Three Alarm Birthday!!

Last Saturday was my little buddy Liam's birthday party. I'm always excited to go to the parties of my kiddos, but I'll admit to being extra excited about this one because...it was at the fire station.

And you know me...I'm just an overgrown kid!

It was such a cool party. Started out with cake and ice cream before presents. This cake was to. die. for. It had more icing on it than I've ever seen in one place before. I was in chocolate heaven.
I helped corral Mr. James (aka the little brother) when he got fidgety. I was holding him and he asked for a chip. I said, "What do you say?" He immediately shot back, "I'm sorry." LOL!! I said, "No, buddy. What do you say?" He thought for a minute and said, "Excuse me?" Hmmm can you tell his frequent offenses??(I was taking a self portrait of us and one of the firemen felt sorry for me and offered to take our picture instead. So this is the better one.)

After the food and presents, we took a tour of the station, which was pretty cool. I'd never been in a fire station before!

Then we went out by the trucks and Jake the fireman put on all his gear so the kids could see it and know what a firefighter looks like in full gear. A couple were scared of him once he put his mask on, but most of them thought it was pretty cool.
Then they pulled the fire truck outside...so of course that was pretty awe-inspiring for the little kids.

I love this picture. Liam was completely mesmerized by this point and just stood there, holding his dad's hand, taking it all in.

More staring at the big fire truck!! (He got so excited it was more like "Look at the fi-er twuck!" (Or is it Chuck? I can't remember how he says truck when he's being very purposeful about it. Whatever it is - it's cute.)

He took a moment to say cheese for me. I love this kid. He is so not camera shy!

THEN the cool part came. They got to try running the fire hose! Liam wasn't sure about it at first, but Jake the fireman promised him it wouldn't be scary, so he gave it a shot.

This one, on the other hand, had been waiting his turn almost longer than he could stand! He was PUMPED (ha! get it?) to get in there and take his turn!

And THIS little missie...well...she "accidentally" slipped and moved the hose - and y'all, she got me! Camera and all! I wasn't mad that she got me wet (even though it was blessed cold and rainy that day) but I was pretty quick to dry off the camera!

And then he said, "Do any of the aunts and uncles want to try?"

Are you kiddin' me? Sign me UP!!! (And yes, I was the only adult wearing a fire hat.) He told me to hold the hose under my arm, grab the trigger with one hand and steady myself for a kick-back when I pulled back to turn the water on. And he stood behind me and held the hose. (I wanted to think this was much easier than he said it would be...but if he'd not been there, I probably would have fallen over or something. Still - let me live in my delusion that I could do it myself.)

Oh yeah, baby! Bekah the firefighter!! What do you think????

After everyone had a turn (that wanted one) - it was time for a ride in the fire truck. Did I want to go? Um, YES!!! That was fun. And here is my truck-ride self-portrait.

Excuse the hair. I had, after all, been standing in the rain/direct spray of the hose.

And that, my friends, is one fun three-alarm birthday!