Still Can't Touch This

It's been almost exactly one year, and the good ol' "Can't Touch This" routine still works like a charm.

Trick or Treat 2

Following up on the earlier Halloween post, a few belated clips from our little outing at the end of October where she played Curious Georgia. Below she is practicing her Trick or Treat routine (Clip 1), forgetting her candy bag (Clip 2), and looking somewhat confused during an actual exchange with a neighbor but keeping enough wits to clamor for more candy (Clip 3).

Doctor Hu

K-bao received a medical kit a couple of months ago. Since then the injuries ("owee's") have come fast and furious, generally to the hand or foot, and treatment requires a combination of (i) an anal thermometer pressed against the diaper, (ii) a knee jerk reflex hammer banged against the injured area, (iii) a stethescope hearing, (iv) an emergency call using the play cell phone to the nurse on call, (v) a rubber bandaid (that constricts the blood flow more than anything else), and most importantly, (v) the donning of the professional bright blue glasses.

Class Clown

K-bao managed to make it out to friend Juniper's 3rd birthday party this past weekend. Instead of wishing her friend a happy birthday, she spent most of the time rummaging around Juniper's room, checking out her books, playing with her toys (including dragging her wagon up and down the hall a dozen times), and generally causing a ruckus / drawing attention away from the birthday girl.

In fact, the one time she joined "circle time" with the "Bee Lady" was when the kids were together holding onto a piece of colorful canvas, flapping it up and down like it was an ocean wave - but only then to ascertain that the best and highest use of her time and resources would be not to join the activity within the rules of the game but to jump on top of the canvas and roll around as the center of attention until said Bee Lady got annoyed and kicked her off.

You can see some action shots below. The first frame, where she observed what everyone was supposed to be doing, lasted all of 3 or 4 seconds. Most of her time was spent in frames 2 and 3. We can see the Class Clown personality developing before our eyes, and we are powerless to stop it.

Grandma Visit

Grandma is visiting for a few weeks, something K-bao couldn't be happier with. A woman of infinite patience and energy, Grandma manages to make everyone around her feel ten times better by virtue of her presence alone. And yes, she still spoils little K-bao the same way she did a year ago. Here they are chilling on the Embarcadero on a Saturday morning.

Trick or Treat

K-bao participated in her first Halloween this year, attending both a party at K-Pop's office and a local Trick or Treat outing in our apartment complex. For the office shindig, we woke her up from a nap in order to attend and she seemed dazed and confused by the mayhem of the kids in various costumes. At first, she refused to leave K-Mum's arms. Once she realized however that a collection of candy was involved, she scrambled down quickly and by the end of the office tour was the most aggressive kid in the group, shouting "More!" and elbowing others out of the way. Indeed, after about 15 minutes K-bao's sizeable candy bag was so heavy she could barely lift it.

By the time our apartment outing rolled around this was all old hat. K-bao slipped into her monkey costume - she has had an affinity for monkeys ever since Uncle Chris' monkey demonstration - and walked around the floors again hollering "More" (or "Two" anytime a host had the audacity to only offer one). You can see a few action shots below and our collection of goodies at the end of the evening.