It's a Bird, It's a Plane...

K-bao practices her Supergirl flight pose. Point those toes baby!




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Location:Rowland Heights

Hurt

"Daddy, I know that sometimes when you discipline me, it hurts your heart," said K-bao out of the blue.

A promising start to a deep philosophical conversation filled with rich educational opportunities, thought K-Pop satisfyingly. "Yes, that's right K-bao."

"Well, you can use this and you won't hurt anymore," says K-bao, pulling out from behind her back a sandal cleaner spray she found in the closet, and motioning for K-Pop to rub it on his heart.

Cuz

K-bao has been hanging out in LA this week and was reacquainted with Cousin Justin, whom she hadn't seen since Thanksgiving of last year. Looking back over these pages at the last time her cousin was profiled here reminds the K-folks how quickly time has flown by.

In the presence of this handsome boy, K-bao quickly abandoned her fuddy duddy parents, and has been spending all of her time with her Cuz (which unbeknownst to her is just dandy with her folks). Here she is learning advanced chess moves from precocious little Justin (while K-Mum lounges in the background).

Persistence

Here is K-bao once again pulling out her high-pitched entertainment routine for little C-bao, whose attitude could frankly use a little more gratitude.

What's impressive about K-bao's approach is not the humor quotient, which is only inadvertently high, nor the pitch at which it is delivered - which is about as high as it can get - but the relentlessness of it.

K-bao takes the "When at first you don't succeed, try, try again" philosophy to extreme lengths. The first delivery may not succeed in squeezing a smile out, but knowing her sister's short-term memory is currently poor, she'll do a lap and come running back for another round.

Fun Daddy

Egged on by K-Mum, K-bao chants her current life mantra at K-Pop, exhorting him in Jerry McGuire style to "Show Me the Fun!" while C-bao looks on amusedly.

She even made up her own gangsta rhyme - framed as a threat - to finish up the verse (rhythm and actual rhyming could use some work).

Believe

K-bao: "Daddy, look at these hair clips Mom bought me. They are so pretty you will believe your eyes!"

K-Pop: "You mean I won't believe my eyes?"

K-bao: "You will! You will!"



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Coo

One of K-bao's favorite activities these days is entertaining her little sister. This consists of making clown faces and cooing at her at a pitch several octaves higher than her normal voice.

"A-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo!" sings K-bao repeatedly in a high falsetto while prancing around her sister.

C-bao used to enjoy this song and dance routine (and her affirmation would be publicly proclaimed by her sister: "Look! She's laughing! She loves me!"). However, as with all things, novelty wears off, so now she at best smiles weakly and appeasingly, for a moment. Below is a representative sample.

Favorite

"I am C-bao's favorite," declared K-bao confidently this morning. "And you are last favorite, and Mommy is in the middle," further observed the little one.

"Is that right?" queried K-Pop, dejectedly. "And why am I the least favorite?"

"Because your voice is too loud," answered K-bao, showing a shocking lack of self-awareness.