Potty Joke

"It's hard for anyone to make me laugh," said sister K-bao last night in the car, with a serious but proud face.

A few seconds later the following conversation took place.

C-bao: "Where are we going?"
C-Mum: "To a party, C-bao. Remember I told you? Sister K-bao's friend is having a party."
C-bao: "Pah-tee?"
C-Mum: Yes.
C-bao: (Pause)..."Why are we going to the bathroom?"
K-bao: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Seriously, you couldn't make this stuff up. 

Well Parked

C-bao is a park aficionado. Park-hopper, one might call her. She is well acquainted with all of the major recreational areas in San Francisco, and rotates among them regularly.

Metal slides, plastic slides, Golden Gate's stone slide - she's tried them all. Wooden structures, rubber structures, stainless steel - C-bao's an equal opportunity climber, though her temperament is naturally cautious and she usually takes her time getting to know the potential pitfalls.

However, she is at the stage where she naturally wants to do everything herself, and can get quite frustrated when an unwelcome helping hand is thrust in her direction. "I do myself!" she might even exclaim in fobby English. If that's not properly complied with, "我要自己來!" comes quickly next. Don't you understand English, Pop??

Hike

C-bao enjoyed a hike with the family and Uncle Calvin (Jiu Jiu) last weekend at Mount Davidson Park.

Despite looking like she couldn't care less in the above pics, she actually enjoyed herself - largely because, instead of having to exert any energy, she was carted around like royalty in a special hiking backpack pretty much the entire way.

She also has been spending some extra time these days with Jiu Jiu, who has always been held in high regard by the little one. Notice the affection below.

C-Pop was also able to take some nice shots with the girls.

"Smile softly and carry a big stick"

Chitchat

Little C-bao, at 2.5, has become quite the conversationalist. Pick the topic - life, love other mysteries - and C-bao has an opinion.

Sister K-bao is a bit of a chatterbox herself, and together the two of them can go on endlessly.

Below is a snippet caught at the park of the two girls chatting it up. At one point, K-bao has to remind C-bao to let her finish before adding her own perspective.

A bit later on the walk the two girls discuss (1) who is "big" (concluding that they are big and C-Pop and C-Mum are small); (2) who their favorites are (C-bao singles out Uncle Calvin, a.k.a. Xiao Jiu, while K-bao includes a broader swath of the extended family, during which time C-bao reminds her sister not to leave out WZ Shu-Shu); (3) avoiding water on the ground, and sundry other topics.

2015

C-bao wishes everyone love, joy and peace in 2015! Happy new year all!

"Progress is everyone's business"

Let's move forward in 2015!