Firefighter Squirt

Our neighborhood gets together during the summer and 1 day a week, has an activity. We have done storybook day, water games, making boats & sailing them in a creek, playing in fountains, swimming, etc. Last week, my friend Emily & I, helped do the activity. Another gal put together tye dying shirts. The kids LOVED doing this - they got to squirt their own shirts and decide what design they wanted.

Then, Emily had arranged for the Murray City fire department to come. We had the kids made thank you notes to them and then Firefighter Greg talked with them about safety. Then, they hooked their hose up to the fire hydrant and spent 10-15 minutes squirting the kids (and trying to squirt the grownups). Most of the time, they'd keep the hose aimed high, so the kids could run under the water. But, occasionally, they would bring the hose down and knock some kids over with it.

Kate was running with her back to the hose and they squirted her on the back. She fell right over! Thankfully, she didn't cry and just got up and ran over to where I was standing. We ended with Otter Pops & little bottles of water.

You can see Kate (in the pink), Emily & Jack in this picture. The fire truck was on the right of this picture and this was the nice mist from the hose.

This is the more direct hits that some of the kids got.

We had a great turn out that day and these are most of the kids that were there. It's definitely a great way to cool off on the hot summer days!