January 13th is National Rubber Ducky Day! Who knew? Apparently it is when Rubber Ducky first appeared in Sesame Street in 1970 (below), however they were originally created by a gentleman called Peter Ganine in the 1940’s to help children who where afraid of water and especially the bath! Having had two sons, they were definitely allergic to water and would protest at having a bath every evening but they both had a rubber duck.
Little Man loves his bath and when he is ready to get in his little legs are already paddling before he even gets to the water! Below is one of the toys he got from Santa Claus because both of my Boys loved trains and they had to have the rubber ducks in as passengers, so this was a definite must have for Little Man. He also had a set for Halloween with ghosts and pumpkins in!
I remember having a rubber duck but he was not yellow he was white like the famous Aylesbury Ducks below.
Although I think the yellow ones are better!
We had, as always, a very busy weekend trying to get some jobs done and the swimming event on Saturday night which because of some things was delayed so we didn’t get home until 9.30pm! We got to see Eldest, Partner & Little man too over the weekend, so a good one all in all. This week is busy with work, everyone has seemed to come back from the Christmas Holidays raring to get on with things which is good news. This coming weekend we are free so will be able to get quite a few jobs done then.
I have been keeping up with two of my Aims so far this year, Aim 1 which was to do more reading. I am making time to try and read a little bit every day and am really enjoying that time. Aim 2 is to do more quilting and although I have not got any actual quilting done yet I have sorted out the material for the two quilts that need to be done before May and also tidied my sewing room as well. Aims 3, 4 & 5 which is the de-cluttering of our home, sorting out the garden, garage and attic will begin next weekend and will be an on-going project for the whole year. The rest of my Aims 6 to 10 are again a whole year project so I will keep you up to date how things go.
Our weather over the last week and into last weekend was extremely frosty, like the trees above and cold but this week is supposed to be a little warmer, ie just freezing not -6 like it was here in Derbyshire! It looked very pretty!
Have a wonderful week whatever you lovely lot are up to.
Not sure how I missed this post!! Love the train with the duckie for the bath!! Growing up, we used the native name for the freezing fog on the trees – pogonip!! I still love that word!! Certainly is beautiful!!!
Love the rubber ducks riding the train! That last photo is just beautiful but it does make me feel cold.
Not sure how I missed this post!! Love the train with the duckie for the bath!! Growing up, we used the native name for the freezing fog on the trees – pogonip!! I still love that word!! Certainly is beautiful!!!