A tool or a toy?

I hope this doesn't sound like bragging, but I love what my husband does, and he is SO good at it!  Obviously I hardly ever get to see him actually doing his job.  When we visit him at the fire station, we just get to see him hanging out, watching movies, eating dinner, blah, blah, blah.  But it sure was a treat for us to have Russ come to Cody's preschool this week.

He talked to them about how to get out of your house in a fire, when to call 911, etc.  My favorite part is when he talks about toys and tools.  He starts off showing a toy truck and a hammer (Colton was his little helper this time), and describes how toys are for kids and tools are for adults.  So then he pulls out a box of matches and asks if it is a tool or a toy and the same with a lighter.  And the kids usually get it.  They were so attentive and it is fun to see them responding to him. 

He also puts on his fire gear one piece at a time explaining what the pieces are for and making sure that all the kids know that he is still Cody's dad and not someone they should be afraid of.  He lets them come up and give him high fives and hugs and tap on his helmet and touch his airpack and most of them really love it.  There were a couple kids that already had a fear of fire drills and fire alarms and fire fighters and hopefully this really helped. 

Cody sure was proud of his daddy!