Touch a Truck Day

This week end we took T out to Touch a Truck Day. It was an excellent idea, and I had never heard of anything like that before. It was just a day set up by the city and county governments to let young kids come out and have a hands on experience with the vehicles they find so fascinating. There were vehicles there like: 

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 The Ladder Truck. I think this was one of his top two favorites. He spent a lot of time climbing on the truck, playing with the shiny parts, and climbing in the seats.

 

 

 

 

I think the Ambulance won top honors with T. They hooked him up to the EKG machine and showed him his heart beat. He also got to play with the seat belt on the gurney, which oddly enough was almost more exciting for him because he could demonstrate to everyone how it worked. He opened it, and put the belt back together several times. 

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Another truck that he enjoyed was the GradeAll ditch digger. It was huge, and he got to get inside and play around a bit with the handles and horn. 

 

Also, they had a city bus, a street sweeper, two police motorcycles, a police car, the bomb squad had their robot out for him to watch, John Deere tractors, and even a garbage truck. It was a nice way to spend the morning together as a family. Little baby Q even had a good time rolling around in her stroller, and Mommy was the photographer for the trip. We followed up the morning with a nice lunch, and then home for naps. Well, at least we tried to get T to nap.