On Sunday, the children's cancer association invited us to spend the morning with a fire station near our house. Five families joined, and were welcomed by many firemen, firetrucks and fire hoses. Really, this was a perfect morning for both Henry and Owen. (Lucas and I had fun too). While we were waiting for other families to arrive, we were shown the "sport court". A racquetball court at the fire station. They threw out 20 balls, and the kids ran and played. For a few minutes, they almost forgot what the main goal of the day was.
FIRETRUCKS! We had almost free reign of all the trucks, including an ambulance. Henry loved to sit in the captain's seat. This fire station shops at our local Fred Meyer's. We see the truck often, and will regularly walk around the truck and/or say hi to the firemen. When Captain Walker saw us, he recognized us, and asked why we were there. We told him about Henry, he was so kind and nice. He even offered to maybe make an appearance at Henry's end of chemo party!
After touring the fire station, we were walked to the fire practice parking lot. We got to spray hoses and RIDE IN THE TRUCK!!
The boys even got to use the blow horn and turn on the sirens.
Henry LOVED spraying water, he would have done it all day.
What a perfect morning.
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