Best Easter Ever?

Hopefully, we would all acknowledge that the actual best Easter ever was the day the empty tomb was found because we know Jesus' death and resurrection provides abundant life here and eternal life in heaven.

BUT, our children can't help themselves when they declare this year's Easter the best Easter THEY have ever experienced.

That is because we have two new furry friends that have taken up residence here in the Calhoun household. I know that is a totally unspiritual reason for this to be the best Easter ever, but I'm just tryin' to keep it real, people.

The sweet brown fluff ball is Savanna's bunny named Cinnamon.

Micah named his white bunny with the gray eye patches, Bandit Fluffin'pants.

Remarkably, both children picked bunnies that mirror their own personalities.

Savanna's bunny is calm and sweet and will let you cuddle with her for hours. She gets a little nervous and shy and will hide in the back of the cage when you try to pick her up. She actually acts like the snuggly kitten we have never gotten to have due to Savanna and Brian's allergies.

Micah's bunny is full of energy and is constantly moving and getting into something.

Bandit acts more like a puppy dog. He jumps and climbs and even likes to nibble. He even literally jumps out of the cage, ready for an adventure, whenever you open the cage door.

These were not exactly 'planned' pets.

Mom was here visiting and we were out shopping when we saw a feed store advertising baby chicks. I foolishly wanted to stop just to see some sweet little yellow bitties. It seemed like such a fun family field trip to celebrate the onset of Spring. Well, their 'chicks' were hardly what I had imagined! They were nearly full grown chickens who had definitely outgrown their cute bitty stage.

But, sitting just a few feet away from the chicken coop was a pen filled with about 15 precious baby bunnies. Immediately the 'please, please, pleases' started. Then my mom chimed in and tried to sweeten the pot by offering to BUY the bunnies if I would just buy the cage. Sounds like a good offer huh? Well, don't let her fool YOU like she did ME. She knows how to make a deal...the bunnies were only $7.50 each and my bill for the cage and accessories was $85.00!

I called Brian and asked him if he thought it would be a good idea to get the children bunnies for Easter. There was dead silence for about half a minute and then he said,

"What do you want me to say?"

I don't know what I love more...

1. The fact that he was willing to be the "mean" parent who put his foot down and say 'NO BUNNIES!'

or

2. That he was willing to say 'YES' to two more pets, if that was what he thought I wanted

Now here's an interesting fact...we have one girl bunny, one boy bunny, and ONE CAGE!

Hmmmm....there might be some very exciting blog posts coming in a few weeks!

Funny Bunny!

Tyson only got to play with the bunnies for a short while since he thought it would be more fun to TOSS the bunnies than pet them!

His playtime with the bunnies immediately STOPPED since I was afraid history might indeed repeat itself and my WORST EASTER EVER might be replayed. You see, about 25 years ago, my brother and I were given two bunnies on Easter morning.

Sweet, right?

WRONG!

The bunny that we thought we SLEEPING was NOT!

Fill in the gaps people!

And what's worse is that we only figured it out after poking it with a stick through the holes in the cage for about 10 minutes in an effort to wake it up!
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I am sure there will be MANY more bunny pics and stories to post soon.

Stay tuned for more furry cuteness if you can stand it!