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Touch A Truck
Cooper and I played hooky from daycare/work yesterday morning and had a little adventure. After hitting Wal-Mart and Panera we arrived at our ultimate destination - Touch A Truck Day. Cooper is obsessed with construction and farm machinery, and can distinguish a grader from a scraper (I have no idea). The event, which we heard about from a friend, was sponsored by the local park district. The brief description I saw mentioned that we might see tow trucks, police cars and ambulances up close. It was all that and more.
There were cement mixers, massive crane tow trucks, bucket trucks, monster trucks, fire trucks, pumper trucks, and USPS vans (view all photos). Not only could the kids get close they could wait in line to sit in each and honk the horns. As a result the whole park sounded like a massive emergency response, and actually scared Cooper a bit. He didn't want to get too close to any of the larger trucks (apparently he's obsessed, but only from a distance), but we did sit in a number of the smaller trucks. Overall it was an impressive event that we'll definitely visit again.
very cute and good for you for play hookie w/ your little man! :)
They have something like that here in August, called Big Truck Day. Liam loved it last year, but I have sworn I will not go back. Way too loud and annoying! Andy can take him this year... :-) Liam actually got to go in a crane last year and raise/lower the winch, so that was really cool.