Family Day at work
Every year the children get President's Day off from school but I still have to work at the Police Department. A couple years ago the PD and the Fire Department joined together to start a Family Day on President's Day where they make yummy food and set up fun stuff for all the kids to enjoy. It's a nice break for me too because I get to hang out with my family for a couple hours and not deal with all the usual Monday stuff for a little bit. Peter brought the children down just after 11 and after getting signed in we headed to the FD bay to get some food. Our PD guys make some awesome smoked meat. They start around 4am and cook until it's time to eat. This year they made pulled pork sandwiches and hotdogs for the kids. There were also chips, veggies, goldfish crackers, and cake to go along with the meat. The children all ate happily and Peter and I enjoyed our meals too. After we filled up we went around to the various activities that were available. The children all got to spray the fire hose, a fire extinguisher, explore a patrol car, the Swat Tank, and the firetruck. We watched the Swat guys repel from the top of the building and the FD guys climb to the top of the Ladder truck and repel from there. The girls got to go into the Fire training Trailer where they heard thunderstorms and were alerted about severe weather, then smoke started to come into the room and they had to find a safe way out (through a window over the sink). All three of the children got lessons in CPR and some tattoos and Fire bracelets. Eventually it was time to go and they were sad, so was I. I couldn't go with them but I only had a couple more hours to work and then I would be headed home too.
posted by We are the Taylors @ 6:39 PM
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