National Night Out

Tuesday night was Rockford's National Night Out. A friend of mine told me about it and she said they have gone in previous years and had a good time, so we thought we might check it out. There were a bunch of police officers from Rockford, Kent County, and MI State Police. The Rockford police have several different uniforms depending on what they are doing. It was a good opportunity to talk with Marc about all the different uniforms so he can know what they all look like.
There was free food; hot dogs, chips, and drinks, a couple of "midway" games, several of the Neighborhood Watch groups, Rockford Ambulance, and a dunk tank, with the opportunity to dunk a Rockford police officer for $1. Marc had to do it.The state police was there with one of the boats and a couple of their motorcycles. They were letting the kids climb onto them and see what it felt like.The fire truck was there with a continuous mist of water spraying. We let Marc play it for awhile. He was amazed at the the fact that there was a rainbow in the mist.While Marc was playing in the mist, Samantha looked, pointed, and made a noise like she wanted to go in the water. So, we took her. I took her through and she goggled, so Marc took her through so I could take a picture of it.It was a beautiful night to be outside! :) It was a great opportunity to educate Marc about all the different officers and to raise money for the police & fire stations. :)

Splish Splash!

We bought a small blow-up pool for Samantha back when we had hot weather in June and then it got too cool or stormy to be able to blow it up. Finally we got some warm weather again yesterday, so we blew up her pool for her. Both kids enjoyed "helping" me blow it up.While I was blowing it up, Samantha climbed onto it and was wondering what it was.We (I) finshed blowing it up and let Samantha explore it while it was still in the house.While they were napping I took the pool outside and filled it with water so the sun had some time to warm it up. After nap, we went outside for some sprinkler/pool fun.Samantha was a little timid at first, then she warmed up and as much fun in the pool as she does in the bathtub. :)