June 2011

In that state of half-exhaustion and half-elation from spending a day at the coast with my family. Two three year-olds are so much fun. Braeden tried to pull a purple starfish off it's rock (not happening) and Kaia found pink and turquoise anemones in the tide pools.

Potty training twins requires some extra incentives in the Martin household. Like baseball-sized balls with glitter inside and little disco lights that go off when it is bounced. I know, I know. Excessive and gaudy! But it worked until Mo decided he liked the lights, too, and gulped up Kaia's ball. He's probably out in his doghouse right now having his own dance show!

Kaia had her first haircut! At three years old, she finally needed this inch-long sliver of hair cut from her forehead and now she actually has bangs!

Wish we had this on film...Story about Braeden's first bike wipeout...  Brad took the twins through a local park on a bike ride yesterday. Both twins flew down a hill very fast. Too fast. Kaia was able to stop herself but instead of putting his feet down, Brae put them up in the air. To Bradley's horror, all he heard after Braeden flew off the trail into the trees was the sound of breaking branches and then a splash. Luckily, an unhurt and very soaked little boy was helped out of the creek and all is well. For extra points, it should be noted that he went off a two foot bank before he hit the creek. Now that his parents have recovered from the scare, we figure this will be a great story to tell when he is sixteen...