Crazy Inmates

Aunt Christina (Xiao Ah-Yi) came over last week to bake sugar cookies with K-bao. The extra sugar intake, coupled with the matching inmate outfits - which gave implicit permission for lawlessness - led predictably to an afternoon of turbocharged craziness.


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The Velvet Cup

K-bao emerges the victor in the "First to 3" Chess Championship I and is awarded the coveted Velvet Cup(cake).

In K-Mum's defense, she didn't actually get to play a game before K-bao made it to Win #3.

That poor cupcake lasted about 20 seconds.

Loyalty

K-bao came running over to K-Pop with the following message: "Mommy whispered to me to 'Stare Daddy down.' I don't even know what that means!" exclaimed K-bao faithfully.

Don't Laugh (2)

K-bao has improved at the "Don't Laugh" game over the past year and a half (here is the last recorded version).

Here she is beating K-Pop at this round.

Teaching ABCs

K-bao may have the gift of teaching. In the below video, in which she decided one morning that she was going to teach her 15 month old sister the ABCs, she demonstrates:

• Engagement. Plenty of volume, lots of eye contact and gestures to keep her sister focused and paying attention.
• Grit. C-bao appeared tired of the instruction about 1/3 of the way through, but K-bao wouldn't let her give up. 
• Encouragement. "She's doing great on this!" K-bao exclaims excitedly to K-Pop at 0:54 of the second video, around the "O" mark.

Thanksgiving Tree

Over Thanksgiving K-bao engaged in an exercise with her extended family to encourage all to reflect on their blessings.

Predictably, K-bao's favorite part was not so much writing out her blessings, but handing out the activity pieces and instructing everyone else on what to do.

Each person was supposed to write out up to 3 things they were thankful for, on individual leaves, while putting prayer requests on pieces of red fruit.

K-bao's Thanksgiving Leaves were: "Family," "Friends" and "Food" - unclear what order those were supposed to be in, but everyone appreciated the alliteration - while her Fruit prayer requests were for "Uncle Calvin and Aunt Christina" as well as for "K-Great-Grandmum" (represented by a stick figure).

Here she is working on the project.

The finished tree after various family members wrote out their leaves and fruits.

K-bao's prayer request, and what she is thankful for: 

To Our Nieces

K-bao and C-bao's talented Aunt and Uncle (Shu-Shu and Xiao Goo-Goo) penned, sang and recorded a brief piece of music for their 4 nieces, including K-bao, one recent afternoon in Taipei. The song contains a number of worthy messages for our little one.

Music: To 四個乖小孩

Lyrics:

寶貝妳要做個乖小孩

Watch the tone when you are asking why

做個討神喜悅乖女孩

Our love will always be with you

永不分開

寶貝乖乖跌倒不用怕

It hurts a bit but you will grow a lot

別因妳可愛就不用聽話

Learn to love and trust in God

Your life will be

Right where it should be

記得永遠守護妳的心