Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Summer Activity: A Visit to the Fire Station

POSTED BY Amy at 7:00 AM

It has been a tradition in our family to visit the fire station at Christmas and make special treats for the firefighters. This year our mom's group had it on the calendar to make a summer visit and the kids were so excited to visit the fire station again. I don't know why I had not thought to do this in the summer before!

I get a lot of promotional stuff from different companies and I had saved this tin (with a company logo on it) and recovered it with a bit of wallpaper from the thrift store and a little glue. Ethan worked hard on a thank you card for the firefighters and I whipped up a batch of chocolate chip cookie bars. We packaged it in tissue and we were off for our visit to the fire station.

Don't you love those orange fire engines? I was sucked into taking pictures of the fire station and completely was not paying attention to my kids. There were just so many cool things to see there that I had a hard time capturing all of it.

Thank you to the firefighters at Harris Township Fire Station #2 for sharing all about your job and how things work at the fire station. My children could not have enjoyed the day more and we are so thankful we have such great people protecting us!

I encourage you to read Michelle's post, at Leaving Excess, on how important our firefighters are and what you can do to show your thankfulness to them!

What are some ways you thank those that serve or care for your family? I would love to get some new ideas for teaching our children thankfulness!

Labels: Entertainment, Family, Frugal, Kid Crafts, Things To Do

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6Comments:

Michelle @ Leaving Excess

"Amy, thanks for taking time to highlight such important people in our community! I know that fire fighters love having kids into the station, because fire fighters are just big kids with big trucks :>) Bringing treats is such a great and thoughtful thing to do!"

"My husband is in law enforcement. The thank-you's they receive are priceless. Considering his line of work, the thank-you's usually come after the fact because when he's working, it's usually a situation where there's no time for chit-chat. The best form of a thank you is when someone calls the sheriff's office and leaves word that 'they'd like to thank Officer X for all that they did' or they send a note of thanks via the department."

Beth/Mom2TwoVikings

"It's funny you posted this today - yesterday was our monthly MOMS Club meeting.

Someone usually brings snacks, doughnuts, whatever but since most of the moms are watching the waistline or way or another, there are generally leftovers...A LOT of leftovers. LOL

So, the Vikings and I have made it a habit to ask for the remainders and take them to our fire station on the way home! Yesterday? Popsicles after a park date! LOL

DaHubby and I also use to work law enforcement in our pre-kids-and marriage lives (me in dispatch, DaHubs on the road). Thank-yous come rarely but are greatly appreciated!"

Hoosier Homemade

"That looks like so much fun! I remember when my boys were in Pre-School and went to the Firestation. Always a fun trip!
~Liz"

"What a great idea to bring along some treats on a visit to the Fire Station! I will have to remember this next time our playgroup goes..."

"As the wife of a firefighter, I can't thank you enough for doing this. It's not easy on our 18 month old when Daddy is gone for over 24 hours. The firefighter really do appreciate things like this."