Kids Safety Fair

Monday, March 09, 2009

Kids Safety Fair

On the last day of February Katy called me up and mentioned that she would be taking her kids to the Kids Safety Fair at the South Towne Expo Center. It was free and Andy was working so I decided to go too. It was Katy and me with Ammon, Peter, Carolyn, Kylie and Isaiah. I got there a few minutes before Katy and spend that time looking for a place to park at the Expo Center. I finally gave up and ended up parking at Jordan Commons. That turned out to be WAY better. I called Katy and she was able to park right next to me. I don't think the walk was much worse than if we had parked in the parking lot there, and it were way less vehicles to dodge getting into the building.

The Fair was set up with tons of booths with demos, games, handouts etc. The kids did all sorts of things including sitting in a firetruck, walking through an ambulance, turning the lights on in a police car, "crashing" in a seat belt demonstration etc.

Ammon and Carolyn enjoyed meeting McGruff although the younger three were all a little nervous about the giant dog. Ammon and Carolyn also got to hang out with a Storm Trooper for a minute (there were several of them there) although niether of them are huge Star Wars fans so I don't think they really get who he was - just a cool looking guy with a gun...

By the end of the day they were decorated with all sorts of badges, had a bag full of goodies and left the fair complete with tied balloons. Andrew also met us there after work and got there just in time to help us round the kids back up and get them to the car. It was lots of fun!

1 comment:

Cowan FamilyMarch 10, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Hey you don't know me, but I was trying to find out who did the star wars booth at the safety kids fair and your blog was the only thing that came up. I had my kids pictures taken and lost the card they gave me for the website and don't even know who was doing the booth. If you know could you email me. nataliecowans1@netzero.com
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