Kate liked sitting in the back seat of the fire engine. She made sure to wear her fire jacket and helmet and pink boots for the occasion. The pink boots seem to be an essential right now for ANY occasion.
Kate had fun looking out the windows of the fire engine.
I rolled down the window and Drew said hi to me from inside the fire engine.
Todd is currently rotating as the driver of engine 5, so it is his responsibility to man the pump for the engine at a fire. Here he is showing Kate how it's done.
Drew was already familiar with the pump controls from his previous experience on engine 3 (engine 5's twin), so he moved right to the controls.
There are a fascinating number of gauges and things to push or pull.
Drew, Kate, and I perched on top of the fire engine. We had a blast!
Kate was a little wary about being placed on the front of the fire engine.
Drew got his picture taken with the thermal imaging camera (it didn't really take a picture, but just showed a live image). If you click on this picture below, it will blow up and you can see the thermal image better. It was pretty cool!
Todd drove the engine outside for us (the kids and I rode in the back while he drove it out) and once outside, Kate paused for a picture.
While the truck was outside with the lights going, Kate hopped in the driver's seat to take the engine for a spin. Todd also ran the siren and hit the horn for us. Drew found it to be very loud, yet couldn't stop talking about it later.
Both Drew and Kate loved holding a spanner wrench from the fire engine.
Drew was very excited about seeing all the tools on the fire engine. As I'm sure you've noted, both of them had a strong desire to wear their firefighter outfits during their visit with Uncle Todd.
This was Drew's favorite tool and he kept on repeating that it was a "Drew and Kate-sized tool." He made sure to tell Jana about it when we returned home.
I'll admit to being a little nervous (even as a dad) when Drew was waving this thing around. I think Jana would have made him put it down :)
I was trying to get Drew and Kate to look at me while riding on the back of engine 5 and finally semi-succeeded once I asked them to wave to me. They never both waved at the same time :(
I think Drew sometimes forgets just how big a fire engine is (and loud too), but this picture gives a reminder of the scale. Drew and Kate are tiny next to it! 
As Uncle Todd showed off more equipment, both Drew and Kate were glued to the things he was showing them. 
This is Todd's equipment locker, which Drew fits in quite nicely! Todd's stuff was on the engine, but usually it would be hanging in here while he's not on duty.
Kate was very proud of her sticker (on her pink shirt) and climbed all over the fire engine wearing it. Both Drew and Kate warm up slowly to the fire engine, then are climbing all over it by the end of the visit.
It was tough to get Drew off the fire engine after a while, even when we wanted to look at the rest of the fire station.
Here's another picture that gives the scale of the fire engine and shows Drew climbing up onto it. He scoots up and down onto the fire engine and off it over and over. 
Kate was very excited about her visit to the fire station. This was the first time she was able to say much at the fire station and she had a great time.
This video (it's a little dark) shows Kate driving the fire engine outside.
I'll admit to being a little nervous (even as a dad) when Drew was waving this thing around. I think Jana would have made him put it down :)
I was trying to get Drew and Kate to look at me while riding on the back of engine 5 and finally semi-succeeded once I asked them to wave to me. They never both waved at the same time :(
I think Drew sometimes forgets just how big a fire engine is (and loud too), but this picture gives a reminder of the scale. Drew and Kate are tiny next to it! 
As Uncle Todd showed off more equipment, both Drew and Kate were glued to the things he was showing them. 
This is Todd's equipment locker, which Drew fits in quite nicely! Todd's stuff was on the engine, but usually it would be hanging in here while he's not on duty.
Kate was very proud of her sticker (on her pink shirt) and climbed all over the fire engine wearing it. Both Drew and Kate warm up slowly to the fire engine, then are climbing all over it by the end of the visit.
It was tough to get Drew off the fire engine after a while, even when we wanted to look at the rest of the fire station.
Here's another picture that gives the scale of the fire engine and shows Drew climbing up onto it. He scoots up and down onto the fire engine and off it over and over. 
Kate was very excited about her visit to the fire station. This was the first time she was able to say much at the fire station and she had a great time.
This video (it's a little dark) shows Kate driving the fire engine outside.This last video shows Drew looking at the fire engine after Todd pulled it outside. It was very loud!
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