Meet Daisy and Minnie

A happy light post for a change..

 
Meet our new additions, Minnie and Daisy. Can you ever guess where there names came from? I am sure hinting my youngest fireball's LOVE of a specific set of Disney characters doesn't help at all either right? :)
Anyway, because life has been a bit crazy #1 and #4 were the only ones present when we picked them up. One will eventually be a white duck though yellow right now. I can't help but think about the Ugly duckling story over and over. Anyway, her name is Daisy. Then the other duck is a mallard and her name is Minnie. I say her loosely here as we don't know if they are boys, girls or one of each.

Daisy is so soft, and cuddly. She will snuggle up to me easily and has gotten used to me singing to her and repeating my duck duck call. Minnie is skidish and nervous. She will sit if I spend a moment reassuring her a bit and even then will shift around soon. In the still of the post bedtime house I take a minute for them. It feels really reminiscent of my baby days. I suppose I always understood the people who doted on their pets like children knowing that someday it probably would be me too. Funny, #4 is only 3 and here I am.


I do pray my littlest can figure out how to be nurturing with these creatures so she can foster a bond with them too. Wish me luck on that one because right now she is loud, boisterious and the farthest from gentle.

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