Fired Up for Storytime

This past weekend we joined some friends at an afternoon storytime in a unique location - the local fire station. Our friends Laurie and Sylvan, who recently welcomed Miss Sydney Annika to their family, invited us to attend the storytime with them. It was a very cute and well attended affair. Firefighters read several stories and also demonstrated how they don their uniforms when heading to a fire.


The older kids in attendance were enthralled. Anna sat patiently through one story and became increasingly squirmy through the second. During the third she ate a school of goldfish and some raisins. By the fourth story it was evident she did not want to sit and listen any longer (hey, she's only 16 months old so I thought she did pretty well...).

At that point we went outside and looked at the fire engine. I must admit that up close they are pretty cool (and really big). Anna loved sitting in the driver's seat and turning the wheel. When we got home, she insisted on getting in the front seat of our car and "drove" her little heart out.


All in all it was a fun day and a great way for the firefighters to interact with the kids. I'm going to have to talk to the local Mableton FD to get them on the storytime kick...