Firefighter's Pancake Breakfast

    This morning was the firefighter's annual pancake breakfast.  Anthony refused to actually eat the pancakes.  While pancakes are his favorite breakfast food by far, evidently the only ones worth eating are mine, cooked from scratch.  (They are pretty good.)

  We enjoyed all the activities.  Anthony was pretty impressed with the rescue demonstrations.  Afterwards the kids had a chance to use a real fire extinguisher to put out a fire.  As you can see, Anthony was pretty intimidated by the noise.  He much preferred spraying the water from a real firehose.

 He was also happy to learn how to do CPR.  Well, really only kinda sorta.

  We ended our day there with a visit to the "safety house."  We went inside, the firefighter taught everyone how to dial 911 (but does A know how to use our phone???) and then the kids were encouraged to spot safety problems.  I was pretty proud when Anthony raised his hand and pointed out the pot holder on the stove.  At the end the kids crawled through a smoke filled room, climbed out the window and did their "stop, drop and roll."