
after ducks, that is. We were out walking after some of the pond ice thawed and Emma spotted some ducks out on the water.

If she hadn't been on a leash, I'm sure she would have been swimming after them. She waded out to where she would have had to start swimming, but I didn't feel like plunging in after her.

"Ok, Mom, but can I go in the mud and try that route???"