Firehouse Visit

On the weekends our family likes to go for a walk to the park down the street. Often we will also walk around the long block that takes us past our local firehouse. It's a small (one engine) firehouse that has the stereotypical firehouse dog. Our firehouse dog is a friendly Lab-Dalmatian cross named Freckles.

This weekend we found out just how popular Freckles is. As we were walking through the park and telling Will that we were going to go see if Freckles was out we had 2 different groups of kids ask us if we meant Freckles the firehouse dog. The kids totally knew Freckles and were excited for Will to go and visit. It was very cool to see how the kids' faces lit up.

We got to the firehouse and the door was open. Sue was the lieutenant on duty. She was happy to bring Freckles out so Will could pet him and even let Will give Freckles a treat!

We chatted with Sue a bit and then she invited us in so Will could look at the engine. Which he loved. After standing next to tires taller than him and looking at the shiny red paint, he got to climb up into the cab so he could drive.

Vroom Vroom VROOMY-VROOM VROOM....William at the Wheel!

 Sue got a huge kick out of Will's excitement. She grabbed a helmet for Will to try on, then she gathered Freckles up and setup an impromptu photo shoot for Freckles and Will on the front bumper.

We also found out about the local TV stations Top U Dog Contest. Freckles is competing as the firehouse dog. Here is his commercial, it's pretty local tv-ish, but you can see a bit of the Freckles personality.

If you want to vote for Freckles you can do so at the wciu website.

Will loved getting to know the firehouse and especially Freckles. We now drive past on our way home and Will is anticipating the "Firehouse" and "Freckles" from blocks away.