmed right up to Uncle Mike. =) After our visit to the station, we asked Abbie, "who's a fireman?" and she like to say, "me!" and then we say, "who else?" and she responds "unca Mike!" The girls received coloring books on the way out. Thanks for letting us come and visit, Uncle Mike!

Fire Marshall Sophie

There is a new fire museum in North Charleston, and Matt took Sophie to the grand opening today. There were a few antique fire trucks there for the day on display that Sophie climbed up and pretended to drive. Sophie was so excited to see all the steam wagons, fire trucks, and firemen. She kept looking for her Great-Uncle Mike, who she got to visit earlier this month at the fire hall in Nashville where he is the fire captain. Sophie really is fascinated with trucks, buses, planes, and other large machines.

What will I be when I grow up?

Sophie and Paula spent about a week down in Nashville visiting Paula's folks and several friends before Matt joined them a couple of days before Easter. Sophie enjoyed playing doctor and she had some really exciting things happen while visiting her Nana and Paw-paw. One was that Paw-paw drove a school bus to the house one night and Sophie got to get up on the school bus. She loves pointing out school buses and had been playing with a school bus a lot recently. When Paw-paw had to leave and go pick up some inner city kids, Sophie ran over to her car seat and said, "Sophie's seat" "school bus" because she wanted to ride with Paw-paw (but she didn't get to go). Later that week, Paula's uncle, who is a captain at one of the fire halls in Nashville, invited our family over to visit the fire hall. Sophie got the "grand tour" of the fire hall and fire engines. She got to get up on the fire truck and see the lights and sirens in action, etc. She loved it! So which will it be-doctor, school bus driver, or fireman. Matt wanted to be a trash collector when he was little because he thought the trucks with the special mechanical arms were cool. So, in other words, you just never know what your kid will end up doing. =)