>Odd Man Out
>Baby’s favorite toy right now is her dollhouse, especially after we “customized” it for her second birthday.
The dollhouse came with a standard family of mother, father, brother and sister. We bought another doll that looks like her 15-year-old sister and a baby doll, as well as a dollhouse-sized nursery set complete with crib, changing table and stroller.
Now that we’ve named all the dolls after family members, Baby spends hours making them interact with each other.
Mommy Dollhouse and Daddy Dollhouse like to put Baby Dollhouse to bed and change her diaper…
“15” Dollhouse and “12” Dollhouse alternate between fighting and playing ring-around-the-rosie.
And then there’s the leftover boy. At first, he was pushed to the side, nameless and forgotten. But recently, Baby rediscovered the boy doll and dubbed him not Tom or Sam or Mo, but…
Quackwees.
Yes.
Quackwees.
And Quackwees isn’t like the others. Quackwees likes to make messes.
Big messes.
I like to think that Quackwees is Baby’s mischievous alter ego, the little imp we all wish we could blame things on from time to time. Come to think of it, this dollhouse life might not be so bad after all.
Dinner’s not ready on time? “Sorry, hon, Quackwees threw the bathtub down the stairs again. I had to deal with that.”
Forgot drinks for the soccer game? “Quackwees turned over the refrigerator! What could I do?”
Late to carpool? “One word, 15: Quackwees.”
Yep, I really think Quackwees wasn’t such a crazy idea. Particularly if we could get that 18-foot-tall person to come over afterward and put the furniture back.
>*snort*Hope you get Quackwees in line…sounds like a handful.
>Our “Quackwees” had a much more boring name. Idontknow and Notme. They were twins.
>Lucinda, I think “Quackwees” has an evil twin who lives in my house… he goes by the handle, “Momididn’tdoanything”.Baby is very cute!!!
>What a cute post! Quackwees has a twin and he lives here.
>you give your children toys to play with?? what’s wrong with television??? ;-)i need to get my by one of those–right now we suffice with making people out of play dough. mutant people who like to “go potty.”enjoyed your post at kristen’s–heh heh, me too (but don’t tell anyone).
>Wooo hooo! Today I’m visitor number 6! Woo hoo! Someday, yes someday I’ll make the top three. And what a glorious day that will be!What a cute blog. Love the pics. Quackwees is alive and well in our house. Except it goes by the name “It wasn’t me.”Happy Belated Mother’s Day!
>I could seriously use a Quackwees around here. (Or two. Or three.) Do you think I could get it to write a blog post?
>And, of course, carry you off to bed, just like hubby wanted.
>Okay I really want to play with the dollhouse and people. I am so jealous!! They look like marzipan I want to eat them!
>Not fair… with your little girl you have an unfair “cuteness” advantage over the rest of us. You could write a post about dirt and put her picture on it and it would be great 🙂
>I’ve got to get me one of those 18 foot tall people to come and clean.It would be so much easier for them.
>I need a Quackwees to blame things on!!
>Just be glad you don’t have to feed Quackwees! Imagine the mess at the dinner table!!
>Your baby is the cutest! That face! How do you keep from gobbling her up?!
>LOL. At least she didn’t call him Dora!! Baby is such a cutie.
>Baby is just too cute. Stop that!Well, if you ever have another baby you have a name lined up.When my teenager was around 4 she had an imaginary boyfriend named “Jerkyhead”. I’ve never let her forget it. Long live Quackwees.
>Hmmm. Maybe we’ll start blaming all of our bad stuff on Qwackwees, too.
>I am suddenly reminded of Mr Bill…
>Qwackees. That is. awesome.I think you need to make a whole storybook about qwackees adventures. God knows I’d buy it.~Jennyhttp://blogs.chron.com/mamadrama/
>When my sister was little she named her dolls “diaherra jessica” even after we explained what diaherra meant, she still called all her dolls that. Where kids come up with these names I have no idea.My youngest, 5, a while back decided we had a baby at the “baby hospital”. His name was Brandon. Connor kept wanting to buy Brandon things and go and pick him up. thankfully he eventually forgot about Brandon. Unless I got knocked up, was unconscious for 9 months, and had a enormous memory slip I am quite sure I had not given birth recently so I didn’t go to the baby hospital in search of baby Brandon. 🙂
>We blame the dog for everything but I like your idea better. Quackwees would fit in here well- red hair & all 🙂
>Isn’t Quackwees French for, “Scapegoat?” I could swear it is…
>Any way to wrangle Quackwees into the potty training scheme?
>Leftover Boy would be a cool name for a band.
>My own childhood suddenly seems like a vast and empty wasteland for lack of those dolls.Quackwees. Now that is a word that will go down in family history. 🙂
>”Quackwees” needs a serious time out! Look at Baby! She looks soooooo happy with her dollhouse. I wish my daughter wanted a dollhouse so that I could play with it, too. Hmmm…maybe I’ll just get my own dollhouse. 🙂
>I think Quackwees beats out “I’m pregnant!”
>Quackwees: the perfect family scapegoat! It’s what every family needs…Wait, I think I AM the family Quackwees….
>My daughter has a Quackwees too!! Except hers is named Frac, also known as her brother….
>J’s favourite game for the longest time was “Lego Fire Farm”. Maybe Quackwees would like to come over and play?
>Ilove this! This is so totally awesome! I think I am going to go by the Quackwees philosophy this evening. The husband won’t be home until after the kids go to bed anyway, so maybe I will let the kids eat whatever and when ever…and maybe I will have a cocktail ! Hmmm! I deserve it!( Thank you, Lucinda, for your support about New Orleans. I havent posted since b/c I kind of want that one to hit as many people who are ‘looking’ for me as possible. this IS the life I live. )
>Per chance, does she mean Zachary? My boy kept talking about someone with a name that sounded similar to “Quackwee” and it took me a long time to figure out that he was saying Zachary.
>Funny and cute! Have a good week!!
>Quackwees. How cute!I love the dollhouse. I really want one…I mean, the girls want one. 😉
>qwackwees! Hilarious! My husband has an alter ego named “W. Chutt”(I even posted about it a while back), and when he’s really hungry he calls himself “fatboy”. I wonder what my child will come up with when she’s old enough. probably something like quackwees.What a great post, Lucinda– I’ve missed you since I’ve been gone.