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.

Newport

A few weeks ago, we took K-bao to the site in Newport, Rhode Island where the K-folks got engaged. K-Pop even showed K-bao the place where he popped the question. Of course, said K-Pop, it looked a lot more romantic at the time, with the sun setting and the waves crashing gently against the shore. K-bao didn't appear too impressed.

Perhaps it was the visit to RI, or perhaps it was this book (on the questions every dad should ask prospective suitors of his daughter - a playful gift from Da Goo Goo a.k.a. Auntie Esther, K-Pop's sister), but K-Pop has been dwelling on the unfortunate topic of one day having to give little K-bao away to some wet-behind-the-ears, eager-to-impress little chump whom K-Pop will have to pretend to like. And all that we have to prepare the little one for before that day so that she takes that journey gracefully and well-equipped. Weighty questions indeed. In the meantime, K-Pop has already begun eyeing little 1- and 2-year old boys suspiciously.