A Firefighter's Diet

After our egg hunt and park play date this morning, the buddies and I stopped off at Subway for a quick lunch. You can't beat a foot long sandwich, on freshly baked whole wheat bread, with extra veggies, for $5, that can feed all three of us! As an added treat, during our meal, 3 Round Rock firefighters stopped in to have lunch. I pointed them out to the buddies as we ate and the firefighters stood in line at the counter. Our conversation went something like this:

Ben: Firefighters! I didn't know firefighters ate lunch!
Me: Of course they eat lunch! They're people, just like us.
Ace: Yeah, Benny. They usually eat lunch at a meet.
Me: A what?
Ace: You know. At a meet. When they get together to learn about safety or talk about the rules or watch a video.
Me: Oh, a meeting. Yes, sometimes they eat together at the station at a meeting. But, I bet these firefighters were out on a call because their truck is in the parking lot.
Ben: Do you think they ordered extra vegetables for energy?
Me: I bet they did. Definitely. Firefighters eat lots of growing foods.
Ace: Do they eat candy?
Me: Well, sure. I bet they do sometimes. But, mostly they probably eat growing foods.

And on and on...

Then, as we were leaving:

Ace: Look Mom! That firefighter is getting water!
Me: He sure is. Water is good for us.
The firefighter laughed and waved at us.
Ace: Do you eat candy?
Firefighter: What?
Me: He wants to know if firefighters eat candy.
Firefighter: (laughing) I eat candy sometimes. But, when I do, it's just a little. And, I always brush my teeth afterward.

And then we left. Because it just couldn't get any better than a firefighter telling my boys to eat just a little candy and brush their teeth.