Just a little piece of heaven

I hate to think someone else's misfortune was our joy, but a firetruck in the neighborhood (doing some checks on the house that burned a while back) pretty much made Meaty's day.

I was waking him up from his nap when I saw the firetruck pull up. I quickly brought him to the window to check it out and asked him if he wanted to go outside and check it out. He insisted on wearing his firefighter jacket, but refused the hat because he didn't like the way it fit. Frantically, he looked for a different hat. I lifted him back up to the window to show him that not all firefighters wear their helmets all the time (thank goodness one of them had a baseball cap on). I grabbed his San Diego Chargers cap, and he said, "No Mom, I want a BASEBALL cap." I run to J's closet to get a baseball cap.

We get outside, not knowing how long they'll stay, and Meaty is standing in the lawn for about 10 seconds when the cap wearing firefighter waves him over. So we got to head over and stand just feet from the truck, talk to the firefighter who was waiting with tattoos for us. Gotta love it.