So Claire surprised me with a bouquet of flowers on my birthday. (Her grandparents had paid for it, but they told me that she had picked it out and she presented it to me while shouting, "Heppy buh-she-dey umma!") Of course I immediately placed the flowers in a vase and displayed them prominently on our kitchen table. And I guess Claire understands the concept of birthday gifts, because she would continually point to the flowers and say, "꽃!" (kkot, or flower in Korean) "Umma buh-she-dey!" "That's right, you gave them to umma for my birthday. Thank you!" I would reply. Then she would nod proudly, smile, and walk away. Well, after about the fifth time she did this, she looked a bit thoughtful, then...