Firefighter William

"Firefighter"... that is how William refers to himself these days... "Firefighter needs his boots," he says first thing in the morning. So, he gets out of bed and runs to find his firefighter boots (aka - snow boots from last year). "Firefighter wants peanut butter and jelly"... "Firefighter wants a lollipop"... you get the idea.

Also, whenever any children's museum is mentioned, William will exclaim, "fire truck!" In his expert opinion, all museums for children should have fire trucks. Over the summer we went to the Baltimore museum that did not have a fire truck... disappointment was abundant in the LaCombe household. (Actually, we had a great time, but he said repeatedly , "no fire truck" when we were there.) We also visited a very small museum over the summer in southeastern Connecticut that redeemed itself only because it had a fire hydrant with hose and a fire alarm. Otherwise, it would have been a very bad day.

So, we visited yet another museum in Connecticut, Stepping Stone Museum for Children (we must be on some sort of world tour or something) and thankfully, there was a firefighter jacket and an ambulance... close enough!!

William found this jacket and his experience at the museum was complete!! Is he some sort of fire inspector??

We built a car together and raced it on the track... while dressed as a firefighter!

Hey Daddy, you are right... this is the sound the heart makes!!

Driving the ambulance... almost as good as a fire truck!

Honking the horn... it was pretend but he was serious about it!!

Hey Dad, look what we found... does that pediatric neck brace look familiar???



The tired firefighter rested in the gorilla den... we knew it was time to head home! Of course, taking that jacket off and leaving it there created quite the scene!!!

William did inform Mommy that he wanted a black firefighter jacket with pants and helmet for Halloween... not the tan one. Yes sir, William.

We went to a birthday party at the Mid-Hudson museum recently. This is where the association between museums and fire trucks started. There is a little fire truck with plenty of costumes to wear! Is he excited... or what!!

He ran around the party in the jacket, helmet and boots for the entire party... up and down the stairs!!