Thursday, January 08, 2009
Happy 2009! Are you writing 2009 on your checks right now? Tell the truth. Last year was easier - you could just fudge the 7 into an 8 - but turning an 8 into a 9... harder.
I have yet to post my Florida videos. This is because I am waiting on my parents to post their pictures of the vacation on Kodak Gallery. SO DO IT.
(Really that's a lame excuse because both Rebecca and Sarah got new digital cameras for the holidays and they snapped photos of everything down to the TSA dudes. And no, that was not a very good moment for all of us.)
But I wanted to post this hilarious photo of Becca from the trip. We went to this - what do I call it - entertainment venue? amusement park? called Wannado City just outside of Fort Lauderdale. It's a place where kids try out different professions and they "earn money" that they can then spend riding the Ferris Wheel or making a bracelet or something. It's laid out like a little indoor town, you have a bank and a vet and a salon...
http://www.wannadocity.com/
(beware the very loud homepage music)
It was a very fine piece of edutainment. Of course, I still worry a bit that I am creating nerdettes. Everyone else is off skiing over holiday break and my kids are learning how to be CSI agents...
The best event at the place had to be the fake firehouse. Kids learned about fire safety and what it really takes to be a fireman. I know one little person in our house who will never forget to "stop, drop, and roll." Seriously you get to slide down the little slide when the bell rings and get into this miniature fire truck and then the ride off, sirens blazing, to a burning building (fake fire)that they get to extinguish (REAL WATER).
So this had Becca written all over it. The only thing that would have put it over the top would have been the presence of dinosaurs at the actual fire scene, but that was at a different part of Wannado City (yup you could be a paleontologist for 12 minutes).
Have you ever seen a more serious-looking and determined 1st grader in your whole life than in this photo? I think not. (also her nails were looking lovely because she and Sarah had just come from the salon - hah)
She is now convinced she wants to be a firefighter when she grows up. (Unless dinosaurs can be recreated using DNA and in that case she wants to be a dinosaur vet.)
I told her being a firefighter was a really good thing. She would be vital to society. Especially California. And of course, she would have to learn how to cook. (It was news to her that firemen spend that much time in the station and cook for each other.)
"Mom... if I cook and the firehouse kitchen catches on fire... then the firemen can put it out right there!"
Well. Yes. That's true.