America is a dumpster fire at the moment.
(Oh wait: Sorry, I’m wrong. Trump promised to “make America great again,” so this must be great. Silly me.)
As a palate cleanser, here are 10 things I learned about my kids over the past two weeks, told in photos with captions.
1. Dominic is more responsible and interested in hanging out with the family now that he is “on a break” from his latest high-maintenance girlfriend.
2. He can be very charming, personable and helpful — even going as far as rowing me around a lake.
3. A boat in a lake is a good place to have serious conversations about life.
4. He won’t go hungry. He can at least make restaurant-quality breakfast sandwiches.
5. He can’t help himself: He is compelled to harass his brother.
6. His brother is a big fat ham.
7. Gideon doesn’t really like cake. He wanted a flan for his birthday. I’d never made a flan before, but it turned out so well (Behold the Birthday Flan!) that I think it’s going to be my signature dessert.
8. Gideon likes to help me make anything in the kitchen. He enjoys cooking as much as I do.
9. He and I feel the same way about hiking unmarked trails in the rain to get to an anticlimactic lookout.
10. We like the same shows.
Observe and report 
Beautiful kids, beautiful pot-stickers. We don’t live in the dumpster fire (thank goodness). I guess that’s a little something. ❤
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Thank you! Gyoza is one of my favorite things to make as my Japanese friend taught me the right way!
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I probably saw y’all out there at the lake – that’s my stomping grounds for paddle boarding and that flan looked amazing!
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I always see a bunch of people paddle boarding, and I always wonder if one is you! I’d love to meet you.
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I’m pretty sure I saw that green blowup kayak your son was in last Friday? My board is blue and I always have on a red life vest if that helps.
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I’ll look for you! You’re out there most weekends?
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Yes, usually Saturday or Sunday.
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(Early, I might add because it gets hot by 10 or 11)
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