Community Helpers

The month of October is Community Helpers month at Benjamin's school and last week they had a visit from a firefighter, a nurse practitioner, a police officer, a U.S. Coast Guard service member and on Friday they got to meet Oscar, a guide dog.  You would probably think that Friday would have hands down been the best day for Benjamin since he got to meet Oscar the dog, but actually the nurse and the police officer were his top 2 followed by oscar.  Every day they have someone different coming to talk to the kids all month and yesterday they had a visit from an EMS who came in his ambulance and when I picked Benjamin up they said that he LOVED the ambulance with its lights and sirens.  Just as he loved the fire truck with its lights and sirens.  His teacher and the director said that the EMS picked Benjamin to sit in the drivers seat of the ambulance and Benjamin just sat there holding on to the wheel and smiling as the EMS was talking to the other kids.  And just as it was with the police officer and the nurse, they said that Benjamin did NOT want the ambulance to leave. 

I love that Benjamin is getting all of these experiences at his school and I love hearing about them when I pick him up.