We go to the beach once a year in October. It's a way to celebrate my birthday and to get away as a family. We've been doing it now since 2003, and it's become one of our favorite parts of the year.
In 2010, Ella had Fire Safety Week the week just before we left for the beach. She had been telling us on the drive about doing family fire drills and how to be safe in a fire situation.
Once we arrived at the beach house, she established herself in the top bunk of the bunk bed room (every beach house seems to have at least one bunk bed room). The first night, she was really nervous about staying in this room by herself. She asked all sorts of questions about emergencies: how was she going to get out of the bunk bed to get out of the house? Which door should she use? Do we have a place to meet as a family?
Eventually, while in the bunk bed, getting ready to go to sleep, she takes a look at the dresser where we had unpacked all of her clothes. She was quiet for a moment and then:
Ella: If my clothes in my dresser are on fire, do I need to stop, drop, and roll?
<long pause>
Me: No, honey. Only the clothes that you're wearing get put out by stop, drop and roll.
Thanks, Fire Safety Week.
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