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Monday, September 28, 2009

Fall for Novi 2009/The Detroit Zoo

What a weekend WE had!

Saturday morning, I woke Jacob up and the first thing he said to me was "Are we going to see Chris now?"

We drove the 2-3 hours over to the Detroit area to attend the "Fall for Novi" event. Of course, they had an open house of their police and fire departments.

Here is Jacob with firefighter, Chris (not my nephew) using a real fire hose, attached to a real fire hydrant to put out a "fire". They had this little barn with "fire" on it. There are more pics on Flickr (which you can link to on the left).


They also used an extinguisher to put out a REAL fire. And that fire was H O T!



And he sat in "a wotta" firetrucks!


A "big guy wif a traywer"!


And this, this was the best part. That is my nephew's car. The one he drives when he is on duty. Jacob is sitting in the seat, and that's Chris in the blue shirt. I also have a nice picture of them both sitting in the back seat!


Jacob in the "jail for the naughty-naughties". He went into every holding cell and checked out every toilet!
His shirt says, "when I grow up, I want to be a police officer, just like my cousin!" He also has a Novi police sticker as well as a Novi Fire Department sticker, on his shirt. Last but not least, he is wearing his "police shoes" too.


Sunday, we woke up early, took a swim in the hotel pool, ate breakfast and headed to the Detroit Zoo. The Tauber Family Railroad took us to the back of the zoo and we walked to the front.

Jacob got a new "afari" hat and a rubber snake.


We saw two rhinoceroses (yes, I had to look that up!).


And some zebras.


And a 2 year old giraffe.


A hippopotamus with HORRIBLE breath!


A sleeping polar bear. Yes, his paws were right on the glass!


And another polar bear. "Take my picture wif that bear, mommy!"


The Rockham Fountain

Thank you, Chris, for opening your home and your home away from home to us. Thank you for being an excellent tour guide and showing us around your department. I couldn't be more proud of you or that Jacob has chosen you as one of his heroes. Be careful and stay safe!

Thank you Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike for helping us to put all of this together (you too, Chris) and to make another special memory with Jacob. We certainly appreciate all you did for us! We had a really great time!

3 comments:

  1. Great pics! I especially love the ones of Jacob in his 'afari' hat, looking up at the polar bear, and Jacob in the foreground with bear in the background (great perspective). Looks like you guys had a wonderful weekend. The huge grins on Jacob's face can't help but make me smile!

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  2. Oh, J looks so happy in these pictures that it just makes my heart melt. You can see the sparkle in his eyes. Looks like an awesome weekend! Love the pictures.

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  3. Great pictures Aunt Gail! From now on every time I put a "naughty-naughty" in one of our cells I'm going to have visions of Jacob running in and pointing at the toilet... I forgot to mention Saturday that the officer at the fingerprint machine in our jail's last name was Harper, don't know if Uncle Jeremy has any distant relatives. Looks like you had fun at the zoo! I like the "afari" hat. The polar bear / arctic exhibit was really cool. It's the largest polar bear habitat in the U.S. When I went there in May the aardvarks weren't out and I was very disappointed. Thanks again for coming to visit! I still have a few more years to steer Jacob away from public service!

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