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Today is my son’s first birthday!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

I had to be at work today but that’s okay.  We all did lots of fun things yesterday.  See my daughter was born in October and we go pumpkin picking and have a Halloween party for her every year.  But we where wondering what to do for the little guys day.  Well, it just so happens that we are right in the middle of maple sugar run off (other wise known as sugaring off) so we all jumped in to the van and drove out to a sugar shack/pancake shack for… wait for it… a fat stack of pancakes with 100% pure maple syrup (not that that’s really special since I have some in my fridge).  But in addition to that we also had maple ham, maple sausages, maple baked beans and topped it all off with a nice tall glass of maple syrup.  Okay, so we didn’t actually drink the syrup but I totally could if I wanted to since they had huge jugs of the stuff on the tables but I really wasn’t looking at becoming a diabetic.

Then we had a horse drawn carriage ride and played in the snow.  It was lots of fun and not too cold ether.

Oh, and then just for giggles I made a homemade loaf of maple raisin bread.  Seriously ^_^

I’ll also note here that my son started walking two days before his birthday.  It’s awesome to watch kids learn.  It’s like watching a miracle happen right be for you.  Especially when it’s something they’re working so hard to do.  The only thing that we as adults can link that to would be if we just learned to ride a bike or skate for the first time.  It takes a lot but when you do it you’re super proud of yourself.  That the look he gets on his face…  It makes me all weepy thinking about it.

Okay, that it for now.

Tomorrow’s another day ^_^