This morning we went to Safety Town with the MOMS Club. Safety Town is adjacent to and run by the fire department in Frisco. They teach classes and have seminars on all types of Safety -- home safety, car safety, fire safety, babysitting safety, etc. It is actually pretty cool. Most of the stuff we learned went way over the heads of the little kids, but they had fun playing on the fire truck and meeting a fireman!
Sitting in a fire truck!It wasn't a normal red fire truck, but the kids still had fun.
They could wear the fireman's clothes and hats if they wanted to. Of course Lily didn't even want to stand by the clothes for a photo!
But she could have sat on the front of the truck for days if I let her! Not sure what was so exciting about that, but she liked it.
Outside they have a mini town set up with working traffic & crossing signals to teach kids about street safety. The town was so cute and each building was built and sponsored by a local business.
WFAA News station. Inside was Pete, the weather man, pointing at the Doppler Radar!
They could wear the fireman's clothes and hats if they wanted to. Of course Lily didn't even want to stand by the clothes for a photo!
But she could have sat on the front of the truck for days if I let her! Not sure what was so exciting about that, but she liked it.
Outside they have a mini town set up with working traffic & crossing signals to teach kids about street safety. The town was so cute and each building was built and sponsored by a local business.
WFAA News station. Inside was Pete, the weather man, pointing at the Doppler Radar! (we love Pete)
All the other kids in the group drove little Jeeps around the town, but Lily was too little, so we opted to walk around instead. I think that was the smart choice, since even the older kids we having some difficulties. Instead, I tried to teach her how to cross the street by watching for the little green man, but there was so much going on and she wasn't really paying attention to me.
She was just having fun going up to the doors of all the houses and stores. This is a local BBQ place. 
None of the doors were open, but at Halloween time they are all open and you can go Trick-or-Treating!
City Hall
She liked pushing the buttons.
Hospital
I think the highlight of the day was getting water and drinking out of a cone cup. She talked to Chip on the phone later and told him that she got to drink ice cream water at Safety Town and got her dress all wet! :)
Then we all went inside to the Safety House where they teach Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedroom safety. Here is the fireman in the kitchen showing us all the hazards around the room. The windows are actually TV screens. Apparently they teach tornado safety too and it looks like a storm is coming outside, while the TV shows the weather man alerting you to the conditions. Pretty cool.
It is blurry since I didn't want to use the flash and draw attention to myself, but here are most of the kids kinda listening to the presentation. Lily is not in the photo since she was standing next to me.
All the other kids in the group drove little Jeeps around the town, but Lily was too little, so we opted to walk around instead. I think that was the smart choice, since even the older kids we having some difficulties. Instead, I tried to teach her how to cross the street by watching for the little green man, but there was so much going on and she wasn't really paying attention to me.
She was just having fun going up to the doors of all the houses and stores. This is a local BBQ place. 
None of the doors were open, but at Halloween time they are all open and you can go Trick-or-Treating!
City Hall
She liked pushing the buttons.
Hospital
I think the highlight of the day was getting water and drinking out of a cone cup. She talked to Chip on the phone later and told him that she got to drink ice cream water at Safety Town and got her dress all wet! :) 
Then we all went inside to the Safety House where they teach Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedroom safety. Here is the fireman in the kitchen showing us all the hazards around the room. The windows are actually TV screens. Apparently they teach tornado safety too and it looks like a storm is coming outside, while the TV shows the weather man alerting you to the conditions. Pretty cool.
It is blurry since I didn't want to use the flash and draw attention to myself, but here are most of the kids kinda listening to the presentation. Lily is not in the photo since she was standing next to me.
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That is such a cool place. I love all the little buildings!
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