Not to be outdone by Home Depot, Lowe's also offers free workshops for kids. You not only get a free apron, you also get to keep the safety goggles, which are so fun to wear. This is a good indoor activity on a rainy day, so Eliana and Papai went this past Saturday to build a periscope, or "periscote" as Eliana calls it.

After you're done, they give you a certificate and a badge.

Later on in the day, Eliana's cousins who live in Portland came over to spend the night. Karina got lots of attention that night. Here she is sucking on her fist, which she spends a lot of time doing lately.

Eliana wanted to relive Halloween, so dressed up as a .... we're not sure. The apron is from Home Depot, the goggles she acquired that morning from Lowe's, and the mask we got awhile back during a visit to the pediatrician.

By the end of the night, it looked as if a tornado had hit our living room. No toy was left untouched by the four girls.

So Karina continues to be a good sleeper. She goes to sleep for good at around 9 or 10pm, gets up once during the night to feed, then sleeps until 8am or earlier if her older sister harasses her. And last night, she actually slept all the way through the night, from 10 to 6:45!

She continues to be her squawker self and will squawk more for Eliana or Mommy than for Daddy. As she is developing more awereness of her surroundings Karina is also developing a strong case of stranger anxiety, just like her older sister at this age.

The sisters love spending tinme together and we hope the sisterly love lasts through the teenage years and beyond.