Two things about my daughter: she's always been a finicky eater, particularly hating seafood, and she is currently living far from home, in Arizona. I just about fell off my chair, therefore, when I read that Skatje is actually trying sushi. And she likes it! Well, sort of, and only some of it, but it's a step forward.
Darn kids. They keep growing up and changing on me.
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