Family Field Trip

A comment I left on Facebook last week about Zach wanting to be a police officer (and Kate wanting to be a kangaroo) led to a family tour of the Bangor police station this evening. Our friend, Shawn is an officer in Bangor and he offered to take us on a tour of the station. We went this evening and we had a lot of fun!

Zoe loved the communication room where the dispatcher was. Eleanor was so excited when she met a lady officer and the seed was planted that she too could be a police officer. Matt loved the shooting room. After seeing the evidence lockers, Matt is unconvinced that the evidence is safe from tampering. He is still pondering and working things out in his mind. Noah loved his police junior officer sticker. A favorite for all of us was seeing inside the police cruiser. Noah was standing in front of the cruiser when Shawn turned on the horn. Noah ran over to me and clung to my leg for awhile. He was not a huge fan of the cruiser after that.

The other kids LOVED the lights and sirens! That was a huge highlight for them.

They also loved sitting in the driver's seat and making the lights and sirens go off!



The girls had fun playing with a button or two and then posing for the camera. Not Zach. He was VERY into the buttons and all the things in the cruiser.

When he finally looked at the camera, this is the look we got. As if to say, "Hey, I'm busy here. Leave me alone!"
Noah still had the concerned look going on.

Here is a random picture that Matt took of me, Zoe, and Kate.

Eleanor was the only one to leave the tour disappointed. She really wanted to see some people in jail!