El Museo de los Bomberos en Madrid

The Firefighter Musuem in Madrid

I have wanted to go to this museum with the kids for a long time now. The only problem is that it is only open, Tuesday through Friday, 10.00 to 13.30. So, today (Friday) I packed up the kids, jackets, snacks, water, diaperbag, iphone (with my Google map and instructions) and purse and away we went! Of course we got lost and of course, I had to pull over and look at a normal map to find my way (and listen to the kids, are we there yet? Why have we stopped? Where are we going? BUS!!) but we made it without a hitch.

The kids had a great time, looking at all the old fire engines. The fire men who were there gave them cards that told them what to do in case of a fire, and a cool poster of what to do if you are in an apartment building during a fire (Oscar really liked that one).

I was also very proud of Oscar. The fireman asked him if he knew what to do if there was a fire . Oscar told him that he should touch the door to see if it was hot. Then Oscar also told him that he was to get out of the house (somehow) and to go to a certain spot, a tree across the street, and wait for us there. (A Paranoid mother -me-taught him that....)

After the museum, we headed for a park to burn off all that nervous energy before we got back in the car to go home.

I thought I would also throw in this photo of the boys playing "Connect 4" or in their case, "Fill up the rows with any color" Believe it not, they were entertained for quite a while....
I will try to post our Christmas photos sometime this weekend. Wish me luck!!