She progresses from sketching coyly to dramatic salsa dares with Manolo, Sourav, and Rio
Kina had until now never met her cousins from Singapore, but they spent the last two days together, and now I’m not sure Kina won’t move to Singapore to spend more time with them.
they hide in a redwood, investigate dead slugs, find ferns, and locate outhouses
Big day for nature out here. I didn’t illustrate the bit about outhouses, but it was the second funniest part of the day (after “Chickens make pine cones look better.”)
I’m slowly recharging from the exhaustion of being in the middle of all the news (literally and figuratively). I do not take any of these trees or tide pools for granted.
Viola and Lisa join Kina in giggles and wordless games of tag as families from Rome and Brooklyn share tacos; Bonnie arrives and the crew run for apples
Kina realizes she can send text messages from her ipad, exchanges Daddy in lengthy text exchanges about Mommy, creates group chat called “Kitties!”
As the sole recipient of these text messages, I am celebrating Kina’s willingness to engage with me in yet another communication space. As the parent of a tween, I am slightly nervous.
