We’ve been so tickled pink by Chiara’s newest trick, which is to say, “Choo Chooooo!” when we prompt her by saying, “Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a Chug-a.”

We repeat this constantly with Chiara and every time, we burst into laughter and sometimes Chiara claps.

Today when I was on the phone with my mom, she asked about Chiara, who was wandering around the living room nearby. So I said, Mom, listen to this, and demonstrated with my prompt. In the middle of my recitation, my mom said, Jeanhee, that means death in Korean! And then Chiara said into the phone, “Choo Choooo!” Which, I must admit, actually sounds like, Doo Dooooo!

Oh well. my bilingual daughter is learning to pull an imaginary air horn and toot whenever the talk turns to death.

We are slowing down the volume of photos we take of Chiara apparently, as this is the best I could find and it’s from October, when we strolled down 7th Ave to Chiara’s cousin Matthew Jaemin Kim’s 100 day lunch.