Firetrucks!

Stereotypically, firetrucks are something boys are interested in.  Hannah, however, isn't interested in stereotypes.  Whenever we hear a siren, she exclaims, "FIRETRUCK!"   Every time there's a firetruck parked in a parking lot we're in, we take a detour and either drive by the firetruck or walk over to it for a closer look.

When we found out that there were going to be pink firetrucks at our mall, we were pretty excited!  Yes, I did say pink firetrucks.  They are firetrucks that have been painted pink and drive around the country raising awareness and support for cancer.  You can find out more about them here.  While it was fun to see the firetrucks up close and personal, Hannah knew these weren't real firetrucks, so she wasn't super excited about them.  She did, however, get to sit in the trucks, which she liked.  You can click on the pictures to see them better.

Look closely - little Hannah's sitting in the passenger seat!

The firefighters even wore pink uniforms!  Hannah gave one of the firemen knuckles. :)

The firetrucks are covered in names of women who have/have had/died from cancer.  We have several women in our family who have died from cancer, so my mom wrote their names.  Here, she's writing my grandma's name.

As if pink firetrucks weren't enough, today was Fire Service Day and many fire stations across the US had open houses.  Thankfully, there's a fire station right down the street from us, so we walked over and got a personal tour of the trucks and station.  It took Hannah a little while to warm up, but once she did, she had a great time!  She kept asking to drive the firetruck! 

She got her wish and got to "drive" the firetruck!

Sitting at the table where the firefighters eat their meals.  They have quite the set-up in there!!!

"Driving" the chief battalion's SUV.  They even let her turn the lights on!

Looking at the lights she turned on!

She wanted the seat belt on!

The cutest firefighter there ever was!

The fireman who showed us around is a driver, so he said he spent a lot of time memorizing maps of the area.  James decided to quiz him and gave him our address and he knew exactly where we lived right down to the name of our complex!  Pretty amazing, if you ask me, especially since there are several condo complexes on our street!  We learned a lot and had a lot of fun.  I think Hannah's going to want to stop at the fire station every time we drive by now.  :)  The station we went to also has a ladder truck, but it was out at an HOA pool that had flooded, so we didn't get to explore that one.  :(  Maybe some other time.  :)