Today, when I brought the kids home from daycare, there was a package in front of our house addressed to Eleanor and Miranda from Albert and Erin. I ripped open the box in front of them and a whole bunch of rubber duckies fell out. The kids started squealing and laughing and Miranda even brought a few ducks up to her mouth to kiss them. Later, when Eleanor was taking a bath with the ducks, Miranda came into the bathroom and started saying, “Duck duck duck”, and pointing at the ducks. I had to stop her from lunging headfirst into the bathtub to get the ducks. Eleanor picked up one of the ducks and handed it to Miranda. Miranda said, “Thank you” and took the duck out of the bathroom and into the family room. Then she was back in a few seconds empty-handed, wanting another duck. Eleanor gave her another duck and this went on about six times until I was done with Eleanor’s bath and we brought the remaining ducks back into the family room. Then, the kids lined up the ducks in front of the TV. For the first time, the kids didn’t fight over a new toy–probably because there were plenty of ducks for them to share. Thanks Albert and Erin!
Not all of the ducks are in this photograph. Eleanor brought two of them to bed with her.