ABC Hit It

One of the games that occupied K-bao this summer - and hence distracted much of K-bao's family - was a little clap-snap routine called ABC Hit It that she had learned from her friends from school.

Each and every meal, K-bao would entreat at least one nearby meal companion to do the routine with her, until long-suffering relatives like Shu-Shu had the words and moves down pat.

The most relevant part of the rhyme?

"'Poof!' goes the attidude!" Even K-Pop can get into that message.

Azul

(Overheard)

K-bao, smugly: "How do you say 'Blue' in Spanish, Xiao Ah-Yi?"
AC (Aunt Christina): "Azul." 
K-bao: "It's Azul with a 'zzz' not a 'sss.'"
AC: "Um, I'm pretty sure it's pronounced Assssul. I took Spanish for eight years, K-bao."
K-bao: "Well, that was a long time ago, and I take it almost every day now, so obviously I know more Spanish than you do. It's Azzzzzul."

(long pause by Aunt Christina while digesting that zinger, confidence clearly shaken)

AC: "I'm pretty sure I'm right K-bao. In fact...." (while furiously Googling on her iPhone)..."I bet you my house, and all of my earnings to date. And if you're wrong, I'll take all of your money."
K-bao: "Fine. That's ten dollars. I'm going to go ask Ms. McDonald. She's great at Spanish."
AC: "Is that your Spanish teacher? "
K-bao: "No, that's my gym teacher."

Snowy Evening

Here is Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," a patented K-bao interpretation with a little bit of 'tude (notice the Hang Loose jingle at "My little horse must think it queer" at 0:27).

K-bao tends to add dramatic flair to her recitations, and includes some subtle overtones here: "But I have promises to keep" is appropriately apologetic, and "And miles to go before I sleep" is full of dark mystery.

4 Going on 14

While K-bao has always been a sassy girl, over the last quarter or so she has officially entered what K-Mum has called the "4 going on 14" stage, where she has doubled down on the 'tude and spunk.

A few days ago, K-Pop asked the family innocently if we were going to have Korean food that night at a dinner event. K-bao put on her Exasperated Face and hit unsuspecting Dad with this zinger:

"Daddy, it's at a Korean restaurant, what are you talking about?"

In another incident, K-Mum got upset at K-bao for failing to obey instructions. As the punishment was being meted out, K-bao complained loudly:

"But Mommy, it's just a balloon. It's not that important! Why are you being so dramatic?"

(Yes, she really said "dramatic," and with extra emphasis). K-Mum was having none of it, so K-bao continued with this pointed observation:

"Mommy, I am trying to talk, and all you are doing is saying 'No, No, No, No, No!'"