Alex has had two fieldtrips in the last two weeks and he has just gone public service MAD. He told me he wanted to have a lot of jobs when he grows up - a pilot, a police officer and a firefighter. The first field trip was to the Fairfax police departement. They also have a municipal courtroom there, so the class got a lesson on court as well. They were able to see where they keep the prisoners, the police cars, and the survailance monitoring system for the Wal-mart parking lot (apparently the Wal-mart in this town has a huge theft problem). This system was Alex's favorite part of the tour (none of the other kids even noticed it). He was over by himself staring at it while the other kids were locked in the jail cells! Officer Steve took time to explain it all to him and he was so excited. Then Officer Steve proceeded to tell him that they were going to have to hire him on to help watch the parking lot - I have never seen him smile so big! We tell Alex and Evan all the time how they need to be good or the police will come get them to tease them... This was proof in his mind for sure!
The second field trip was just yesterday and we had the oppurtunity to go to the Hyde Park Fire Station. Alex has been to a fire house before - but he still got a kick out of watching a fireman put on their equipment and talk about the fire truck, pole, etc... They department even got called out on an emergency and had to end our tour quickly to respond. The kids got a big kick out of watching the trucks pull out of the station!
Here are some pictures and a video I took that day! In the video, Alex is in a navy blue shirt. I have never seen him so excited! I love how he raises his arms to cheer - as if he has won the super bowl or something.
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