May. 29, 2008 - I love this little guy.
"MOMMOMMOM! M-O-O-O-O-M!!!" DS#3, the one a family doc says has "pizazz," doesn't so much enter a room as explode into it.
"What?" I'm looking for the blood or severed limb.
"There are baby BUNNIES in our yard!"
Uh-oh.
"How do you know?"
"I saw them!"
"Where?"
"In a hole in the ground."
"Show me." He runs ahead outside to, if you'll pardon the pun, my old stomping grounds.
"B, this hole is covered up. How did you see them?"
"I uncovered it."
Ah. Well, now I'm curious. "How many did you see?"
"Three and they did this:" Here he imitates a Mexican jumping bean and adds in a hiccup noise with each jerk.
Hmmm...I best investigate. I gently uncover and see at least three ticking-hicking absolutely cutest of baby bunnies one could ever hope to see. These things probably just got their fur (and hence, their cuteness) as they are tiny, smaller than a decent sized hamster.
I gently cover them up and explain to B that now that we've looked, we really have to leave them alone. Did he feel how warm the nest was when we uncovered it? If we do that too much, the bunnies would get too cold and die. So we just have to leave them be. But yes, they are very cute.
He pauses, gravely.
And then he looks absolutely PANICKED which betrays the "so, just in a rhetorical fashion, just a casual question here" tone he tries to innocently pass off, "Mom, if we uncovered them and TOUCHED them, would they die?"
"No, honey. They wouldn't die. But we shouldn't keep uncovering them because they could die if they get too cold or if bigger animals find them. We took our look, which was fine, but we shouldn't do it again."
He looks incredibly relieved (I know the feeling).
Several quiet moments later...
"Mom?"
"Yes, honey?"
"Baby rabbits are really soft."
I love that little guy. Even more than baby rabbits.
Blessings, Holly
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May. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by dcellis
We have bunnies show up from time to time in our back yard, too. Haven't seen any babies, though. I've been waiting to see signs of bunny visitation in my garden, but so far I've been amazed that nothing's been bothered, at least by bunnies. Bugs are a different matter. We went camping this week and the kids came across a baby robin on the putt-putt course. I had stayed in the camper so I didn't see the baby bird. Figures!
