Retirement

Larke saying farewell to her 1st 2 duckies.
4 year old ducky, 2 year old ducky, brand new ducky

Maybe it is silly of me to allow this obsession with the ducky to remain so healthy and strong. I can't help it, she is just so stinking cute about her ducky. My mom has made Larke yet another ducky, a final ducky to the ducky trilogy. About a month and a half ago Larke's newer ducky started getting a hole in it. Matt kept encouraging me to fix it, but I kind of felt like it was a lost cause. I knew Larke was not above accepting new duckies so I asked my mom if she would make her a new, last ducky blanket. I had plans for the old ones. After Larke opened her ducky blanket and her new ducky pillow pet (total surprise to us all and complete score, of course Larke adores it) she said farewell to her old duckies. I cut them up. I kept a small piece of each to scrapbook and a larger piece of each that she could keep in the car for when we went places. Larke, I believe has accepted that this ducky is a stay at home ducky. Then we threw the rest away. Larke obviously doesn't mind. Look at that smile. She just told me tonight that the thing she was grateful for today is her new ducky blanket. She loves that it is so soft. She has given up her pillow of late and will only use her ducky pillow pet to sleep on. After she opened those presents I think she thanked my mom every 5 minutes for them for the rest of the time we were there. Hopefully her sweetness and gratitude made up for Rush being a stinker. Thanks Mom, for making Larke's Christmas awesome!