Little Firefighters

Leo, Sydney's buddy from preschool, turned four this past Friday.  Leo loves firemen and so his Mom decided that as a special treat for him she would arrange a visit to the local fire hall for a few of his friends from school.

Sydney, Henry, Leo and his little sister Tessa, all trekked up to the fire station at Oak and 59th to find a crew of fun and friendly firemen who took the kids on a tour of the station.

The kids got to hold the big hose.

And ride in the driver's seat of the truck.

And try on the big hats.

One of the firemen dressed up in full gear for us.

And another one slid down the pole at the station!

It was such fun, the kids loved it and left with a bunch of loot, their own little red fireman hats, stickers, tattoos, colouring books and a little cardboard fire engine.

Sydney had great fun playing with everything afterwards!

Leo's Mom, Marcy, continued on in the theme the next day and threw him a fireman birthday party.

Check out the great cake she made:

The kids had a blast playing in the gym at the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre and then enjoyed a magic show by Leo's Grandma, it was fantastic!

Sydney brought home a special something this week from school, a mini daffodils that they planted themselves in terracotta pots.  It is bright and cheerful on our kitchen counter!

This afternoon I went to a bridal shower for our friend Lauren who is getting married next month.  Her mother in law to be, Lynne, hosted a lovely shower for her and we had such a good time visiting with everyone!

Each of the guests got a lovely little pink box of chocolates to take home with them, I loved them!

I spent some time interviewing a few candidates for Paul's office this weekend as well.  Snapped this picture of the most amazing beautiful pink sky as the sun was setting from the window of his office.  We have had such a lovely run of dry weather lately and with it has come the most amazing sunsets!

I have so been in the mood for comfort food lately, so I made a batch of Herb and Cheese Cannelloni for dinner tonight.  They were so yummy and just perfect with a hearty loaf of bread for mopping up the extra sauce!

Sydney has a Pro-D day tomorrow from school so we have an entire day to spend together!  What a nice treat it will be, am looking forward to some good time with my girl!