An Overdue Thank You

Waaaay back on Christmas Eve, I made my way over to the local firehouse for some help with our carseats. Since Maddy had just been born and her carseat needed to be in the second row of the van, Tyler's carseat had to be moved to the third row (which he was very excited about, by the way!). Mitch and I couldn't figure out how to secure the seat with the seatbelt, and there didn't seem to be the Latch system in the third row.



First I tried the police station. They looked at me like I had three heads and then referred me to the fire department.



I rang the bell, and two very nice young firemen greeted me. They opened a bay door so I could drive the van in since it was very cold outside. They quickly discovered that the third row was indeed equipped with the Latch system, but just in the middle. For whatever reason, Mitch and I had only tried the sides.... In any case, they properly secured the seat, including the top tether, and then tightened Evan's seat up as well. They had never been so secure! Those seats don't move AT ALL!!!! I was very grateful, and since then have felt very bad that I didn't have anything for these guys, ESPECIALLY since they were working on Christmas Eve! I have always planned to go back....



So finally, I did. What better excuse than a holiday weekend to bake some cookies and teach the boys how to show gratitude to those who serve and protect?



I made the dough on Wednesday....



Rolled out, cut, and baked on Thursday...

And decorated on Friday morning.

I know they don't look so great, but trust me, they were delicious!!

Now the proper packaging....

An Easter basket with grass,

each cookie in it's own individual treat bag,

and put it all together!!

Now for the fun part - the delivery!!!

When we drove up, I was psyched to see they had one of the trucks outside! The boys got very excited too!

Here's Tyler proudly holding the basket when we got out of the van (before he decided to go all shy).

When we approached the firehouse, we were greeted by the same two firemen who had helped me on Christmas Eve!!! I told them why we were there - how I had been wanting to properly thank them for helping me out. They were pretty excited about the cookies - and immediately escorted us into the building so the boys could get up close and personal with some fire trucks!!!

At the end of our visit, the firemen gave the kids each a hat, a cup, and a badge shaped "Junior Firefighter" sticker.

Even Maddy got a hat! :)

Here are my little Junior Firefighters loading up to go back home after their adventure.

What fun!!! I had never been inside a fire truck before either, so it was an adventure for me too! It wasn't easy to pull off, but I'm glad I did. Maybe the boys will even remember it when they're older, but probably not! Thank goodness for pictures!!!