Fireman Micah!

I'm Fireman Sam.
Yeah, his now second favourite how on TV is Fireman Sam. After Thomas and Friends. Of course he's also watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einstein... and he loves some of our local advertisements, and patriotic songs.

One of the things Micah likes to do round the house is pretend to be a fireman. He would ride his buggy car, race around the house with it's siren on! Yes, it's one that comes with a siren which could be a fire engine, police car or an ambulance, much to Micah's delight.In the garden he would hold up the garden hose and go to different parts of the house to put out a fire. Of course if he could have it his way, he would want to use real water.

Just yesterday night he got all the three adults (Daddy was away in Bangkok for conference) scolding him because he doused half the kitchen with water, squealing in delight as he did it. Of course our first major concern was that he or Max would slip and fall (Last year, friend's then three year old son fell on wet floor and fractured his skull! Eeeks!). What a lot of racket by the panicked adults and Micah just laughed and laughed. Until now, when I think of the incident the evening before, I just shake my head.

Anyway, we discovered this place in the heart of town where there is a fire engine left out on display. Since then, Micah has been insisting we visit and climb up (he and Max) and be firemen. Quite cool. And since it is at a place near the market we like to sit and eat the dry noodles (kon-low meen) and drink tea (best teh-ping in town), it's a good and relatively safe place for him to hang out. There's also a lighting shop in that building which has become Micah and Max's other favourite spot coz they have terrapins kept there by the owners.

It's always good to find "hidden treasure spots" for the kids in places we adults like to hang out too.






Micah in his
"fireman" suite.
Taken at the
National Science Centre.
June 2007.