Yesterday was our Stake Emergency Preparedness Fair. There were lots of booths set up, everything from the police department and railway safety to food storage and how to check your gas meter in case of a natural disaster. Lots of cool stuff. But for the kids, the most popular area by far was the emergency vehicles. Zaylee and Thomas, along with all the other kids, enjoyed a full hands-on tour of a fire truck and an ambulance. Zaylee and Thomas like watching the TV show "Rescue Heroes," and Zaylee was so impressed and awestruck when I told her that she was meeting real life rescue heroes, the fire fighters and EMTs and police officers.
Partway through the fair, the
super ultra main attraction arrived - an AirMed helicopter that landed right in the parking lot. Zaylee and I got real close to where it landed, and it was so awesome to feel the wind kicked up by the rotors, and see how excited Zaylee was as it hovered and slowly landed. The kids got to sit in the helicopter and see all the equipment, which was a real highlight for them.
It was a fun day out for our family. I learned some stuff about emergency prep, the kids learned a lot about fire trucks and ambulances and helicopters, and everyone had a good time.
2 comments:
That helicopter sounds like it was a ton of fun! At the airshow a couple years back, the boys got to walk around in a huge C-130. It's one thing for kids to see pictures, but it's the coolest ever when they get to see inside stuff like that!
I love how Zaylee is using Thomas's head too... :-)
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