Good Guys, Bad Guys and Firefighters

by becauseijustdo

Lately, my son (age 3 years, 8 months) has divided humankind into 3 categories.  There are Good Guys.  There are Bad Guys.  There are Firefighters.

Inspired by the photos in this post from Literature and Libation, I decided it was time to share Mack’s view of humanity and give a little shout out to Mack’s favorite “friends”.

The One that started it all, the “bad guys”…

The Original Bad Guy.

This is the one that created the “bad guy” division of society for my son.  We opened the LEGO® City Patrol Car and upon first sight of the man with the cap and striped shirt Mack immediately declared him a “bad guy”.  There was no hesitation.

Since then, this figure has been added to the “bad guy” field.

Mullet Man, undoubtedly “bad”.

The word is still out on this guy.

Ninjago Jay… potential to be “good” or “bad”.

And then there are the “good guys”…

Hans Solo… “good” through and through.

The Olympians.

Super skilled athletes are absolutely “good”

Public Servants.

What could possibly be “bad” about a helpful Train Conductor.

Explorers.

Adventurous Astronauts and Deep Sea Divers are both “cool” and “good”.

All of this leads me to the Firefighters, who obviously are beyond “good”.  They are so far beyond “good” in Mack’s world that they get their very own domain.  Below you’ll see a grouping of some of the fine ladies and gentlemen who make up our local department…

Mack’s Firefighting team.

So… to all the Firefighters who have held my son, sat him in the driver’s seat of their truck, given him a plastic fire hat, let him help wash the trucks, taken him for a private tour of the Firehouse, given him stickers and waved to him from passing trucks on the way to an emergency…THANK YOU.  Firefighters have been Mack’s obsession for nearly 2 years and anytime he sees one, he immediately says “that’s my friend”.  They are indeed his super-friendly,  super-heroes and I think definitely deserving of the uber-inflated status in his eyes.