creative duck

ava's love for ducky knows no bounds and seems to grow with every passing day. ducky also serves as ava's primary creative outlet. every day her "ducky do this" requests get more and more entertaining. it all started with the diaper. ava fished out a diaper from the basket, put the diaper on the floor, lay ducky on top and said "ducky, ducky . . .diaper" until i outfitted him properly. "ducky, ducky, diaper . .. poo" never fails to me me laugh either. these days ducky puts on a coat when we go out in the morning, puts on boots to splash in the puddles, and sometimes wears a shirt. when ducky was suited up with my harry potter glasses from a long, long ago halloween, i demanded that john do a ducky photo shoot.

it's not all about ducky though. yesterday we were at the park, and some mallard ducks exited their pond to mill around the path with ava and i (crazy ducks). ava started chasing after them, arms outspread saying "hug, hug". later, she was chasing after the squirrels with a diaper wipe saying "nose, nose" (as in, "i need to wipe your nose). somehow, i'm going to have to break it gently to ava that although her intellectual and creative powers are blossoming, the wildlife around her cannot be expected to keep up.