Celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee... with a duck
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this Saturday, we’ve got some gorgeous Queen Ducks (of course – you know how much we all love ducks) to give away!
What an amazing Ambassador the Queen has been, and continues to be, for our country. How wonderful that we can celebrate both her Jubilee and the Olympics in the same summer – what a Great British Summer we’re having? We will never see another one like it in our lifetime, I am sure. I absolutely love all the Union Jack bunting around and suddenly seem drawn to wear all the red, white and blue clothing in my wardrobe!
I am totally in awe of how the Queen has had the grace and stamina to continue her role for sixty years. Don’t you think these words in her Jubilee message are lovely: “In this special year, as I dedicate myself anew to your service, I hope we will all be reminded of the power of togetherness and the convening strength of family, friendship and good neighbourliness...”?
Are you doing anything to celebrate the Jubilee with family, friends or neighbours?
To spread a little “Jubilee cheer” in your homes we’ve got three “Queen” ducks to give away. Aren’t they gorgeous? For a chance to win one, just post a comment on the bottom of this blog telling us what you are doing to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee this weekend (and tell us where you swim with Puddle Ducks so we can find your address quickly).
Competition closes at 10am on Friday 1st June, and we’ll draw three winners out of the hat and post them first class immediately. Winners will be announced on Facebook and Twitter. Hopefully your Queen Ducks will arrive in time for bath-time on Saturday evening!
I can’t wait to hear what you will all be doing! Whatever it is, have a wonderful, wonderful bank holiday and enjoy all the red, white and blue patriotic fun!
Posted by Tracy on Wednesday, 30th May 2012
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On the 30th of May 2012, Rachel Feather said...
We are having a village picnic in the park, everyone is bringing food and the dress code is red white and blue! Fun for the adults and the children. My son is a floatie at Virgin Active in bradford.
On the 30th of May 2012, Helen Murdock said...
We are having a family weekend, with nice meals, days out and of course our Puddle Ducks lesson at Thingwall Hall on Sunday! It's my son's last lesson as a Floatie, as after half term he'll become a Splasher, and it's our pyjama party lesson too so it will be a special weekend for us! :-)
On the 30th of May 2012, Melanie Walker said...
Hi puddle ducks, we will be having a family gathering at the weekend for the queens jubilee but I also started celebrating early(today) and took my daughter to my nephews school and joined in the queens jubilee feast, parade around the streets with musical instruments and hats the children had made and after lots of activities which included water boats, go karts football stuff and much much more was a brilliant day!! X
On the 30th of May 2012, Cheryl Boland said...
we're making union jack fairy cakes to take to nanny and grandad's house where we'll be having a nice family get together :o) i hope everyone has a great time doing all the wonderful things you have planned. My daughter Amy is a little dipper at the sporting lodge.
On the 30th of May 2012, Luisa Mackey said...
Busy weekend for us. We are having a village BBQ & games on our millennium Green. Off to pecks Saturday night for my Birthday. A bring & share picnic at church on Sunday with an open air service. A street party down our lane on Monday and on Tuesday? Who knows! Have a fab weekend everyone!
On the 31st of May 2012, Jo Hadley said...
Hey Puddle Ducks!! We will be having a family picnic at the weekend with games and food, fun and laughter and then we will be going to skegness for the week when I'm hoping to take my daughter, who is a splasher, into the sea for the first time so will be a very memorable time for us!! X
On the 31st of May 2012, Nicola Uttley said...
Hi puddle ducks. Well on Sunday it is actually my birthday so my mum is coming over on the Saturday and my husband and I are going for a meal whilst she babysits, then on Sunday I am being taken out which is a surprise and then on Monday we are going to see the giants of Chester. So definately a fun packed, exciting weekend a head.
On the 31st of May 2012, Nicola Clifton said...
Lola had a jubilee party picnic with the childminder yesterday. She wore red, white and blue and a crown she had decorated herself! On Sunday we are going to a jubilee 'big lunch' fun day, where there will be game, activities, hog roast and lots more! Happy Jubilee weekend puddle ducks! Xx
On the 31st of May 2012, Erica Poole said...
We will be enjoying the long break and spending it with our 5 month old.. Monday we will go to a jubilee garden party in my parents communal gardens!
On the 31st of May 2012, Jo-Anne Hawksworth said...
Hi Puddleducks! Noah & Isaac Hawksworth (Kicker & Floatie - Derby) have such a fun packed Jubilee weekend coming up I'm not sure there is enough space to leave a comment! Saturday is our street party with buffet, BBQ, races, bouncy castle and disco. Sunday will be at Grandma & Grandad's in "Royal" Leamington Spa where Grandma has some Jubilee goodies for us. There will also be a trip to the Pump Room gardens to join in with the town's celebration fete. Grandma has also promised Noah & his cousins Union Jack face painting! On Monday we will watch the Jubilee Concert on tv, especially as Mummy & Daddy have won tickets to it. We can't believe they get to walk through Buckingham Palace & have a picnic in the Queen's back garden!
On the 31st of May 2012, Vivyan Seabrook said...
We are having family over for a roast and if the weather is nice we will put up the paddling pool for are son to play in as there is no classes this week because of half term he loves his classes we have done an over water shoot and under water and he love it he's started kicking and now the bathroom is soaked that why I'm thinking paddling pool lol x
On the 31st of May 2012, Annette Healey said...
As a Guide leader I took my Guides and Little Dipper daughter to a Queens Jubilee Jamboree Guide Camp (over 600 of us) last weekend and have yet to recover from a fantastic but exhausting time. We have our swimming lesson with the lovely Ali tomorrow in Mansfield (Notts) and are going to take our new British Swimming Union Flag towel with us that came courtesy of a well known brand of breakfast cereals!
On the 31st of May 2012, Gillian said...
Hiya we've been celebrating all week! Started with the little ones at our breastfeeding grouping having a jubilee party wearing red white & blue, eating red white & blue food.Thursday after our floaties swimming lesson at escape zone in Leigh were going watching the olympic torch in our area with our family once in a lifetime spectacular right on our door step.
Then sunday were having a family day out which is going to involve some afternoon tea, wearing out red white & blue colours & waving our flags.
Its going to be an amazing time!
On the 31st of May 2012, Jon Seabrook said...
My job involves working till late at night, but I look forward to the Wednesday early morning rush to get my wife & 1 year old to our weekly puddle ducks at Shelden Spa. Harry has already made it onto the BBC Queens jubilee mosaic which found him stardom on the tele. Much like the Windsors we are going to have family weekend whilst regularly dropping in on the "Village Get Together" events
On the 31st of May 2012, Emma Brown said...
We're having a street party on the Sunday, followed a jubilee garden party at friends on the Monday and finally on the Tuesday a babies jubilee party. A very busy weekend of celebrations.
On the 31st of May 2012, Dee Thompson said...
The village we live in is having a fun day and everyone is getiing dressed up. There is a children's picnic, posh dog fancy dress contest and a BBQ in the evening. My son is a Splasher in Aylesbury and the celebrating just makes his first birthday fun even longer!
On the 31st of May 2012, Zoe Clutton said...
Hi Puddleducks
We are having a family BBQ, lets hope the weather gets better but then like they say perfect weather for Ducks - Puddleducks! In a theme of red white blue, to be patriotic to her majesty the queen. Then we wil be off to the Local bistro for more family fun :) Cant think of a better way to spend my weekend with the "FAMILY" Happy Jubliee everyone whatever you do. x Our Daughter is a Floatie at Oasis Mansfield.
On the 31st of May 2012, Sam Wallace-Wynne said...
We're having a very quiet Jubilee weekend ;-) Saturday morning my little kicker Neo will be going to Father's club with his dad for a jubilee kids party, Saturday evening myself and Neo's daddy will be going to our own adult jubilee party with friends, Sunday we have our jubilee puddleducks lesson at the Ramada in Grantham and fingers crossed if the sun's shining we'll be going to Belton House with fellow puddleduckers The Goodbands for a jubilee picnic after the class. Monday we have another jubilee party with close friends, dress code is 'dress regally'! Neo has 3 crowns so far to wear for each event. Tuesday we'll all be in bed for the day recovering from our quiet weekend, LOL.
On the 31st of May 2012, Stuart Tagg said...
Garden party at mother in laws
On the 31st of May 2012, J Richardson said...
Hi
We are off to Kent for the little man to meet his grandparents for the very first time!! He will be wearIng his union jack romper suit and looking adorable:)
We swim at Shaw Hill
On the 31st of May 2012, Sarah Smith said...
The big girls, dressed in red, white & blue & crowns, have had a Jubilee picnic and talent show at school today (in the rain!). We'll be at church on Sunday as usual and then will probably join the 'bring your own' picnic and fun in the village on Monday afternoon! We have a splasher, dipper, intermediate and dev group who swim at Delamere, Mid-Cheshire.
On the 31st of May 2012, Catherine & James Bartlett said...
Tomorrow James will be dressed up in his red, white and blue to cheer on the Olympic torch as it passes our house. On Saturday we are having a jubilee picnic & then on Sunday we head down to Devon to meet up with family. We will be taking our inflatable canoe out on the Salcombe estuary for the first time hoping that James' Kicker's life saving skills aren't put to test :-)
On the 31st of May 2012, James Bartlett said...
Kickers Presfield School, Southport
On the 31st of May 2012, Lesley Darville said...
We are having a party for the jubilee, with family & friends. The rules are we you need to wear red, white or blue and we have all the masked & flags for the garden & house. The the children we have games, treasure hunt & making crowns. Then we have another jubilee party at his play group to attend :-) x
On the 31st of May 2012, Cindy Levy said...
We'll now be celebrating at home with our own Queen Teddy Tea Party as we were sent home from nursery with chickenpox today! Having to miss the nursery party and our village treasure hunt tea. We swim in Winterborne, Bristol.
On the 31st of May 2012, Suzy Hughes said...
Hi puddle ducks! We will be having a royal picnic in our local park complete with union jack flags, crowns and cups of tea! This is our first summer as a family and we will be celebrating at every given moment :) Our son Dylan is a splasher at Southport x
On the 31st of May 2012, Louisa Webster said...
Im getting married this bank holiday jubilee weekend!!!! Tuesday 5th @4.30pm so we've a busy one ahead. My little kicker is walking down the aisle in his suit and it's going to be a wonderful family occasion. If we win a duck we could feature her in our wedding pics!!! Bailey swims at woodlands school derby.
On the 31st of May 2012, Sarah Swan said...
We are having a jubilee party for friends and family - I have just put 70m of bunting up! No puddleducks for Ruby tomorrow as classes at Etwall are cancelled, so will have to squeeze at least one swim in over the long weekend.
On the 31st of May 2012, Helen Williamson said...
We are having a good old fashioned street party with all of our neighbours. We're hoping the weather cheers up so that we can all get our BBQ's out! Our little Puddleduck, Ellis, will be trying his new pool out for size with all his little friends, weather permitting!! Ellis is a Puddleduck kicker at The Cedars, Low Fell in Gateshead :)
On the 31st of May 2012, Lucy Vowles said...
Wedding on Sat with a vintage tea party theme christening on Sun, village party on Mon and a family BBQ on Tuesday! The Queens sure knows how to get us to PARTY!!!! We swim at Plush on a Wed
On the 31st of May 2012, Joanna Yeo said...
Hiya,
We'll be having a field party as we'll be on holiday in the isle of wight! Zane is going to wear his crown he made with the child minder today. He's a splasher at the grand in Bristol.
On the 31st of May 2012, Vicky Walker (Harry & Daisy Walker's Mummy) said...
Hi Puddle Ducks Mid Cheshire,
Harry and Daisy have already started their Jubilee celebrations at school and nursery, they have so far enjoyed a red, white and blue day and a fancy dress party, tomorrow there is a Queen and King fancy dress day with a crown competition and a picnic, so our house is full of gold card, glitter and sparkles galore.
Our family Jubilee weekend will commence on Saturday making cupcakes decorated with pictures of the Queen which we bought on the internet, we will be hanging out the buntings and preparing for an afternoon tea party which will be held at our house on the Sunday with all our family visiting from Manchester, we are all dressing up in red, white and blue and wearing crowns, there will be face painting and lots of other surprises in store.
On the Monday we are attending a picnic party in the park with live music, fireworks and a beacon being lit, we are very prepared and bought a gazebo, camping chairs and table.
We are all very excited as this is a very special event to celebrate and we are lucky to be able to celebrate with our family TOGETHER! We hope everyone else has a fantastic weekend and has lots of fun x
On the 31st of May 2012, Elizabeth Bradley said...
We're starting the weekend off with our Puddleducks swimming lesson which Daddy can come to for the first time as he has Friday off work too! Then we'll be celebrating at our local village Jubilee celebration and the next day is my niece's 6th birthday so it is another day of celebrations. My son has just starting walking too so we'll be trying to squeeze in some walks to the local park too. Our lessons are at Hideaway Spa on a Friday morning in Wakefield - Kickers class!
On the 31st of May 2012, Kate Heap said...
We're heading to Kendal for a Jubilee Party with Granny & Grandad! It's Grandad's birthday and nearly Father's Day so there will be lots of extra celebrating too! Charlie and her Daddy are going to go camping in the garden to make it extra special. Charlie, Lucy & Tom all swim at Virgin at Thornbury, Bradford on Saturday mornings.
On the 31st of May 2012, Claire Noble said...
Our celebrations have started today with 20 babies under 1 enjoying a baby jubilee bash! All the babies looked amazing in red, White and blue and mums enjoyed a small pimms! A BBQ with friends planned for Sunday and a family 'royal dress' dinner on Monday... Really enjoying seeing everywhere decked out in bunting and everyone seems set on having a jubilant time!! Enjoy, enjoy!
On the 31st of May 2012, Jessica Sharp said...
We have lots planned including a family pool party at my aunties pool on Sunday...this will be the first time my puddle duck who is 13 weeks will be showing off her new skills to the family...fingers crossed they will be as proud of her as I am x
On the 31st of May 2012, Tania Rook said...
We will be celebrating our sons third birthday :-)
On the 31st of May 2012, Jackie Essex said...
Well there is no better way to start the Jubilee weekend celebrations than having our Puddle Ducks lesson on Friday morning. Oscar is a noisy splasher from Derby Puddle Ducks. After going to have his first hair cut on Saturday we will be joining in with the Jubilee celebrations in the village by doing Fancy Dress. Anyone got a corgi I can borrow, as I don't think our Labrador will pass!! On Sunday we will celebrate dads birthday and chill on Monday watching the celebrations on TV. mum will then finish our celebrations on Tuesday by packing for Our first family holiday. Lots of firsts for us!!! have a good weekend everyone whatever you are doing xx
On the 31st of May 2012, Diane Underhill said...
We had our first jubilee celebration in Tuesday at our toddler group and are hoping (weather permitting) to have a community picnic on Sunday with our little one's cousins. We swim at Westlands School in Sittingbourne with the lovely Caroline and Angela
On the 31st of May 2012, Vikki Nicklin said...
We are having a family BBQ this weekend. I will also be celebrating all next week as the jubilee is going to be the theme at our stay and play sessions. We swim on a Saturday at Hempstalls with Sophie. Enjoy the jubilee everyone xxx
On the 31st of May 2012, Gillian Gaskell (Poppy's Mummy) said...
Starting with a jubilee themed party at Poppy's nursery tomorrow morning. Then to her last splashers class at Hallmark before moving up to kickers after half term. Saturday will be the family BBQ, Sunday is the royal yacht party in the park and Monday is the street party. Busy weekend but lots of fun!
On the 31st of May 2012, Karen Carling said...
Our celebrations (Isobel and Scarlet, Little Dipper and Kicker, Radley College) started today with a party at our Bumps to Tots group. Monday sees our village jubilee party with fancy dress competition, face painting and jubilee crown making to name a few. We're still deciding what to do in between.
On the 31st of May 2012, Hayley Jones said...
Hi fellow puddleducks!! 19 month old Lily has a very busy weekend ahead....off to our caravan in Harlech on Friday where we'll be making some fairy cakes (with red white n blue glitter on top), ready for our neighbours party when we return on Sunday! Lilys union jack dress and headband are all laid out ready.....we've even got neckerchiefs for our 2 dogs and cat!!! Have a fab time everyone...its a once in a lifetime celebration....well done HRH! :0) we'll see our splashers class mates at carden park on Thursday xxx
On the 31st of May 2012, Rosey Simpkins said...
Our village is having a community event on Monday with a ramble, BBQ, then lighting of a beacon with lantern procession, music entertainment, and I'll be busy painting faces!
My daughter Kyla enjoys her lessons at the Grange in Bristol.
On the 1st of June 2012, Chelsea Twyman said...
Really looking forward to the long bank holiday weekend! We will be having lots of fun with the family and also going swimming to practice ready for after half term! We are meant to be having a lovely family BBQ on Sunday but the weathers not looking too good.... Oh well we can eat inside and still have fun!?! Also going to the local village street parties on Monday and Tuesday so should be a fun filled weekend :-)
On the 1st of June 2012, Michelle Prince said...
My weekend started last night as we watched the Olympic torch relay in my home town of Bolton. On Sunday I shall be swimming with both my Puddleducks at Springwood Primary School in Swinton with my awesome teacher Jo Gribben and on Sunday afternoon we are going to a friends BBQ
On the 2nd of June 2012, Sarah Handcock said...
Dan started his Jubilee celebrations a few days early wearing his patriotic trunks for swimming. Now we are off to the seaside to his Nannan and Grandads caravan for our first family seaside weekend away with Kiera dog. We've been assured that Grandad has already decorated the caravan up for Dan who also celebrates his 6 month birthday tomorrow and thinks it is very nice of this Queen lady to throw such a big party for him.