Fire Prevention Week

Last month we stopped by the local fire station near Jason's work for their open house. The kids had fun and Jason visited with his firefighter friends. I took pictures, of course.

Thibodaux Firemen's Fair

After some down time upon our return from our morning activities, a bunch of us headed out to the Thibodaux Firemen's Fair. It's an annual fair to raise money for the fire department, since they operate on a volunteer system there. All the kids wanted to do was ride the rides. As in, after dark we had to buy them food and force them to sit down and eat because they would have been on the rides all night. Jason's parents have pictures of him on either one or both of these rides, we can't remember which. Apparently the fair has used the same ride vendor for years. Xan is all about saying hi everytime he rides by. But waiting in line is not his cup of tea. This was the cutest fair ride I've ever seen and the trucks even made realistic noises. After a few hours of rides we took the kids to meet up with family where everyone was listening to the headlining band Bag of Donuts. They were dressed like KISS but played a variety of music. The kids had lots of fun dancing, especially Jordis.

It was such a beautiful night and we had lots of fun just being with family.

Our trip to the fire station

On Thursday our MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers) group took a tour of the fire station. I think R.J., the poor firefighter assigned to spend an hour and a half with us, didn't quite know what he was getting himself into. He did a great job though, even when Xander made him hold his flip-flops and two other kids followed suit. Gotta give Xan some credit though, we were in their living area and Xander was in one of the recliners, and he knows we don't put our shoes on the furniture.


Xander was first in line to sit inside a fire truck.


Jordis had absolutely no interest in the group photo or sitting in a truck.

















The ladder truck was everyone's favorite.