Duck Derby on the Plaza

Couldn't have been better day to have yellow rubber duckies dumped into Brush Creek (aka BIG Longkang) on the Plaza last Sunday! For the uninitiated, the Duck Derby is a charity event for Synergy Services, which offers counseling and shelter services. Top prize was a trip for 2 to KA-LEE-FORnia, which we didn't win. Of course, we didn't play, so not much to complain about!

Here's a picture of Elaine and YeeSin in front of DuckZilla. The only one not really happy is Benji. Knowing him he probably just say someone walked by with food in their hands.





Speaking about FOOD, we didn't get really far into the event before we were pulled in by the food. As you can see in this picture both of them are in food heaven!! To keep with the theme of the derby, we graciously ordered duck wraps too.

Benji had a good time too, unfortunately much to our embarrasment!! The moment we got to the first sidewalk on the plaza, he decided to go to the BATHROOM.. ON the sidewalk. Needless to say 5 humungus poopies in the middle of the walkway doesn't rack up lots of classy points!! A few blocks later he meets up with a mini version of himself. Everyone walking by still thinks he a cute puppy tho... "He's the perfect little puppy", someone says... IF only they knew....


At about 3pm, in went the ducks into Brush Creek. Looked like 50+ huge cases of Ducks went into the creek. 2 guys on jet skis helped push the little guys along, spraying water over the people lined up by the side. I think the kids were having the most fun playing in the wonderfully green storm drain water!!!





Here's a couple of shots of the all of us watching the duckies swim blissfully by...








Not wanting to be outdone from the event, this is what we harvested from our vegetable garden in our backyard. Here is a picture of our UBER-Ducky, he is lean, mean, and can kick any regular old yellow ducks tail any day!!!