Duck!

Benjamin has his favorite words (car, all done, dog… but lately, his two favorite are “igh” for light, to which he points at every single one he sees and is delighted when they are turned on or he gets a chance to turn them on…  and “Duck.” He typically interchanges that with “quack!” He thinks every feathered friend is a duck, so he finds them everywhere! This weekend, I took a quick trip to Findlay to pick up an extra sump pump from my dad ,so we could get it installed before our basement floods again. I have never seen a wetter Spring! It was nice, because I got a chance to take a few naps. I still have not gotten my energy back from the last time I wrote. It turned out I had strep, and I never really got a day off to be sick. I am still taking my antibiotic, and so far, Jeremy has not gotten sick. I am not sure how this one missed him, since several people at work got sick, and they blame me even though they don’t seem to have strep. I didn’t feel all that bad when I went to work Monday, compared to Sunday, but I suppose in hindsight, I should have stayed home. This is the hazard of having a deadline-driven job where one can never afford to take time off.

Anyway, back to Findlay. I really have wanted to take Benjamin to Riverside Park to feed the ducks. I was a tad disappointed that not only were there fewer ducks that I recalled, there also were signs posted not to feed the ducks. At least we got to see a mama duck here with her babies.

Then, we played on the playground. Benjamin had a blast.

He thought this tunnel was a slide, and he couldn’t quite figure it out. He kept trying to scoot through it.

He had no trouble with this tunnel, and no fear of any of this playground despite the big kids running around.