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. 

Wrestlemania

Goofing around with li'l sister C-bao on a lazy weekend afternoon, trying out different wrestling holds.

Location:Wrestlemania

Ask Your Children

K-Mum broke out a new musical toy set for little sister C-bao today. "What's this piece do?" asked K-bao, picking out the odd wooden contraption above.

"I don't know, honey," replied K-Mum. K-bao took the piece away for a few minutes, along with the wooden box on a stick, and came back triumphantly a few moments later.

"I got it, Mommy, this is how you play it!" she exclaimed, banging one piece with the other.

"Um, I don't think so, K-bao."

"Yes it is!" she retorted. "See, look" - pointing to the Melissa & Doug letters written on the back - "The instructions say, if you don't know how to play it, ask your children and they will tell you!"

Shalom Senor

K-bao makes up her own lyrics while singing (and banging on a makeshift drum, ineffectively) to entertain sister C-bao. Why she insists that the lyrics are comprised of Hebrew and Spanish words, however, eludes K-Pop. She does attack the gutteral sounds with gusto.

Jingle

K-bao does a little pre-bedtime jingle to wish the world a very Happy Valentines Day!

Honest Kabe

The one little virtue that the K-folks have detected in little K-bao to date is that, while outrageously mischievous at times, she is at least honest about it. If anything, she 'fesses up to her naughty acts quite willingly.

The other day, Mrs. Kim, the mother of good friend Blair, shared the story of how, despite it being Blair's turn to push the elevator button, K-bao at the last second outmaneuvered her friend to the coveted button, at which point Blair burst into tears. "But Kayla did it by accident, didn't she?" said Mrs. Kim sweetly, protecting her in front of K-Mum.

"No, actually I did it on purpose," replied K-bao matter-of-factly, and without any visible sign of remorse.

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6 Months

Another 6 months have flown by in K-bao's whirling dervish of a childhood. Here are small snippets of some videos taken during this time, inspired by Cesar Kuriyama's One Second Every Day.