The Fair, Pt. 3

Cotton candy in hand we were on our next mission when we were suddenly stop in our tracks... FIRE TRUCKS!!! So we walked up and when the firefighter asked Carl if he wanted to get IN the truck CArl just looked with amazement. I think he might have peed himself. (Just kidding!)
We visited each of the trucks and he even had a Firefighter explain what all the buttons, nozzles, drains, gauges, etc. on the truck were for. She was very nice and when Carl heard she had been all the way up the fire truck ladder a number of times.... well he just looked at her with pure admiration. It was sweet and I think she sensed his amazement as well. We saw he again later and she smiled at him and said hello.
Then we found him a hat which he eagerly put on and was ready for another seat inside a truck. This Firefighter was very nice (look how Carl is looking at him) and helped him into the front of the truck. It was so funny because he was so amazed by it all he didn't even touch anything inside the trucks.... and there were a lot of buttons, gears, radios, etc.
This was one happy boy. And maybe it excites a lot of kids... it's the age or whatever... but I can't help thinking of my Dad. And when I reminded Carl tonight at bedtime that his Grampa Carl was a Firefighter he got a huge smile on his face and said, "Really?"