Penguin Summer: All mixed up

With so many penguin ornaments piling up in the RV, it’s surprising that I didn’t get confused about which ones I had bought already. There were instances throughout the summer where I bought duplicates and also a few times when I bought penguins that belong together at different places. Here was a case where I bought the same ornaments just days apart. I could have checked the bag from Hershey Park to see if I had already bought the two penguins shown today, but for some reason I didn’t. I only photographed one of the two sets.

RAZ Holiday Imports roly-poly pair with fuzzy backs wearing green scarf and red scarf

Acquired: July 24, 2009, Incredible Christmas, Hershey Park, Pa.

Number: 0670 0671

Size: 3.5 and 4 inches tall

Price: $8.99 each

Duplicates of above

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Head, N.C.

Number: 0676 0677

Price: $8.50 each

Penguin Summer: Outer Banks

The next few days went pretty much according to plan, except we thought we might never get through the traffic bottle neck around Washington, D.C. Along the way we took an unplanned tour through the gigantic Smithsonian air and space center in northern Virginia and listened to a free hip-hop concert next to our campground in North Carolina. We had to meet my sister Gale, mother of Nikki and grandmother of Cory and Hayley, at the southern end of the Outer Banks where she was joining us for the rest of the trip. We spent a few days driving north taking in the beautiful sights and found The Christmas Mouse just before we returned to the mainland. You’ve already seen a few of the ornaments I found there , but there were many more, including this unusual “sock monkey” style penguin. If I remember correctly, there was a whole small tree with other “sock monkey” animals. I also like these penguins with nifty flower pattern on their bellies in reverse of one another. They have really nice boots too.

“Sock monkey” penguin

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Heads, N.C.

Number: 0683

Size: 5.25 inches tall

Price: $7

Pink cheeked roly-poly penguins with embroidery pattern on bellies

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Heads, N.C.

Number: 0678 0679

Size: 3.5 inches tall

Price: $3 each

Heavy penguin with no feet, flowing green scarf and metal wreath on a gold wire

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Heads, N.C.

Number: 0680

Size: 3.5 inches tall

Price: $5.50

Penguin in gold toe stocking with tree, candy cane and dangling gifts

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Heads, N.C.

Number: 0681

Size: 4 inches tall

Light-up lantern with penguin head wearing Santa hat and green plaid scarf

Acquired: July 28, 2009, Christmas Mouse, Nags Heads, N.C.

Number: 0682

Size: 5.25 inches tall