Field Trip #1

Today Anna's kindergarteners went to the Newport Beach firestation. Here is Anna amongst the sea of red hats.


The firemen were very hospitable and the tour was well-organized. We saw firetrucks, an ambulance, lots of equipment, and even looked at where the firefighters eat, sleep and relax within the station. One part of the tour included shooting water from the firehose. Anna and friend were up first!


Wow! Even for a split second, what a powerful gush of water.


Thrilling!


Only in Newport Beach (or Hawaii) does a firestation have a backdrop of palm trees. During the tour the firefighters had a call and rushed about, almost having to leave (I was wondering if that would happen), but it was a false alarm.


Afterwards Anna and I went out to lunch, no one else was in the restaurant so she danced around quite a bit. Today was coincidentally a day off (and we had Sam's babysitter) so it was nice having this time together with Anna!