"The firefighter is a person in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood...Oh, the firefighter is a person in your neighborhood, a person that you meet each day!"
-- Sesame Street
This Tuesday you'll get to meet firefighter, Captain Aaron, from Engine Company 8 of the Milwaukee Fire Department! Here he is (on our far right, photo courtesy of MFD website) with his teammates who this February...
"...participated in the American Lung Association’s Climb Wisconsin. The firefighters, who placed fourth in the competition among other city firefighters, wore full turnout gear while climbing their way up the U.S. Bank Building’s 47 stories, 94 flights of stairs, and 1,034 steps. The MFD firefighters were the only firefighters in the Climb Wisconsin Firefighter’s Challenge to make the climb on air—wearing full masks and breathing from their SCBAs." -- from the MFD website (Yes, I googled him, and I'm sure we'll find out tomorrow what a "SCBA" is!)
Captain Aaron will come to storytime dressed in his gear. By referencing a few pages from a giant Curious George book, he'll show/teach us about the equipment a firefighter uses. He has books about firefighting to share in our book box, and firefighter hats and coloring books for the children to take home. It should be a fun and informative time for little ones and grown-ups alike. Hope you can join us!
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I wish we could have been there, the kids would have loved it! Ear infections everywhere in the household!! Hopefully next week!
Bummer about the ear infections. We missed you, M, and W! Captain Aaron put on a fantastic storytime! I told him that he's now designated as the substitute leader when I'm away on vacation. He responded that he thinks he'll be away on vacation then, too. Hahaha! Anyway, maybe we'll be able to talk him into a repeat performance this fall. Happy ear healing, Jen!
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