When I brought him back a few hours later, there were three firetrucks and an ambulance waiting for us. After much re-assurance that the sirens would NOT be on (he'll proudly tell everyone that he is afraid of sirens) we made for the biggest one. He met a few firemen, was given a "Junior Firefighter Badge" (sticker) and a plastic fireman's helmet. He sat in the driver's seat of it, but quickly became scared and wanted out. We wandered around for awhile, saw the ambulance, got some popcorn, and Max decided that he had enough.
We stopped into the store, as Home Depot has a "Kids Workshop" on the first Saturday of each month. The session was over, but they were nice enough to give Max his very own Home Depot apron, and a fire boat that we could build at home.
I needed to stop by the office to restart one of our servers, and knew that Max would love seeing the construction equipment in our parking lot. I tried to get him to climb on some of the equipment, my responsible child thought that would be a bad idea. We took a few pictures, ran through a huge puddle, and went home to change..and nap.
