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. 

Jester Street Performer Ducky

Name: Jester Street Performer Ducky
Interests: Juggling and eating flaming sticks.
Where to Find: Don’t remember.
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.98 Cdn

Please put money in my hat.

Jester Street Performer Ducky makes his living juggling sticks on fire and a baton. His costume is red and purple and he has a purple star tattoo on his left wing and little flags above his left eye. He has been juggling since he was a wee duck and started out juggling apples and then balls. He will be at the Edmonton Fringe Festival this year so watch for him as he travels across Canada to various fringes and downtown squares.


The official name as printed on the bottom of this ducky is “copyright Jester Duek.” I am thinking that this must be a typo or was it printed on the bottom of all this style of ducky? He also has number ASI-37170 on his bottom.

Ball Cap Duckies

Name: Ball Cap Duckies
Interests: Playing baseball and soccer.
Where to Find: Unknown
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.98 Cdn for the big duck and $2.00 Cdn for the mini duck

Luke Perry is our idol.

Ball Cap Duckies idolize Luke Perry and never missed an episode of him as Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills 90210.” They own posters that he signed for them. The big Ball Cap Ducky is the Grandpa. His son is Sunridge Mall Ducky and the mini backwards ball cap ducky is Sunridge Mall Duck’s son. Mini backwards ball cap ducky loves playing soccer with his Dad and baseball with his Grandpa. He also has a bit of too cool attitude in him.

Hoopster Ducky

Name: Hoopster Ducky

Interests: Playing basketball and table hockey.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.98 Cdn

HORSE

Hoopster Ducky is a huge believer in sweatbands. He has a sweatband on his head and on his left wing. He is holding a basketball in his right wing. He is a great 3 on 3 player and also plays on a Saturday morning team as well. His caramel coloured eyes match his basketball. Every Saturday evening he plays a competitive game of table hockey with his friends.

Name: Tropical Ducky

Interests: Sailing, eating seafood and weaving hats
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.95 Cdn

Pink Sailorhat Ducky is the love of my life.

Coconut shrimp with mango chutney was the love of my life until I met Pink Sailorhat Ducky. She is amazing. For our one month anniversary, I made her a straw hat just like mine. At the end of our fall sailing trip, I am going to propose to her (after I make her a meal of coconut shrimp). I made her a ring out of sea glass and hemp strings.

Washington D.C. Ducky

Name: Washington D.C. Ducky
Interests: Being patriotic all the time and eating at the Chart House.
Where to Find: Airport shop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Brand: Assurance
Price: $2.99 US

I am the biggest patriot ever!

During one of many work trips to Alexandria, VA, I found Washington D.C. Ducky. He is very patriotic and is dressed in an American flag T-shirt with a matching blue, red and white ball cap. I like that he has Washington, D.C., inscribed on his belly. 

I also loved eating at the Chart House in Alexandria. VA. I highly recommend the mango, avocado and crab stack for an appetizer. After biking around all the tourist sites in Washington all day, I also recommend the lava cake for dessert.

Canadian Hockey Ducky

Name: Canadian Hockey Ducky
Interests: Playing hockey year round. Indoors and outdoors. My favorite holiday is Canada day.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.95 Cdn

-30 C is too cold for outdoor hockey.

Canadian Hockey Duck is all yellow and he is wearing a black helmet and is holding a hockey stick and a puck. He has a Canadian flag tattoo on his chest. Since there are a lot of fights in Canadian hockey, he is sporting a black eye (on the left) from his game 2 nights ago. He received an elbow to the head and is now considering adding a visor to his helmet.

Today is the one year anniversary of my blog! I posted 365 days of a ducky a day. Thanks to my husband, my daughter and all my readers for your support. I still have another year or two worth of duckies to blog (not including new purchases along the way). Happy ducky collecting and even if you’re not a ducky collector, it is still nice to have at least one ducky in your bathroom.

Today is the last day to enter the rubber ducky contest. Good luck. 

Super Bowl Ducks

Name: Super Bowl Ducks
Interests: We live for the cheerleading and playing football at the Super Bowl.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.95 Cdn Each

We have artsy eyes.

I don’t usually watch the Super Bowl, but when I’ve gone to Super Bowl parties, I am mostly there for the company, food and the commercials (in that order). I don’t mean to be rude to the Super Bowl Ducks, but neither of them look very smart. The Cheerleader Ducky has rather droopy drawn on eyes, but she has nice pink lips and a red scrunchie in her pony tail. She is used to cheering on cold days so that is why she is wearing a turtleneck under her cheer uniform. She is holding a blue pom pom in her left wing and a red pom pom in her right wing.

Football Ducky is wearing a red, white and blue uniform (American colours) and he has black smudges under his eyes too. Apparently these smudges serve to reduce the glare. I would think sunglasses would do the trick too or a visor on helmets but I guess that wouldn’t be very safe. He has the football in his left wing and he is about to be tackled.

Enter my rubber ducky giveaway! 

Thanksgiving Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Thanksgiving Ducky (technically, the name on his bottom says Pumpkin Ducky)
Interests: Eating butternut squash soup and hiding in the pumpkin patch scaring kids. I work at the pumpkin patch too.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.98 Cdn

I am thankful for my loving family.

I know the holiday Monday isn’t until tomorrow but we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday and we are celebrating it today, so I decided it was appropriate to publish the Thanksgiving Ducky today. It’s too bad I don’t have a ducky holding a cornucopia because that would have been the perfect Thanksgiving Ducky. Does anyone know where to buy a cornucopia ducky? However, since it’s harvest season and we are thankful for a nice harvest I decided a ducky in a pumpkin would do (even though I know it’s a bit Halloweenish too).

Every year, Thanksgiving Ducky hollows out the largest pumpkin in his pumpkin patch and steps inside it. He makes a perfect hat out of the stem and he ensures he can tuck his entire body into the pumpkin. Next, he waits for customers and then pops out at them all day. It never gets old for him, but some of the returning customers know what to expect.

Tee-off Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Tee-off Ducky
Interests: Taking golf vacations. I have been to the Dominican, Hawaii, Mexico, Greece, Italy, England and Nova Scotia.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts, Victoria, BC
Brand: Assurance
Price: $3.95 Cdn

Four!

I played in a Golf tournament with my coworkers and my team placed dead last. When it comes to your golf score, big numbers aren't good. I am much better at mini golf, but I don't really like golfing.

Tee-off Ducky has a green hat that matches his golf bag. He is wearing a yellow polo that blends in with his skin. You can see his white collar sticking up. It is a Duck Lauren polo. Compared to other rubber ducks he has large pupils that are the size of golf balls. Tiger Woods is his idol.

Hawaiian Surfer Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Hawaiian Surfer Ducky
Interests: Competing in surf competitions. Blue Crush is my favourite movie.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria B.C.
Brand: Assurance
Price: $ 3.95 Cdn

Pipe waves

I am attending a family reunion today and I may just need to surf away. Hopefully it will be a fun adventure. It is a 5 hour road trip to get there (not counting stops). I have always wanted to be a surfer and I plan to take lessons one day. I tried once in South Carolina, but I wasn’t very good. I still had fun trying though.

Hawaiian Surfer Ducky is living the pipe dream. She has a few medals under her belt. She is sporting a Billaduck black shirt and has a blue surfboard. Even though she is a serious competitor, she always has a smile for the judges and her duckfans.

Sunridge Mall Ducky from Calgary

Name: Sunridge Mall Ducky
Interests: Shopping and floating in duck races
Where to Find: Sunridge Mall in Calgary
Brand: Assurance
Price: $2.00

Too cool for you.

Since I am camping with my best friend this long weekend, I decided it’s only fitting that I post a rubber duck that we got together back in Junior High School (we have both been collecting ducks since grade 8). While I I was in Calgary visiting her, we went shopping at Sunridge Mall. There was a duck race taking place and the ducks in the race were ducks we didn’t have. Therefore, we asked if we could purchase the duckies and keep them. The organizers said yes.

Sunridge Mall Ducky has wings that stick up and have slight blushing orange hue to them. His beak is bright red. His eyes state that he is a teenager who will give you attitude. The backward and to the side ball cap shows how cool he is. He has the Sunridge Mall stamp on his belly. He was going to be number 0941 in the race until I removed him. “Void” is written on his bottom, so everyone knows that he was not entered in the ducky race and he did not win. I really need to go watch a duck race sometime. Does anyone know of any races in Edmonton?

Brush your Teeth Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Brush your Teeth Ducky
Interests: Brushing, flossing and enjoying a cavity free mouth.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Assurance

Price: $3.98 Cdn

 

Brush for at least 2 minutes 

My daughter is a year old and for the first 9 months of her life, I was really good about wiping her gums and teeth with a wet washcloth every day. However, since she still falls asleep every night drinking breast milk, we often don’t brush her teeth. We’ve tried in the mornings, but she is teething right now and is not a fan. We’ve tried letting her brush our teeth and making a game out of it but she still won’t let us.

Tonight, I decided it would be a good idea to try brushing her teeth while she was asleep. After all, I trim her fingernails while she is asleep. She protested a bit but let us (we don’t use toothpaste yet) and then fell back asleep. Success.

Brush your Teeth Rubber Ducky is one of the few rubber ducks that I have seen with teeth. She has a purple toothbrush and uses blue freshmint toothpaste. Her two front teeth are the only teeth showing and they resemble a beaver’s teeth. Her real name is "Pearly White Duck TM" as is printed on her bottom.