The eternal love for his duck continues, as they are still inseperable. Ducky is a much-abused but much-loved friend, who has survived many washings and coloring with all colors of the rainbow (nothing like having a duck shoved in your face while the little one proclaims “Blue ducky, Mama, BLUE!!!”) and who, despite his raggedy looks, still receives several kisses a day.
The duck is now also a method of greeting his friends, as he will greet you by handing you his “DUUUUCCCKKK!” and running off. Be prepared to give it right back, however, as it will be promptly yanked from your hands and shoved under his arm as he takes off for more adventures.
The duck also has a belly button, apparently, and this belly button can be tickled. When it is tickled, you’d better be prepared to make the duck jump a mile high and screech and quack, or suffer a tossing of the duck in your face and the angry screams of Lil’ Duck – “ickle, mama, ICKLE!!”. When the duck reacts properly, his happy cackles of delight are well worth the effort.
Duck also has to sample all of our food, so while eating, one eye must be kept on the little one and the duck to avoid duck soup or other messy cuisine. Sometimes, the duck trying and “enjoying” our food has convinced the little one to also try a bite – ha ha ha.
Right now the little one is fast asleep with the duck cuddled underneath his belly. It’s so sweet to see how much joy a stuffed animal can bring to the little guy.
Hmmm. I think this wins the prize for most out-of-synch link to the Castle that wasn’t actually spam… 8^D
What a fun picture!
So sweet to see our kids have “special” friends like these!
Oh, that’s so sweet. Duck seems like a good friend.
My son has the same love for a panda bear named Squishy. I had a panda bear that my husband had bought me while we were dating. I thought that he was the spitting image of my husband and since he was nice and “squishy” looking, I named him “Squishy” (hubby sometimes gets called by the same name). When my son was born, hubby bought him his very own- LARGER “Squishy” from the hospital gift store and has been in love with all things Squishy-esk. We recently took my son to his very first zoo…my father offered to buy him something from the gift store, he could pick anything he wanted. Guess what section he immediately went to? Panda BEARS…lol, like he doesn’t have 5 at the house. We ended up getting a lion. You could probably guess where that is right about now. Yep, bottom of his closet- never to see the light of day again….ha ha. Nothing can, or ever wil replace the squishy. Well maybe “Melmo” but that is a competely different obsession.
What a delightful post! Every child has a special friend…or at least they should, and it warms my heart to hear stories about them. Thanks for coming by my feast and I hope you and yours are feeling much better!
Duuuuuuuck!
I had a turtle when I was little, I called it Mr. Turtle (creative huh?) I can’t wait to see what kind of stuffed animal or toy becomes my sons favorite!
Lil duck duck just looks so huggable! He (and his duckie) are too cute
I hope you both get to feeling better super soon! We believe in vicks vapor rub FOR SURE! My girls love it when I rub their chest with it, if their not feeling good, it works wonders. Have a good night 
Oh, Katarina has a duck that looks just like that in bed with her right now…..too sweet!
Fantastic post! This brings to mind my own Miss Cuddly squishy elephant by Gund that I got when I was 4 years old. Man I did everything with that elephant. As a matter of fact eventhough I am 23 yrs old she still sleeps at the foot of my bed and has traveled all over the with me. She was with me at the Red Sea… rode in my back pack as I traveled with a tribe of Beduoins across the Sahara. She was still in my pack back when I visited the pyramids in Cairo. Odds are when I head out to the peace corp next year she will be traveling with me as well.