About ten o'clock on Thursday morning we headed to the Seminary to drop off some baked spaghetti for a family who just had a baby girl (there has been a new baby every week this month!). Initially, I was planning to run some errands around town after the drop off, but as soon as we pulled into the school parking lot we spotted the Heinecke clan (remember our little wrestler friend, Malachi?). Not to mention the sun was shining and everyone was outside enjoying the weather.
Once our meal had been delivered, I decided it was much too nice to be in the car all day, so I took the boys out to the courtyard on campus to see the water fountains instead. The boys jolted out the doors and ran from one fountain to the next, bouncing with excitement. "Bubbles!" Ethan kept shouting. "Oh cool—there's three of them!" Caleb exclaimed. We even got to see how the workers cleaned out the leaves with big nets to keep the pumps working.
After a few sprints up and down the sidewalk, we followed the Heinecke boys around the corner of the chapel to observe the construction site where they are expanding the campus library. I fully expected them to be intrigued by the big excavators and spinning cement trucks—I was even a little curious myself. Instead, they spent the next 20 minutes hypnotized by the guy on the lawn mower (really?!).
Despite the excitement of the maintenance crew, it wasn't long before Caleb spotted a big red fire truck driving into the Concordia campus. They didn't appear to be in any kind of a hurry, so I quickly suggested to the boys that we try to get a closer look. It took all of about two seconds for Caleb to jump down from his perch in the courtyard and start running towards the parking lot. He bolted in full force, with the rest of us in tow, until we were all standing directly across the street from the big red fire engine.
Noticing the blatant stares of the four small boys (and two adults), the driver hopped out of the truck and waved us over. It turns out they were waiting for one of their guys to finish inspecting the fire hydrants on campus, so they had time to teach the boys about the different equipment on the truck while they waited. We learned about the jaws of life, the 1000 gallons of water they carry on the truck, and how to crawl on the ground to avoid the smoke inhalation. The bigger boys even got to climb up in the truck and sit in the captain's chair behind the wheel (just don't touch the buttons! ;)
It turned out to be a pretty exciting morning, and I think the boys are glad that we decided to run our errands another day.
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