Sunday, August 19, 2012

Safety Expo

Okay... so my new job may not give AJ many opportunities to have his picture appear on a billboard, but it does offer him other perks. Like petting a horse:


And talking with a member of the volunteer rescue squad (who happens to be a former colleague of Jeff's.)


And shooting guns in some sort of DNR simulator game. AJ needed a little help at first,


but soon enough he got the hang of it.


Saturday was the annual public safety expo, which St. Louis County helps sponsor. We certainly could have gone in years past, and we probably should have, considering how many of Jeff's colleagues took part. But we've just never made it a priority until this year.


Talk about kid nirvana to see so many emergency vehicles up close! Though as we neared the tactical response team (of which Jeff used to be a member) area, Sydney might as well have stabbed a dagger in her Daddy's heart as she shouted, "I want to see the fire truck first!"

They got to bounce in a bouncy house, crawl out of a "smoke" filled trailer and climb through all sorts of vehicles. And they couldn't resist posing as part of a high risk entry team.



Of everything that was there, what was Sydney's favorite? Of course, the snack vendor with slushies.


Why am I not surprised?

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