As many of you already know, Taylor loves ducks. Our sweet cousin, who was our wonderful babysitter while we were in central CA, actually bought two baby ducks for our girls to play with. She named the bigger one Taylor and the smaller one Emma. When she came over with the ducks, the girls were thrilled! After a while, we banned Emma from holding the ducks, as she seemed to want to squeeze the little things way too tightly! Taylor, however, after learning how to be gentle with the ducks, couldn’t get enough of holding them. She wanted to see them every day and when she did see them, she held at least one the entire time (sometimes both at the same time!), carrying them around just like a stuffed animal. Here are some pictures…
One day, while I was at a meeting and B-House was watching the girls, Taylor slipped away unnoticed. She was playing in the front yard of the house we were living in. The house belonged to our cousins and was on their property. Before B-House noticed she was missing, she came back with the ducks from our cousins’ house! He was completely astonished that she had run all that way and back by herself! Nothing could keep her from those ducks! đŸ™‚
Thank you, cousin Rebecca, for these wonderful memories!
That’s amazing! Cute pictures! I didn’t know you could just go buy a duck…or two.
Tooo cute! What a sweet and thoughtful cousin.
Too funny that Emma was banned from holding the ducks. But it makes sense – how could she be gentle with all those “muscles?” ??!
Tell Emma if she wants to squeeze and pull, Tarka Jaine will let her!
goodwife – I didn’t know ducks could be bought so easily either. They don’t cost much to keep, since they don’t eat very much.
susanmarie – Yep, Emma’s muscles make her quite the gladiator! Those poor ducks were gasping for air!
Nicole – I know Emma would love to visit Tarka Jaine again!