Fire Station Field Trip

 

 

 

Austin went to Fire Station #96 today as a culmination of his "Fire Safety" unit he has been studying in preschool.  As one can see from the picture above, he has NINE boys in his class (4 girls) and they were ecstatic to visit the firemen. 

 

 

Fun Fact: These guys did not get the memo that we were going to show up--they did an AWESOME job letting the kiddos hop on the truck, shoot the hose, dress up in the gear, visit their kitchen, check out their sleeping quarters, etc.  One truck even left in the middle of our tour because there was a fire! 

 

 



Water Day

Tequila II

I have no idea what this horse is really named.  However, due to a horseback riding birthday party, all white horses are now named Tequila.  He is happy to be on a horse, but the sun is in his eyes. 

AAHHHhhhhhhhh!

This slide shoots you out like a bullet...thus Austin's expression!  He is still mid-shoot out in this picture, and he did not slide down this particular slide again. 

Danger is his middle name. 

It's a Deer

Old McDonald's Farm, the site of Austin's field trip, has deer just sitting around on property.  You can walk right up and pet them. 

Rope Swing

Pumpkin Man

Running of the Bales

Class Field Trip to TGR Exotics

Owl Cookie

Favorite Zoo Animal

I Wouldn't Have Guessed This...

...but if you say so....

Shower Show and Tell

On Wednesday I asked Austin what he wanted to bring for show and tell on Friday. He told me that he wanted to bring the shower. I asked which shower he was talking about, and he plainly told me that he wanted to bring mine. So I proceeded to ask how we were going to get the shower out of the wall (dad would cut it out) and how we were going to get it to school (in the car--duh!).

Later on I asked him what he would like to bring if it we just couldn't bring a shower. His answer: the tub.

So as I was telling this story to Damon I remembered that we actually have a shower head from the original beach house. It has been sitting in my parents' garage for the past three years. I drove over to their house and brought it home for Austin's Show and Tell. He was the HAPPIEST kid! He carried the shower head into the school this morning...and it is pretty heavy. This is his picture before we left for school.

1st Day of Preschool

Checking out Preschool

Today Austin was able to check out his classroom for an hour. All the toys were available for play...he had a blast! When we left he asked if we could go back next-later (his word of the month). I assured him we would. This afternoon I broke the news to him that I would not be staying with him on Monday when he went to school--he was okay with the news. We shall see how things go!