I really had a good run there at the beginning of the trip, didn’t I? Anyway, here’s the rest—including today’s Daddy-flew-home-with-food-poisoning edition.
Visiting Crustacean Expert Dwells in the Tidal Pools with Dozens of Hermit Crab Friends
If there is one takeaway to be had from this trip, it’s that Kina will be majoring in marine biology.
Parents Scurry Off to Do All the Things Kina Hates While She Eats Spaghetti with Lala
It was pouring rain on this day, which didn’t keep Laurea and me from cruising down 17-Mile Drive and marveling at the surf—which Kina would have (as noted in this headline) detested.
Kid Wanders Mall with Bali, Fulfilling Lifelong Dream
Kina wants nothing more than to be like Bali, her elder-sister-slash-auntie who is herself almost a full-on grown person now. Shocking!
Child Rings In New Year From West Coast at 9 PM, Is Disappointed By Ball
Youtube was not the stream to be watching this year, because it made it very hard to explain what “the ball” is to a person who doesn’t understand what it means to drop one, in practice.
Animal Lover Chucks Food at Eric’s Jumpy Dog, Ramona
I wrote this one on the plane. Spoiler alert: Food poisoned!!!
Anyhow, it’s about Kina feeding a jumpy little dog and going for a run with me.
Child Uncommonly Helpful as Family Flies Home from Vacation
And here we are, recovering from food poisoning and an otherwise deeply-restorative trip to California, with one of the world’s most helpful little girls—a champion of gender-neutral robots and hermit crabs, and our most esteemed publisher.
Thank you for your continued subscription to this kid’s life.
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