What a busy day for us! And I'm blogging on the same day to boot! We had such a wonderful day so far and the day isn't even over. Firstly, it's our town's "Sports Days" or community day weekend. You know, pancake breakfast, parade, baseball tournament, beer gardens? We skipped breakfast this AM, I made us all breaky and was in a mad rush to get us organized to leave for the parade and then right after to go to the triathlon!
I have to laugh at this picture, because this is the first year Braden actually got the concept of safely (usually!) running out to catch the candy and bring it back to put it in his bag. He would sprint up to the candy, barely be able to stop (as seen here), and bend over and pick up his candy. Too cute!
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| Luke & Ella on the preschool float. |
See Braden's poor legs recovering from his
HFMD infection? Those are just the scars, they're fading really nicely though - don't worry! So then we went on over to the triathlon and I was too late to join the girls for the walk/run portion of the triathlon, but it was absolute chaos, I'm
so glad Jay was with me to help with Braden, there's NO WAY I could have done it by myself. Braden was very tired, rubbing his eyes even before we started, he was very emotional, which is unlike him. But he loved practicing riding his Thomas trike around with his "Woody hat" aka Toy Story bike helmet on!
But before we knew it it was time for his race. Braden and I swam 1 lap of the pool together and Daddy was outside waiting for us!
Aaaaand this is what I mean by Braden being very emotional! I have to laugh at this picture, Braden was so upset he couldn't ride his bike yet, but the rules were to walk your bike out to the mounting area, and THEN you could ride it. Try explaining that to a 2 year old!
Braden can't use the pedals yet, so he just pushed it with his feet like he always does, he was the youngest by far at 2 years, 4 months and everyone (us too of course!) thought he was
so cute! Then it was time for me and Braden to run and finish the race!
And...crossing the finish line!
I'm so proud of him. He even fell off his bike, cried for a bit, I asked him if he wanted to stop and he said "no, I ride my bike!" so he finished. Next year I'll be doing it. I'll be almost 8 months post-partum and it will be a great motivator to get back into shape! Braden will be at a much better age to do it too! (P.S. Wow, I sure got puffy in the face a lot earlier in this pregnancy!!!)
