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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Three and eight is a magical combination of cousins. Especially for their parents.

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I am extremely proud of the increasing time-consuming pork BBQ skewers I made on Thursday (which included making my own banana ketchup, which was recently banned in the U.S., “because of some stupid additive,” as Laurea pointed out). The skewers were the star of the show, especially if the diner is Kina. I put about the same amount of work in for the stuffing and got considerably more lukewarm feedback from our house critic, which tells me something about how she values tradition.

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Who among us does not remember the smell of our yeh-yeh’s house?

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Expect a big Thanksgiving omnibus post tomorrow, now that I’m back from the suburbs. We are lucky.

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In some ways, half days of school are even better than days off.

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She may never spy this rare natural event again.

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For the seven of you who asked me in Instagram, Luna Luna is actually pretty neat and also good for kids, even if you can’t ride the Basquiat ferris wheel.

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A very happy birthday to the mother of the publisher. Long may she eat cake for breakfast.

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She’s legitimately hilarious some days.

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