...Superman

^^the date says Sunday, but I wrote this Saturday.^^

In the car today (driving to the Mt Washington Fire Department for a FRED activity), I sang a line from the REM song "I am Superman"... "I am Superman, and I can do anything!" Krillin said, "Superman can't lift a house!" (by the way, that's how he measures everything...he compares it to a house) I replied, "Yes he can!"
"No, he can't!"
"Yeah, Superman can lift anything! He can even make the world spin backwards."
*pause* "You mean, he can make it go day-night-day-night, really fast?"
"Nope. I mean, he made time go backwards."
"Why would he want to do that?"
"Because Lois Lane, his girlfriend, had died, and he was sad, and so he made the world spin backwards, and it turned back time, and he saved her."
"She was his girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"You mean, he wanted to kiss her and marry her?"
"uh, yeah."
"That's not right!"
"You don't think Superman should kiss her?"
"No!!!"
"Do you think it's weird for Daddy to kiss me?"
"No, that's fine, because Dad is a regular man, you are a regular girl. It's just wrong for Superman to marry Lois Lane, because it's wrong for a not-regular person to marry a regular person."
I had to bite my lip SO HARD to stop from laughing, that I couldn't direct the conversation to why it's okay for different people to be together. Maybe tomorrow...

We were the only family (again) to show up for the FRED activity, so it was short. Nick read them "Just Me and My Dad" by Mercer Mayer. The kids got to pick a book and a treat from the FRED box, and a toy from the fire station. Kenshin chose the frisbee (because it has a firetruck on it), and Krillin chose the pink "super-duper bouncy ball". They were also given a coupon for a free treat from DQ.
Then we went on a tour of the firehouse. The Captain told us that if the alarm sounded, we would have to come inside until things calmed down, then we would have to leave. Kenshin was awed by the girl firefighter, and was shy around her. They got to look at all the things on the firetruck, and got to sit in it. Then they turned on the engine and the lights, and even did a bit of the siren (but not much, because those things are LOUD right next to ya!). Then they showed us the Ambulance. Krillin was more interested in the ambulance than the firetruck, and told everyone about when I broke my wrist {I just realized I never published that post, so it is published now. }. Then he remembered that Kenshin also had to have an ambulance, way back in 2006.
Right then, the alarm sounded and we had to hurry inside while the firefighters got dressed, and they left with the ambulance, too. I didn't ask where they were going, but I'm sure whatever it was, the people were well-taken care of.

What is FRED? It stands for Fathers Reading Every Day, and it's sponsored by the local adult education and community center. The kids get a story, and then get to choose a book. Many are "used", but like my kids care! I buy books from Goodwill all the time. Tonight, Krillin chose a Clifford book, and Kenshin chose a Curious George. The program is intended for fathers to get more involved in reading to the kids, but there were only 2 fathers at the opening night, and none since.

P-chan couldn't be there today, as he is in Terre Haute, IN helping tear out drywall in apartment buildings affected by the flooding. We got a call last night from our Elder's Quorum President asking if P-chan could volunteer in TH, needing to be there at 9am. I called P-chan at work (he works at Pizza Hut part-time to help save for our Emergency Fund), and he immediately asked PH for the next night off, got permission from his AF chain of command, and called me back. We called up the "chain of command" in our stake, but apparently nobody else was going, so he was going to drive there by himself (3.5 hrs away). Then I got another call from our home teacher, saying there's a guy from Louisville 4th ward (which is actually RIGHT NEXT TO US but because of the odd stake boundaries, NOT in the same stake--our stake center is in Indiana, go fig!) going up, and to give him a call right then. In the end, P-chan ended up with a ride there and back, and a sleeping back to boot (they had no idea where they'd be staying). So he got home at 1am, slept for 3 hours, got up, drove to the guy's house, and tried to sleep during the drive. Poor guy. He will be back sometime tomorrow, hopefully in time to tuck the boys in for bed.