Five Little Ducks

I decided to get the kids together down by the pond one evening for a group picture. My oldest son will be leaving soon to go out into the world and seek his fortune. My second son will be leaving on a mission soon. He will be gone for two years. My third son will leave next April to serve a mission for our church. It won't be long before we will only have two children at home.

One of my favorite books to read to my children when they were little was Five Little Ducks.

Five little ducks went out one day,
Over the hill and far away,
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack.
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But none of the five little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "quack, quack, quack, quack."
And all of the five little ducks came back.

This mother duck is a little sad that her ducklings are leaving the nest, but happy to know that they will come home bringing their families with them. Our nest will just get bigger and bigger.