View Full Version : When imagination goes too far...


Alyssa
June 19th, 2005, 11:34 PM
Aidan is currently obsessed with being a "rescue guy" of any sort. It can be a police officer or an "ambulance man" but mainly it's a firefighter. We got him a nice fire outfit a few months ago, and he wears it constantly. It's like this:
http://mii.babyuniverse.com/product_images/pic/588/l588-67908.jpg

So you can see, it's fairly complete...but apparantly not enough for Aidan. Because, you know, when the firefighters go in to the fire, they have to wear a special mask for helping them breathe. So Aidan improvised...with a plastic bag. :owow: I about died when I saw this...and who knows how many times he'd done it before I caught him. It took a lot for me to convince him why that won't work for the fireman's mask, but in his crazy little imaginery world, this IS the fire mask that the real firemen wear. How freakin scary.

My mom is a nurse and can get a surgical mask which I hope works for him. I do try to keep all of the plastic bags out of reach, but I think this one came from the pantry closet and he emptied the crackers to get to it. (We have the door covers on there, but he can get past those.)

I guess I'm just posting this to share my horror but perhaps as a cautionary tale too. Egad!

MrsPeacefrog
June 20th, 2005, 12:11 AM
OMG Alyssa, how freaky!! my kids got hold of a bag and where running around with it and putting there arms through the strap sections and wearing them like clothes, but not over there heads! I freaked out at that I can only imagine how you felt seeing him do that!!!!!... what a little bugger to getting into your pantry!!! I have a gate so my kids can't get into the kitchen at all.. its the only way I feel safe!

Mary
June 20th, 2005, 09:45 AM
How scary!

Mary

Dennis
June 20th, 2005, 09:46 AM
Yikes! That is scary!

Nichole
June 20th, 2005, 10:32 AM
:errr: Yikes! I hope the surgical mask is sufficient for him! :crossfing

Sherry
June 20th, 2005, 01:17 PM
Oh NO!

Bev
June 20th, 2005, 02:21 PM
:owow: Holy moly!

Alyssa
June 20th, 2005, 05:53 PM
Yeah, I'm getting a little frustrated with the extent of this firefighter fantasy. He constantly insists/uses as an excuse that he can't do something because there is an emergency and he's got to go help. It's this big long dramatic tale that we have to go through to hear why he can't do this or that. And then he's always doing things like "washing the firetruck" - also known as our Nissan Quest. He wants to paint it red. You're sure I'm hiding any and all paint more than ever before!

More cute or annoying? Only time will tell...

~Deborah~
June 20th, 2005, 06:04 PM
:faint: