Where's the fire?

Okay, I'm finally posting the much-anticipated pics from last Friday, when Brett became a fireman for a day (and night) for Halloween! It seems to take oh-so-much longer for me to post these days...I have just a faint memory of the blissful days when I'd blog while holding a sleeping newborn on my lap. Now I'm lucky if I can just check email before Brett is devouring the mouse, typing volumes of jibberish, or disconnecting the modem...you get the picture!

Anyway, I digress. Here are some of our fave shots from last Friday. :)

Note the intricate handmade little logos all over - even a dog tag for the dalmatian...and do you see the "water" spouting from the fire hose? This was such a fun little project!! Bonus point if you can figure out what that hose is made from. Hint: it's recycled.


"What's that, dispatch? A kitty up a tree? Roger that, I'll be there in a jiffy!"

Debbie got so many cute shots of the kiddos at the Athey harvest festival.

Fire Chief Brett and his fan club

Brett's big buddy Jaden came to the Athey Harvest Festival as a fireman too!


You can't tell from the photo, but the light atop Brett's stroller is flashing and he is shrieking with joy. Now I know what to pull out when he's grumpers. :)

Ahh, all in a day's work. Note the suspenders...they actually held up his way-too-big red rain boots. I thought this was a pretty ingenious idea, and daddy liked it because he wore these same ones when he was a little dude! :)

I must say, Brett was such a trooper on Halloween. He put up with me dressing and undressing him in his costume, eating dinner in the car on the way to the harvest festival, not to mention all the craziness when we got there...and he even stayed up for a little jaunt around the block for some trick-or-treating! What a sweetie. I'm so proud of our little guy.

Side note: We carved a pumpkin to look like Brett this year...complete with three teeth. Now he has four, and the pumpkin is starting to rot. I wonder how many teeth will be on his pumpkin next year?!