Fire Safety Week

Fire safety week started with a fire of our own!

Our pool and pool deck was in such bad shape, there was only one economic thing to do.

Burn!  Under careful watch, though (don't worry, the girls were napping while it took place).

So, two little firefighters in training came to inspect.  And be cute.

We also started learning about fire, matches, lighters, extinguishers and how to call for help.

I drew a "9 1 1" and the girls cut and colored the majority of the numbers.  Then they glued them onto the paper in the proper order.

C and FL also practiced dialing 9-1-1 on my I pad, phone and a big pretend phone.

I know they are a little young to understand, but I don't think it's too early to begin and plant those seeds.  Plus, they were excited about touching my I pad and phone!

We also looked for things that helped keep us safe in our home, like fire extinguishers and smoke detectors.  They like to look in everyone's home for them, too!  Let us know if you need detector detectors!

Ella helped make it more fun.

Sam and the girls tested and updated each detector (which is a lot of smoke detectors due to our home study requirements!).

They were nice and loud!  We practiced what to do when a detector goes off.

We picked a fire drill family gathering tree to make sure we were all ok.

The girls also pretended they were fire fighters.  Here they are at the "station" waiting for a call to come in for fire help.

DING DING DING DING!!!   C and FL sprang to action and quickly donned their gear and hopped on their fire trucks.

GO GO GO!

We drew some fires that they put out.

They also found some other "fires" along the way.

They liked riding their scooters to the scene!

The old fire dog stayed at the "station" happy to play along with this resting role!

Later in the week we did more fire/emergency art.

This was painters tape painted over in fire colors.  Their favorite part was removing the tape and playing with in afterwards!

We also painted fire using forks!

I liked how this turned out and how the yellow and red blended to make orange.  We will do this again sometime.

I think they learned a little bit and their art turned out well.  Charlotte's is on the left and Flora Lin's is on the right.

We still plan on visiting a fire station, but we will have to fit that in at another time.

It was a fun and safe week! : )