A Few Events, Pre-Miles

We had a few fun events before Miles arrived.  We hit up our favorite spot in Brentwood, Chans Fruit Stand, for some strawberry picking.  We went home with 3 flats and made over a dozen containers of strawberry jam and a couple bags for freezing for smoothies.  Delicious!  The jam is so good that often the kids ask for a spoonful before bed.  "Please, mom, can we have a spoon of strawberry jam before bed?"  Yeah, you read that right!

 

 The strawberry picking was done during a horrendous heat wave a week or two before the baby was born.  I was a swollen balloon and sweating bullets.  I am glad it didn't last too long.

Nolan bubs graduated from preschool!  Just like his sister, he attended the Clayton Valley Charter High School Spring Preschool.  His ceremony was held 5 days before Miles arrived and dad made a special trip out from work to also attend.  He was so dang cute in his tablecloth gown and construction paper cap.  To receive their diplomas, they got to take a trip down the slide!



 Congrats Nolan!!  We love you so much!

 Reagan started swim back in April and gosh, this whole swimming thing deserves a blog post of its own, but I will give a short blurp.  She is a newbie to swimming in general (learned to stay afloat at the end of last summer!)  She joined the swim team this year swimming as a 6&Under age group.  Her first practice left me doubting.  She held onto the edge of the pool most of the time.  But after a couple of weeks, with practice every single day, she was improving so much!!  She is an amazing swimmer now and has swam in a few meets already, doing freestyle and backstroke.  Her breaststroke is really coming along.  She loves to swim and put her suit on first thing after school, even though we have almost 2 hours till practice. 

Here she is, listening intently to her coach.

 Nolan spends this time pretending he is spiderman or ninjago.

 Also 5 days before Miles arrived, my wonderful friends threw me a "girls night out!" at The Cheesecake Factory in honor of the baby!!  We celebrated my hugeness by stuffing our faces with delicious food and amazing cheesecake.  It was such a fun, and very late, night and I was afraid the staff would have to roll me out at the end of the night.  Thank you friends!