Duckie's Great Adventure

Lena's beloved stuffed duck, "Ducky", took a field trip this weekend. Unbeknownst to us, Lena brought Ducky to the park yesterday where her friends Stella and Oliver were celebrating their third birthday. We all, including Ducky apparently, had a great time swimming in the park pool and playing on the playground with our friends.

After cake we headed home for naps, where it became apparent that Ducky was missing. Although Lena has a spare duck for these sorts of situations, she was not pleased with the replacement (we're not sure how she knows which duck is which since they are exactly the same) and instead unhappily chose to sleep with "Blanky", "Giraffy", and "Big Bird".

Ducky goes missing every once in a while, usually accidentally left behind at school or at a friend's house, so we didn't think much of it when we couldn't find him yesterday afternoon. But last night we received a phone call from Auntie Naomi to let us know that a man had contacted her about a missing duck. Apparently Ducky was left behind at the park earlier that day and a nice gentleman picked him up and was able to track down Naomi using the Lena Spirn name on Ducky's tag and the internet.

Ducky is home safe, thank goodness! Below are the reunited friends.