Lessons Learned at the Firehouse

Ahh, the things kids learn when they go places.  Son#2 went on a field trip to the fire department with his class today.  Now, for this to be funny you have to know that son#2 is 5 years old and can come up with the craziest things at times.  So I pick him up from school and he tells me all about the trip:  we walked there, we got to shoot the hose at a little cone, we got to walk through a fire truck, they didn’t have any fire dogs, etc.  He also tells me things he learned while there:

1. Stoves are dangerous because they are hot.  (Very true, I’ve told him that a million times.)


2. Sinks are dangerous.  “If you climb up on the counter to open the little door things up there, you could fall into the sink.”  (Hmm, that’s an interesting one, never looked at the sink that way.)


3. “Markerwaves” are dangerous.  “If you put a hotdog in the markerwave and leave it in for too long the hotdog will explode!”  (I didn’t realize exploding hotdogs was on the list of household dangers I need to be concerned about.)

So, boys and girls this is our lesson for today.  Watch out for those hot stoves, kid-eating sinks and “markerwave” exploding hotdogs!