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A funny thing happened during our trip to the zoo today. Funny things always seem to happen when David is around.

This year marks Ben and Ella’s fifth year - a seemingly landmark year.

The babies are gone. Well, they still come out once in a while, but they are rapidly moving into the next phase.

I met Maddy when she was six. I remember how sweet she was during those years before the great change - the great transformation into a young adult.

These truly are the good old days.

Happy birthday my son and daughter.

Canada is a great place to live. Home of the beaver and the maple leaf. So, we celebrated Canada Day this year with some homemade maple leaf cakes.

Here is the recipe for the coolest Canada Day cakes in the country:

1. Make two batches of pancakes. Add red dye to one and green dye to the other.

2. Draw and cut out a maple leaf.

3. Stick the maple leaf on a large pancake and cut. When that doesn’t work, just cut the darn maple leafs by hand.

4. Use the remaining pieces to form a small pyramid in the middle. Waste not, want not.

5. Drizzle pure maple syrup over the maple leaf cake in a circular pattern.

Be thankful you live in one of the best countries in the world and enjoy your breakfast.