Karaoke & Other Treats

While at her good friends the Liu's the other day, K-bao got her first taste of karaoke.

Apparently it was a pretty sweet taste, because K-bao had a hard time letting go of the mic. Here she sings Sugar by Maroon5 (also by The Lighters, by the way).



The rest of the day was pretty fun too. K-bao got to go to the park...

The kiddos all had some wheels

...hit the swings...

"Higher! I said, 'Higher!'"

...climb trees (which K-Pop was very directly told he was not welcome to)...

"No boys allowed, Daddy. You can't come up here."

...enjoy great food, including some fantastic cake (there was even some birthday singing and belated celebration of January birthdays, including K-bao's, so she got to blow out yet another candle)...

...and overall have lots of fun with her buddies DL, NL, EL, SL and EL2!

Biking

K-bao went biking last weekend across the Golden Gate bridge and then down to Sausalito. The bridge was windy and crowded, and K-Pop and K-Mum were plenty stressed veering around the tourists (who were helpfully walking 3 across and stopping randomly to take pictures) and navigating both the wind and the oncoming traffic.

K-bao meanwhile appeared plenty relaxed, taking in the views, singing at the top of her lungs, and occasionally kicking K-Pop in the rear like a professional jockey to spur him on.

Not an adventure the K-folks are eager to repeat in the near future.

Go Big

K-Mum, in a fit of generosity today, promised K-bao a gift. The exchange went like this:

K-Mum: "K-bao, next weekend, we are going to go buy you a bicycle!"

K-bao, after a moment: "I don't want a bicycle."

K-Mum: "Why don't you want a bicycle? I thought you said you wanted one."

K-bao: "I want a motorcycle."

K-Mum: "A motorcycle! Those are for grown-ups. Kids can't ride motorcycles."

K-bao, repeating a phrase from one of her favorite songs: "If only I grew up!"

In other words, she's taken the normal 2-year-old demanding spirit and mixed in sass, irony, a touch of humor and a philosophy of "go big or go home" (ain't no sense in stopping at a bicycle if you can get a motorcycle!).

This spirit was also much in evidence yesterday when we took her to Target to buy a soccer ball. Instead of picking out a single soccer ball, she decided she wanted a sack of balls - and proceeded to drag the sack of balls around the store for the rest of the afternoon.