Mexico

Over the winter break, K-bao & family made a trip down to Mexico to attend the wedding of K-Mum's cousin Uncle Stephen. Sister C-bao was also invited to be a flower girl. K-bao was not happy to learn that she had aged out of the program. However, the trip was so relaxing and full of sugar that she quickly forgot about the disappointment.

K-bao had a lot of fun hanging out with her cousins J-Cuz (cousin Justin) and K-K. Here she take K-K on a lap around the pool, and then comes down the water slide with J-Cuz.

The key attraction was, of course, the unlimited dessert buffet. No further explanation needed.

One of the nice highlights of the trip included an in-house performance of The Lion King at the resort.

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!

Gingerbread

A few weeks back, K-bao's school held their annual Winterfest, a school tradition that brings parents, students and friends of the school together to celebrate the community. Events include pet rescue information sessions such as Wags & Whiskers, book fairs where parents can purchase various books for classrooms and teachers, and of course the famous Gingerbread Workshop. 

In the Gingerbread Workshop, children decorate their own candied houses using the provided fresh gingerbread base, frosting, jelly beans, chocolate, twizzlers and other assorted sweets.

"Notice the three jelly beans I have in my mouth"

Sister C-bao somehow snuck her way into the workshop and convinced K-Pop and K-Mum to let her decorate her own house, which of course was a real triumph for the the little one.

Comparing the sugar volume of the various houses

Inevitably each year, just about as much candy is consumed as is used in decorating, and participants typically leave the workshop in a haze of sugary sweetness.

The big question for the K-folks, of course, is what in the world we are going to do with our 2 sugary gingerbread houses!

"All we need is sweet love, love love!"

Crazy Inmates

Aunt Christina (Xiao Ah-Yi) came over last week to bake sugar cookies with K-bao. The extra sugar intake, coupled with the matching inmate outfits - which gave implicit permission for lawlessness - led predictably to an afternoon of turbocharged craziness.


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Royal Responsibilities

Princess K-bao recently was called to attend a festive gathering of fellow princesses. Never one to shirk the obligations of the crown, she awoke early, donned her bejeweled outfit and headed off. Here she is upon her return, with a balloon flower, a face full of wings and butterflies - which she insisted on wearing until nighty-night - and a tummy full of sugar. Ah, the heavy duties of royalty!

Visit

The K-Grandfolks and Uncle James (Shu-Shu) were in town this week, and true to historical practice, showered K-bao with undeserved praise, attention, treats and gifts of all kinds.

In return, K-bao repeatedly hit up K-Grandpop and Shu-Shu for multiple rounds of her most recent favorite hobby. Oblivious to the generosity inherent in some of her opponents' moves, she ran around the house all week with vanquished chess pieces obnoxiously calling out, "Guess what? I ate his queen!"

For which she was then rewarded with goodies like chocolate-covered Pacific Puffs, Hello Kitty earmuffs, sparkly shoes, etc. That's right, the K-Grandfolks filled an entire suitcase with these things (and paid for additional checked luggage!), forcing them to take a full week to be able to pass them out in a manner that didn't overwhelm the little one with adrenaline. 

Sugar

In a moment of weakness, the K-folks gave K-bao a little sugar boost at a frozen yogurt store we walked by over the weekend. "Pink one, I want a pink one!" demanded the little one. Before and After shots here show the treat hitting the sweet spot.