Happy Birthday Coast Guard

Today is the 222nd birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard - also known as Coast Guard Day.  Yesterday, we went to the Coast Guard Day celebration on the Coast Guard Island in Alameda, or as O called it - the pic-mic.  It was a really big Coast Guard Day picnic, O's favorite part was the fire truck that was there from the Alameda Fire Department.

Look at that smile!  The nice fireman took O down from the truck, and O turned to him and said "Can I stay for one more minute?"  The fireman obliged, of course and told him that he could stay all day if he wanted.  What a little charmer.

O also got to sit in an old Coast Guard surfboat.  He practiced his rowing, if he keeps practicing maybe he will be ready for the Olympics in 16 years or so...

 In other exciting O news, he got a new sand and water table for the garden yesterday.  We have been keeping an eye on the local toy consignment shop, and scored this find yesterday.

He is pretty thrilled with it.  I think he played there for over an hour last night, and that was before we bought sand for it!

Happy Coast Guard Day!