Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Afternoon hike

Yesterday afternoon the boys and I headed up to Oak Glen for a picnic and hike with a few of the girls from my TMOMs table. The breeze was a bit chilly, but we warmed up once we started hiking. 

Of course the boys (Isaac especially) were too interested in playing with the other kids to eat their lunch, so soon after the hike started, I heard, 'I'm hungry! I'm hungry!' 

 Isaac had his hands full trying to eat his snack and carry his hiking stick.

Jacob told me he was trying to find all the 'chocolately goodness'. Guess where he learned that from??

Isaac was getting a bit weary so I kept telling him about the little lake we were hiking to and he was just certain there was treasure there! 

The favorite part of the hike was walking across the 'rocks in a line'.

Even though Isaac whined a bit, he did tell me when we got back in the car, 'Mom, that sure was a fun day!' and was excited that he had gotten some exercise. Jacob had a blast! I often had to call him back because he was just running or skipping along the trail, way ahead of us. He just loves hikes!


On our way home, we saw this herd of deer.


Monday, February 4, 2013

Fire station tour

Am I really blogging about something that happened TODAY?!? What???

This morning Isaac and I had the opportunity to tour the fire station. He was SO excited! He's always talking about being a fire fighter when he grows up (just like his Grandpa DeWeerd).

He wanted to ring that bell pretty badly, but it was non-functional. So disappointing. 


The kids learned about 'Stop, Drop and Roll'. Isaac listened very intently!

Stop!


Drop! (and cover your face) 

 Roll!

They loved listening to the firefighter talk with his mask on.

And watch them slide down the pole!


Then we got to see the big ladder truck. That's Isaac up in front, wearing his firetruck shirt and holding his firetruck book.

Fascinated with the big giant saw

And monstrous axes

The jaws of life are pretty serious business, as you can tell from the kids' faces.

Isaac got to go in the fire truck, not once

But TWICE! Pretty cool stuff!!

When we were leaving Isaac told me, 'That sure was pretty neat, mom!' It sure was!