Every parent wants their child to have a nice birthday. So, we move heaven and earth to make it happen, hoping that everything goes as planned.

But as we know, even on the most special days there can be snags.
One Charlotte, North Carolina mom was trying to make her young son’s birthday memorable by getting him a kiddie pool.

It was really hot outside, so swimming would be the perfect activity.

After the mom placed the kiddie pool in their yard, the next step was to fill it.
She didn’t have a hose, so the only way she could fill it up was with pots.

She would go in fill up a pot then bring it out and dump it in the pool. It was going to take a lot of pots and a lot of time.

Meanwhile, her children stood by watching and waiting. They weren’t sure if they going to get to swim that day or not.

The poor mom kept trying to fill up the pool. Fortunately, that’s when a firetruck drove by.
The firefighters saw what the woman was trying to do, and they felt bad. They knew it would take her forever to fill the pool up that way, and they could tell that the kids were getting impatient on such a sweltering hot day. They decided to help.

They grabbed the hose from the truck and used it to fill up the small pool.
The kids were jumping with joy and excitement about the pool. The mother couldn’t believe it. She was relieved and extremely grateful. She wasn’t going to have to fill up any more pots or worry about whether her son’s birthday party was going to be everything she hoped it would be.