Duck Parade

I know! It has been over a month since I posted. One of the fun things we did was go to the annual Duckling Day Parade in the Boston Public Gardens. You can read about it here. It is based on the book Make Way For Ducklings, that you can read about here! Basically it is a story about a mama and papa duck in Boston who decide to make their home in the duck pond at the public garden. Apparently they march through the streets trying to get to the pond, and every Mother's Day, kids from all over dress up like ducklings and re-create the story.

The Harvard band began the parade, and there were giant police horses:



They have permanent statues of the ducks in the park. For some reason people like to steal them. Frequently.



Stories on stolen ducks, if you are interested. Apparently they have been stolen five times in Bean Town. Moscow (my future home) has the same duckling statues, and those get stolen, too. Poor ducks.