Sunday, November 13, 2016

10 Little Ducklings

We had some unexpected house guests move in on Saturday (3-26-16).  A mommy duck and her 10 little ducklings had hatched in our backyard and were taking a dip in the pool when we got home after an afternoon of kids sports.  She was serious about protecting her brood from curious humans trying to get close to see them.  She squawked and honked at us to back up! 


We stared at the ducks for hours!!  We went to dinner then came back home to watch the ducks some more!  Way past bedtime, we were watching as she was trying to get them all out of the pool to go to bed.  A few of the smaller ones just couldn't hop up on to the side, so we rigged a pool noodle as a ramp so the little ones could get out.  It was riveting watching them all day, and yet we also were wondering how they were going to make their exit soon. 

Oh, and Beau had a soccer game earlier that day.  It was pretty warm (see Vance chugging in the background!), and the boys had fun!  Still rocking the extra extra large uniform (even though it is actually a small - maybe the company gave us adult small??)!

Stay tuned for an update on ducks and our backyard hotel!

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