Monday, September 12, 2011

Touch-A-Truck

The last Sunday in August we joined Dan, Dorothy, Heidi and Holden at an annual charity event that benefits local children called Touch-A-Truck at Keeneland Race Track. Unfortunately we were seperated from Dan and crew pretty quickly. We didn't even get one picture with them! You know you haven't been with me long if I'm not able to snap even one shot of you! lol :) Even though we didn't end up getting to checkout everything with them we had an amazing time. The weather was awesome and the kids loved everything! I'm not even sure what there favorite thing was. It was super super cool!!! What a fantastic opportunity to check out all sorts of trucks, machinery and large vehicles. This was so much fun and such a great way to support the community at the same time. We'll be going back in the future for sure! I'm not sure why these first pictures are a bit blurry but I still think they're pretty cute of the kids checking out the bulldozer. Fun, fun, fun! :)Reagan decided to see how she fit into the rear scoop as well :)My little police officer checking out a squad car and ready to rid the world of crime.and my very happy little criminal ready to be taken away by her older sister... lol :)This was the first big truck we visited and the driver let Reagan blow the horn. What fun!!! She loved it and honking horns definitely became the activity of the day for every truck we checked out.One honk happy little girl! :) Looking at a truck engine with DaddyI'm not sure what the purpose of this rollerskate is exactly (I guess just advertisement?) but the girls couldn't wait to climb up in it and pretend to drive it. :)There were a couple of race cars (and the trucks that carry them along with racing outfits) to climb in and explore. The girls thought it was hilarious how low the seats were. They had to stand up in the seats to be able to see out the window. The Coca Cola truck had free sunglasses the kids loved. Check out Jackson's new shades. :)Missy K loves sharing your "C-OOOO-CA C-OOOO-LA" any chance she gets. She'll ask "May I have a drink of your C-OOOO-CA C-OOOO-LA?" with the prolonged letter "O" in both words in the lowest voice she can produce. She over innuciates everything in general but she really exagerates these words. She is so darn cute! :)Future Coke employees?Four of my favorite people in the world checking out and driving a crane Reagan and Kennedy got to check out the Keeneland starting gates.My two little fillies ready to go! :)Jackson thought the firetrucks were pretty interestingReagan enjoyed blowing the towtruck horn too! :)After checking out the cement mixer (they had tipped it on its side so you could check it out - I'm not sure their idea worked so well though) the last truck we looked at was the garbage truck. It was super cool because they were not only letting the kids climb up inside but also mechanically pick up a garbage can and dump it. Way too cool!!! :)You can see Reagan's bow through the window as she watches her garbage can dump out.Missy K was ready to have a turn as well.Missy K was a little short to watch the garbage can and control the joystick at the same time. So the garbage man showed her how she could watch a little video screen to see what she was doing and when to grab, lift and release the garbage can. Way way too cool! :)Then the garbage man let Missy K pull the big horn (Reagan was dissapointed she only got to do the little horn) and boy did she blow that horn - loud and loooooong!!! She must have been waiting for her moment all day long when Tim and I weren't the ones standing right next to her telling her to stop. lol :) Tim was waiting in line by the helicopter and he said everyone turned around, laughed and commented on someone having a lot of fun over at the garbage truck. He could see me standing next to the garbage can so he knew it was one of his little garbage collectors. :)Since Daddy and Jackson stood in line at the helicopter for us while we were busy with the cement mixer, tow truck and dump truck we were able to scoot right to the front and check it out. The girls had been eying the helicopter all afternoon and were very see it up close and personal and talk to the pilot. As we were leaving for the day we were able to watch it take off too. Another pretty nifty thing to see! :)Time to bounce! :) You'd think with a trampoline at home and taking gymnastics these bouncy things wouldn't be so exciting but they are a must do and super exciting every time we see them. :) Boy do I wish it was so easy to make me so happy! :) On the other hand, I guess it kind of is easy to make me happy since it makes me happy to see my kids happy and since it's this easy to make them happy it makes me happy too! Did you follow that? lol :)While the girls bounced, Daddy and Jackson stood in line for face painting. That was really nice since the girls missed a pretty long wait. Missy K decided she wanted to be a dog and Reagan decided she wanted to be a kitty. Before their faces were even finished they were talking about how the Missy K dog was going to be chasing the Missy Reagan kitty. They crack me up! :)The last thing we checked out before we left was the hot air balloon. We felt bad because the girls had really wanted to see the hot air balloon when we first got there but we headed a different direction. By the time we got back to it the wind had picked up so they had deflated it. The girls were still able to check out the balloon material and climb in the basket but if it's there next year we'll head directly to the hot air balloon! Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, Go directly to the Hot Air Balloon! :)What a great day! We can't wait to attend this event again next year!

2 comments:

  1. What a fun day and wonderful experience - next year can Grand-dad and I come, too, please?!?!?!? Love you lots! Grammy

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  2. Anna, we went to something similar, but not quite as amazing as that. It was at a local library. I think the boys would've fainted if they'd had the opportunity to dump a trash can in the trash truck, LOL. That looks like it was really fun : )

    -Mo'mina

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