Fire Station Field Trip

Last week, Elisabeth's class took a fieldtrip to the local fire station. Julia and I met her there. Ebeth was excited to see us.

I always enjoy going on Ebeth's fieldtrips because I get to see her interact with her classmates. She has a sweet personality and it's nice to see that she doesn't become someone else at school (like a nasty little punk). I also find it amusing to see how many parents show up for fieldtrips. I don't remember having that many chaperones when I was in grade school, but maybe I just ignored them all.

Did you know they don't really push the whole "Stop, Drop and Roll" thing anymore? And that they only were telling kids that in the 70s because their pajamas were not fire retardant? Turns out that kids were stopping, dropping and rolling when they saw smoke or weren't on fire but saw fire instead of trying to get out of the house. Now they encourage kids to get out pronto. See, you learn something new every day.

One of the kids asked if fire stations ever need to call another fire station because of a fire in the building. Turns out, fire stations were often frequently in need of help putting out fires in their stations because they'd all leave for a call and leave their stoves on or the grills or whatnot. Now they have timers for their stoves and grills and other things so that they automatically turn off if they all leave in a rush and forget to turn it off themselves.
Julia did a great job participating. She was a dog toward the end and was crawling around and barking, but we were outside, so it didn't matter.

Getting to go on fieldtrips is just another reason that I enjoy staying home with the kids. I like being able to help out with school functions and not having to use vacation time to do it. Speaking of, Evan's taken the day off for Elisabeth's next field trip to see Disney's Big Cats. Ebeth is sooooooo excited that Evan actually gets to come and meet her class.