The Grapes of Joy

Grapes are the new cheese in K-bao's diet - the one snack or dessert that she will gobble up, in excessive quantities, without any prodding or coaxing.

You can see her loading up below, one piece after the other (after grunting out Pu-tao - grape in Chinese - at K-Pop's insistence). She loves all varieties; whenever K-Mum asks her whether she wants green or purple, she insists on both.

By the way, there was a time when sharing was a real dilemma in little K-bao's life. We chronicled her general approach to this subject (i.e. "I'm into sharing as long as it's you sharing with me") in her art episode last week. As you can see below however she has discovered her generous genes when it comes to her parents, and now will willingly give a token grape or two to the folks who provide her food, shelter and clothing.

Art & Morals

We took K-bao to check out ARTifact (a children's arts school in San Francisco) this morning. K-bao had no trouble getting into their painting-on-the-sidewalk activity, snatching up a brush and proceeding to paint happily not only on the pavement but also on her shirt and pants as well as all over other kids' little sidewalk creations. Incidentally, K-bao's modus operandi with older kids is to walk up and loudly assert "Share!" - not the expression of any altruistic desire on her part but rather an unabashed guilt trip to get the target kid to give up a toy or some other desired resource. Today for example K-bao would run over, dip her brush in another kid's colors while simultaneously yelling "Share!" Stunned and unable to muster up any retorts that appealed to higher principles, the older girls would quietly let K-bao take over their paint jars. The K-folks clearly have a little work to do on the scruples.