Our Trip to the Fire Station

On the way home from Willard Bay we planned to stop at Pace's for an ice cream cone.  We get one every time we catch a fish!  Just before pulling off of the free way, Seth started whimpering that his finger was stuck.  He really didn't put up that much of a fuss but Dan told him we were going to stop for the cone and asked him if he could wait for some help. 

Now that Chloe has turned eight and no longer needs a booster seat, we leave her old car seat in Dan's truck.  There is a little hole in Seth's booster seat (in my car) that he likes to stick his finger in and it makes a little popping sound.  It doesn't work quite the same way in the old one and we found this out when he started to get really upset.  Once we pulled off the road, Dan tried to get it out  ~ but his little ring finger would not come loose.  We pulled out the first aid kit and rubbed some ointment on his finger from both sides of the seat, very tricky!  But still no luck.  We couldn't pull him out of the truck because his seat belt was in the middle.  I don't know what I would have done but Dan just got back in the truck, calmed the little boy down and drove to the fire station!  He ran inside and came back out with a Fireman!!! 

The fireman used his trusty flash light to search under the seat for any clues as to how to release his finger from its trap.  After a few minutes, which seamed like forever to Seth and me, he was able to bend the plastic and see a little ray of light shine through.  He bent the seat again, just enough for Seth's finger to slip loose and the tears of relief to start flowing!  Dan was so glad that the seat belt didn't have to be cut.  I was so glad that he wouldn't be joining Auntie Laura's 9 finger club!!!

Seth was so glad to have gotten a personal invitation to return to the firehouse for a private tour and he even got an official junior fireman sticker badge.  With just a little swelling, we even went back for his ice cream cone!