Fire Trucks!

While Finley does love construction vehicles and can name them all accurately, fire trucks are slowly working their way into the top slot of his transportation favorites.  We have talked about what fire trucks do and he seems to be able to recall that fire trucks:

1. say "wee-oo, wee-oo, wee-oo"

2. have ladders and lights

3. help people

4. shoot water

And lately, it seems like fire trucks have been everywhere!  You saw him in a fire truck at Town Day and just his luck, the new fire station near us just re-opened after a major renovation and was open for touring this weekend.  Dan took him over and they had a blast!

I thought it was impressive that Finley even let Dan close the door while he was sitting in the driver's seat, but at least the window was halfway open!

This next unintentionally artistic shot shows Finley testing out the two-way radio.

They walked around the firehouse and then whenever no one else was waiting, Finley hopped back into the truck.

All that pretend driving and life-saving was hard work, so Finley relaxed with a bottle of water on the front of the truck.  If the Arlington Advocate is looking for a front page photo this week, here you have it!

Dan's cousin from LA, Jon, was in town on Wednesday night and had dinner with us.  He'd ordered some gifts for Finley to arrive by that same evening, but alas the big box didn't come until the following day.  Finley loved what he found inside and Dan and I were so bummed Jon wasn't there in person to see the joy and excitement that ensued after the box was ripped open.  Here's a photo sequence of the big reveal!

Thanks, JON!!  These pictures don't do the event justice, Finley was truly grinning ear to ear and carefully checking out everything from top to bottom.  Finley really loves the fire truck (and the monster truck)--he gets out of his crib most days asking for one or the other.  Apparently not only does the fire truck make great sounds, but you can put water in the bottom and pump it out so it sprays out the hose!! I think for now we'll pretend we don't know about that feature...maybe next summer out on the deck, we'll show him :)