Skipping...

Eliana, for the past few weeks, has been practicing her hopping on a daily basis.  She's a persistent little girl.  Last weekend, we told her that once she's mastered hopping on both feet (she was only hopping on her left foot, prior to that), she'll be ready to learn how to skip.  Right then and there, she tried skipping around the house and amazingly enough, it all clicked together!

Eliana's bangs were starting to grow over her eyes.  So we took her to the hair cutting place, since she needed a trim in the back as well.  As you recall, she cut her own hair a couple months back.  Because of that, Eliana's hair was very layered in the back. 

After the haircut, her hair was about 1 inch shorter.

Eliana continues to be a force of nature in our house.  As you can see, she has been blessed with lots of toys and does a great job making sure that she plays with all of them at least a little bit.

Her coloring skills are improving as well.  She is starting to color between the lines.

Karina is growing as well.  She has quite a little personality.  When Elvin comes home from work, she works herself up into a frenzy.

Karina is starting to get interested in books.  Being a second child, we don't read to her nearly as much as we did to Eliana.  But she seems to enjoy it and can turn the pages.

Her mobility is improving week by week.  She can scooch on her bottom a little bit at a time, especially when trying to get something just out of reach.  But she won't go from a sitting position to her tummy--at least not voluntarily.

Karina's appetite continues to astound us.  She eats bread, baked yams, cut up scrambled eggs, cheese, potato, banana, cheerios and raspberries.  She absolutely LOVES avocado and can eat 1/4 of one in one sitting.  At that point, we don't give her anymore, although she would keep right on going.  She is also extremely messy.  We've started lining the kitchen floor underneath her because of all the debris that she lets dribble (or intentionally throws) on the ground.

Karina has learned how to turn off the lights in the bathroom.  We sit her up on the counter after she takes a bath.  The light switch is within arms reach and she did it once by accident.  Now she does it because it's fun.

Karina also has learned how to wave "bye-bye."  You usually have to prompt her, but sometimes she does it by herself. 

With the weather nice here, the girls go to the park several times a week.  Karina enjoys the swings and Eliana enjoys being a good big sister by pushing her.

Eliana likes playing on the playground.  Karina will tolerate sitting on the ground by herself for a while.  But she does NOT like sitting on the grass directly--only on a blanket. 

Hope you have a good week!