There have been some pretty bad wildfires in Colorado this summer. They are about an hour north of our house, but we can see the smoke and the low air quality has kept us indoors. 

Miss Annabelle has been freaked out by the fires and has had a lot of questions about fire safety, fire alarms, firemen, etc. To ease her mind we went on a tour of our local fire station. The firemen showed her all the trucks and how the water gets  to the hoses and then to the houses. They also showed her how calls come in, their equipment and how quickly they can respond to emergencies.

Fabulous Mom award here, right? Nope. At the end of the tour instead of the big smile and relief I expected Annabelle said “Can we please get out of here? I am freaking out!!”. Can’t win ’em all, I guess.

Lunch with Daddy before our tour.