Honolulu Reprise

K-bao just completed a spring break trip to Hawaii. It was her second trip there, the last being when she had just turned two, in 2011.

We stayed at the same place (Hilton Hawaiian Resort) and took a picture with a similar pose. (Looking at the below, it is clear that K-Pop clearly will not be able to do this again in another six years). K-Pop didn't notice this until putting the two pictures side by side but the baby has now being replaced by a purse.

Wet Sandals

2 years ago on K-bao's first visit to Hawaii, at age 2, she thought it would be awfully funny to steal K-Pop's slippers and throw them into the Pacific Ocean. Below is the clip, from 2011, of a dumbfounded K-Pop trying to talk sense into a gleeful and unrepentant 2-year-old K-bao. (Upon review, K-Pop's authority was undoubtedly undermined by the silly hat he was wearing.)



Over the weekend at Stinson beach, now two years later, those good memories came flooding back to her. Which resulted in the below shenanigans.

Has anyone seen as mischievous a face as what K-bao displays in the first 10 seconds of the below?

Waikiki

K-bao had a good time in Hawaii, and spent most of the vacation playing on the sandy beaches of Waikiki (where she amused herself by repeatedly throwing K-Pop's sandals into the ocean, all the while giggling uncontrollably).

Here you can see her flattening sand castles created by K-Mum, making a variety of faces at the camera, sharing her juicebox with Baby in a moment of generosity, posing reluctantly with the K-folks outside the hotel, and being entertained by K-Mum and Clifford the Big Red Dog on the flight back.

Incidentally, K-Mum's idea to bring along the car seat, which K-Pop had vigorously protested at first and then begrudingly assented to, ended up being pure genius. Somehow, once buckled in, the subconsciously acknowledged principle of not being able to move around in a car seat transferred beautifully and little K-bao miraculously did not squirm, wriggle or squawk to come down even once.

On the other hand, with the extra boost that enabled her little feet to touch the seat in front of her, did she give the passenger ahead a 6-hour gratuitous kick-massage through the airplane seat back? O yes.

Rest of album is here.

Shaka

Here is K-bao flashing the Hawaiian hang-loose "shaka" sign and saying Aloha. Peace-lover she is.

Hawaii

K-bao is having a little fun in the sun on the beautiful island of Oahu. Here are a few pics from the first couple of days.

Getting comfortable and checking her voicemail upon arriving at the hotel (major props to Rita who comped us a sweet suite upgrade):


Posing with the flamingoes on the grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village:


Getting ready to go for a dip with K-Pop:


Giving K-Mum an Eskimo kiss and sharing a pineapple soft serve with K-Pop at the Dole Plantation:


Practicing the Zoolander Blue Steel look before heading off to bed:

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