Throwback to three days ago, when it was Christmas and I set off the smoke alarm.

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To be fair, I have spent far more time here than she has.

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You can tell I’m on vacation when you see how much time I took to stitch a theme together among the illustrations. It’s nice here!

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Kina has no time for quasi-ecumenical pagan dancing.

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One of the greatest luxuries of our current lifestyle is being able to stay in an airport hotel the night before a morning flight to California, and Kina thinks this is totally normal and wonderful.

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“Merry Christmas,” she writes, to all of you.

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I don’t feel like Google Slides is necessarily the best tool for publishing books, but I am clearly going to have to get over this.

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You can’t just burp anytime and expect people to laugh.

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Someday, when we retire, we can snuggle in peace while Kina majors in Political Science.

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Note to other parents: If a restaurant is sold out of a thing on a Saturday, and your child is devastated, do not go back on Sunday and “try again”.

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And so ends our esteemed publisher’s extended annual birthday, on a rope swing before a full tray of baked pasta and all the Kuromi decorations sold on earth.

We love you so much, Kina.

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I live to serve, obviously.

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Kid Declares That Period Between Her Birthday and Birthday Party Her “Real Birthday”

There are so many balloons.

“You’re Fifty and Passed College—You Should Already Know How To Count By Sixes”

I lost track of time. Here’s the posts that catch you up to her birthday. Enjoy!

Child Introduces Parents To Elementary Color Theory

“Since It’s a Weekend, a Kid Will Plan the Morning”

I am breaking all the rules by skipping over the four issues I have forgotten to send, but it is Kina’s birthday, and the fiscal repercussions of not sending the publisher’s birthday edition on time are quite severe. I am so so so so so so proud of her. I expect you are, too.

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It’s that month again.

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She would like you to know that she literally knows what literally means.

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She gets this from her mother.

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I am just a little proud of my treachery in service of her physical fitness and strong character.

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New York is a big place full of small things.

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