Safety Town

Before we went on vacation, Brendan spent eight days in Safety Town school. When Ken saw this camp description in our Plymouth-Canton school district book, he had no clue how popular the program is. Now we realize this is the event for children headed to kindergarten, and has been for the past 20 or so years.

Each day has its own focus, such as fire safety or stranger danger. Brendan's highlights: getting inside a firetruck, ambulance, and police car; riding a school bus, including driving by our neighborhood; drawing various pictures for us; and riding big wheels.

The cafeteria is set up with a small town that the kids use to role-play safety situations. They use big wheels for cars.

The final day, parents were invited to join in carnival day. Louie the DTE Lightning Bug was in attendance. (Brendan wasn't impressed by him.)

For me, this was a preview of what's to come when Brendan begins school in the fall. I was not prepared for Ryan's reaction the first morning we dropped off Brendan. He was less-than-pleased to be separated from his brother. However, by the second day, he was easing into the routine and began blowing his brother kisses as we left the cafeteria. So sweet.

This week, Brendan is participating in a sports camp, with a focus on baseball, basketball and soccer. So far, he's learned to dribble.