Firefighter Ben

I've been lucky enough to join up with an awesome group of moms here that run a little preschool for our 3 yr. olds.  Once a week this cute group of kids gets together for a 2 hr. lesson - one mom teaches, one mom helps.

Ben totally loves having his special school time, and especially loves the independence and freedom he gets from mom.  When its my turn to teach or help, he is full of protests that sound like this:  "Mom, you go to the grocery store.  Mom, you don't stay, you go in the car.  Mom, you don't help - you go."  Nice to know he's having fun! :)

Last month was the community helpers unit and Ben was as thrilled as could be for the fieldtrip to the fire station.  He is obsessed with cars, trucks, and planes of all kinds, including fire engines.   We got him decked out in his fire engine shirt and fire engine rain boots. 

The firefighters were so great with the kids.  They showed them how they get dressed and ready to go and kept drilling the kids on having a fire escape path and what to do in the house if a fire comes.

Heaven for little Bendo.