Tonight, August 1st, is National Night Out. The only reason I know that is because the kidlets and I just got back from the one thrown in our town. We were on the way home from the library when the kids saw a bounce house in the park. We stopped and had a great time.
The event was sponsored by Target and local police forces and is going on nationwide. Crash test dummies, Larry and Vince, were on hand to great the kidlets. I was surprised Rose wanted to meet them! Of course, my three kids, the perfect Pump It UP consumers who were ever born, only wanted to get into the bounce house. I finally managed to pull them away when I said there was food--hot dogs, chips, popcorn and soda. The kidlets got to check out a police car, get a jr. Deputy badge and a tattoo. I picked up a first aid book put out by the Red Cross. Had we arrived earlier, we could have been part of a door prize drawing for Target gift cards and a paper shredder.
As we were leaving, I thanked one of the Target volunteers. She said they plan to do it next year! So if you find yourself at home, next August first, you might want to check it out.
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