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Happy day.
May. 2nd, 2007 05:50 pmAlex and I had a banner day today.
The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Preschool and Day School celebrated their annual Truck Day today, and invited the public to attend. When we arrived, the first thing we saw were two enormous fire trucks, ladders fully extended and every compartment open for viewing. Also on display: a Baltimore City police car with lights flashing, a state trooper's car, three highway patrol motorcycles, an ambulance, a snowplow, a scrap metal hauler, a cement mixer, a cable truck with cherry picker, a motor home, and (I thought this was a nice touch) an ice cream truck.
Groups of kids from the school were going around together, getting tours, but we found that everyone was just as happy to show off to us individually. The guy driving the scrap hauler showed us how he could tilt the whole body of the truck backward. A cable lineman rode up and down in his cherry picker. A friendly seventeen-year-old fireman showed Alex how he puts on his gear - boots with attached pants, coat, and helmet - and earnestly explained to her that she should never be afraid when she sees a firefighter, because under their gear they are people just like she is. He also let her climb around inside the passenger compartment.
She didn't say a word to any of the workers, but her grin just kept getting bigger and bigger.
Afterwards, we met our friends Emily and Zoe at the playground.
( playground pics below the cut )
The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Preschool and Day School celebrated their annual Truck Day today, and invited the public to attend. When we arrived, the first thing we saw were two enormous fire trucks, ladders fully extended and every compartment open for viewing. Also on display: a Baltimore City police car with lights flashing, a state trooper's car, three highway patrol motorcycles, an ambulance, a snowplow, a scrap metal hauler, a cement mixer, a cable truck with cherry picker, a motor home, and (I thought this was a nice touch) an ice cream truck.
Groups of kids from the school were going around together, getting tours, but we found that everyone was just as happy to show off to us individually. The guy driving the scrap hauler showed us how he could tilt the whole body of the truck backward. A cable lineman rode up and down in his cherry picker. A friendly seventeen-year-old fireman showed Alex how he puts on his gear - boots with attached pants, coat, and helmet - and earnestly explained to her that she should never be afraid when she sees a firefighter, because under their gear they are people just like she is. He also let her climb around inside the passenger compartment.
She didn't say a word to any of the workers, but her grin just kept getting bigger and bigger.
Afterwards, we met our friends Emily and Zoe at the playground.
( playground pics below the cut )
