Ducks and More Baby Ducks

Every Spring we get to view the baby ducks as soon as they are born. This year she built her nest under some shrubs in our backyard. In years past she has built her nest in our flower pots on the deck. This made it fun to watch as she set on her eggs, but she didn't like for you to come on the deck while she was sitting on her eggs.

But for the last few weeks we have only had the male ducks come up when Chloe would feed them bread.

So today when we went out to feed the ducks we got a "surprise"!!

Here was momma duck with her twelve little ducklings.

Now that they have eaten she is ready to head to the lake for their first swim.

Chloe watching them as they go under the fence to get in the water. We waited to see them get in the water but for some reason she went back to her nest, so we will get a picture of them on the water later on.

Miss Super Cool

Chloe wanted to play outside, and it was a little cool even though is was a sunny day. She still loves to swing even though she has just about outgrown it. She loves to get old bread from Pop and feed her duck friends, but gets upset when the Canada geese come to eat as well and run off her duck friends.



Once the geese come into the yard she wants to gather up her bread crumbs and save it for the ducks.

The Cousins

Debby 17, Pat 15, Pam 15, Carl 12, Wayne 12, John 12, Chuck 11, Emily 10, Chip 10, Wade 10, Tami 9, Tonnie 8, Cheryl 8, Verna 7, Richard 7, Kenny 5, Benjie 4, Sonya 1, Lisa 1.

I Just About Ready For My Nap!

Before you take a nap, you have to get everything that you might need once you get into the bed. Looking at her night side table I think that she is ready.


Finally she ran out of steam and is getting ready to settle down for her nap.

Our Little "Shrek"

Chloe loves to dress up in costumes that she makes up for herself. Here is one of Shrek with a cape. He like to have his dinosaur and favorite rabbit.


Shrek is ready for battle, you never know where Shrek (Chloe) will show up next.


When lunch was ready she didn't want to get completely out of her costume as she ate her lunch.

A Fun Day In The Sunshine

We are glad to have a beautiful Spring day and so today we told Chloe that we would enjoy it outside.



She got the duck bread and went out into the yard to get it ready to feed the ducks.



She calls the ducks by mocking their quacking sound and breaks the bread to feed them. She loves to feed the regular ducks but she hates it when the Canada geese come into the yard, because they are so mean and chase the other ducks away.



She loves to run, so today is a good time to release some of that pent up energy. She ran from one side of the yard to the other seeing if she could run faster that the time before.



The lake was looking son enticing and people were walking on the trail and some were fishing and it was just a beautiful Spring day. She came and asked me to take her for a walk around the lake and I told here that she would have to wait until someone came that she could run with because I can't keep up with her when she takes off running.





So she stood by the gate and set by the fence hoping that she could go for a run around the lake. (She calls it a run by the river)



Poppy, if I promise to go slow will you take me for a walk.



David (daddy) saved the day and came by after work, so now she will have someone to go on that run with. The were gone for quite a while and I called David on the phone to see if they needed help. He said that everything was o k, she just wanted to walk to the store and get some rainbow sherbert and have an ice cream. I think in all they ran about two miles.

One thing for sure she will sleep good tonight as will as will David.

Spring in Tennessee

Grandmother suggested that I take Chloe's picture in front of the Azaleas. She told me that she didn't want to get her feet dirty. It took a little pleading and finally she stood in the flowerbed for a picture.