Cal's Fire Station Birthday

Cal had a fun firetruck birthday this month to celebrate turning five. We took a tour of our city fire station, and activity I highly recommend, birthday or no.

The fire captain and his team were so wonderful with the kids. We had a huge group (around 20 kids, with their parents), and the station team was very kind and accommodating.

After a tour of where the fireman eat, sleep and work at the station, they took us out to the garage to show us some safety demonstrations, which I ended up loving. First, they had Cal demonstrate "stop, drop, and roll." He was so excited to be helping the fire captain with his demo.

One of the fire fighters got suited up head to toe in fire-fighting gear, not only to show the kids the different pieces of the uniform, but also to ensure them that they did not need to be afraid when I firefighter found them inside a building.

They divided us into two groups, and showed us all the compartments on the engines. The kids were super interested.

Here's the whole group. We have such an awesome community of friends here in California. We had kids from church, and several friends from preschool.

When the tour finished up, the party continued at a nearby park. Reed was an awesome husband and skipped the station tour in order to set up the food for me. The station tour ended right around lunchtime, so the kids were hungry!

The main attraction was, of course, this amazing fire truck cake that my friend Natalie made. It had light up siren and headlights, and was a delicious, from scratch chocolate that I now crave daily.

I can't believe my little guy is five.  We love you, Cal. Thanks for making our lives such a fun adventure. :)