Today might have been the highlight of Dennis' entire preschool career. The four year old classes walked to the fire station today and had lessons on fire safety. They got to walk through the truck and the station, and they got to watch as a volunteer teacher or parent got into the bucket on the hook and ladder truck to ascend to a height of 100 feet. That volunteer was me. You get a nice view of Clanton from 100 feet up, but even better than that was becoming a hero to my own child (because HE wanted to go up and couldn't) and many others at the preschool! Dennis posed with his class, tried to walk through the truck more than once (but was very recognizable in the fire jacket he wore from home and refused to take off even as the temperature rose). He must have charmed the firefighters because he got a special tour of the pumper truck and they let him ring the bell on the front. Each kid received a fire safety coloring book and Clanton firefighter hat and junior firefighter badge. Dennis proudly announced to any adult that would listen that he became a junior firefighter today. I enjoyed listening to him try to convince the firemen to let him slide down the pole ("I practice at home all the time--I slide down my pole over and over, and I put out fires--just pretend fires--every day!"). But when asked if he was going to be a fireman when he grows up, he'll tell you "I'm going to be in the Army--the 'ground' Army." He's not interested in the Navy or the Air Force for whatever reason.
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