Trucks!

February was a month of truck-related activities for us. My sister Kim told us about the annual Touch-a-Truck event, and we were very excited to check it out. Jaden and Cody had never attended an event like this before, and not surprisingly, they had a grand time!

Garbage trucks are probably the boys' current favorite vehicle. Cody and Jaden wave and jump up and down so excitedly for our neighborhood garbage men each week that the garbage men honk for the boys even when they aren't outside yet! Sitting in the garbage truck was the definite first item on the boys' list.

Everything looks much bigger on the garbage truck when you're up close...

Jaden even got a chance to honk the horn on this garbage truck and made some poor child scream in surprise!

The boys needed some help to climb up into this mighty big rig.

Not only did Jaden and Cody get to pretend to drive this police buggy, they got to shake hands with a real policeman and get a free police badge-like sticker.

The paramedic near this ambulance told the boys that they could even try out the gurney. I hope this is the only view I ever get of my boys in an ambulance! 

Some trucks were just plan huge!

We waited in line for quite a while to get inside this fire engine. While waiting, though, the boys received free firemen hats (which of course Mommy had to hold) and a free cookie (which of course Mommy did NOT get to hold!).

The boys were proud that they could climb into this tractor all on their own. The horn was very easy to find and fun to test out as well.

Who can pass up the chance to run on a flatbed? :)

By far, the longest we waited was for a chance to peek inside this Life Flight helicopter. The helicopter made such a fantastic entrance, flying right over our heads and landing in a field nearby, that Jaden and Cody were determined to see it up close. They didn't complain too much while we waited either, thankfully, as we probably stood for nearly 30 minutes.

Jaden and Cody were quite excited to sit inside a helicopter (for their first-ever time).

The morning was a beautiful one to be outside, so we all enjoyed our day thoroughly!

The following weekend, our family attended the Build and Grow workshop at Lowe's. We love going to these! Jaden and Cody still can't quite follow the directions on their own, but they are able to pick out the correct pieces from the directions and hammer in the nails. It's wonderful practice for them in a variety of skills. The boys were just thrilled that the building project was a monster truck.

Daddy and Cody worked together on one vehicle...

...while Mommy and Jaden assembled the other one.

By the end of the project, the act of hammering was getting a bit more challenging. :)

The final project was definitely worth all the effort!

And, yes, Cody purposely picked out his monster truck shirt for the occasion. :)

We stayed around a while at the end to practice driving the trucks... 

...and to get a few more photos of our silly boys.