I figured out the secret....

On Friday I had quite a list of things that I felt needed to get done, and I was being pecked to death by my darling ducklings. After a couple of hours I decided to load them up with sunscreen and turn on the sprinkler. They played together(nicely even) for about an hour and then I bought myself another 30 minutes or so with capri suns and goldfish out on the deck. All those years I thought my mom was just nice- really she wanted me to GO AWAY!!!