One Bulb Brighter and Christmas Lights Ducky

Name: One Bulb Brighter and Christmas Lights Ducky
Interests: Detangling lights and doing puzzles
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00

Take it one bulb at a time.

It’s so annoying when there is one bulb on the strand that won’t light. The best way to fix this issue is to wrap the lights around your entire body and wiggle each one until it is fixed. Nowadays, the trick is no longer to just replace one bulb and then hope that all the others work. Typically, if one bulb goes in the LED strand then you are just hooped. As we experienced this year, only half of one of our strands of lights lit up.

Thanks to my neighbour Christina for Christmas Lights Ducky (green ducky on the right with the start on his head). I happened to already have One Bulb Brighter Ducky with the Santa hat. They are both great friends with Strung out Ducky.

Mr. and Mrs. Claus Duckies

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Claus Duckies
Interests: Watching All I want for Christmas with Mariah Carey (such a cute cartoon)
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00 each

We love stocking hangers (Warning: Stocking hangers are an extreme hazard. I've always wanted them, but as soon as there was a stoking hanging on one of them, my 4 year old pulled the entire thing down and it landed on my 6-year old's foot. Therefore, if you have kids, don't really hang your stockings on them or your stocking hangers will become know as the "concussion maker.")

Mr. and Mrs. Claus duckies are all ready for the holidays. However, they really look forward to January. It’s the only month of the year that they take off and just veg at the beach drinking margaritas and soaking up the sun.

I love how every year my Santa ducky collection grows. Every year I place all my Christmas rubber duckies on our Christmas tree. I have my neighbour to thank for these duckies too (different neighbour from the Aloha Ducky). Thanks Christina. I have the best neighbours.

Aloha Ducky

Name: Aloha Ducky
Interests: Snorkelling
Where to Find: Ka’napali Beach Hotel, (west shore of Maui)
Brand: Assurance
Price: Perhaps free at the hotel? My neighbour gave him to me.

Island Life is Best

I spent a fun morning at Alicia's school making pancakes for her class. When I came home, I had a surprise on my door step. A rubber ducky from Maui! There were also 3 colouring contest sheets from the Expedia cruise centre. Did one of my neighbours go to Hawaii or is this customer appreciation from when we took a trip with Expedia in 2014? I am thinking it has to be from someone we know. The mystery remains. (Update: It turns out that the ducky is from our neighbour. I found this out by quizzing another neighbour.)

Aloha Ducky has been in the hotel and travel industry for quite some time. She makes her own leis and is always ready to snorkel. When she isn’t at the front desk of the Ka’napali Beach Hotel, she can be found giving guided snorkelling tours.

While she is enjoying her stay on Vancouver Island, she is finding that the water requires a wet suit and a lot of getting used to.