The Mackeys

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Waiting for the Bunny

The Mackadorables are nestled all snug in their beds. They continued the tradition of all sleeping in one room on the eve of a big holiday. They set out carrots for the Easter Bunny, with this note (written by Charlie):

Dear Easter Bunny,
Thanks for giving us candy year after year. And as a thanks, we're giving you carrots.
Thanks, Charlie, Sarah, Allison, and David
(they each signed their own names, except for David)

At bed time, they had lots of questions and comments:

Allison: How does the Easter Bunny get in the house?
Mommy: Um, I'm not really sure. Do you guys know?
Charlie: Maybe he comes down the chimney.
Sarah: Yeah. That's what Santa does.
Mommy: Yeah. Maybe you're right. Let's look on the internet tomorrow and see if we can find out.
Charlie: I think the Easter Bunny doesn't deliver all of the eggs himself. I think he has helpers, like Santa's elves. Maybe each of them gives out the eggs to, like, one county.
Mommy: Just a county?
Charlie: Or maybe the whole state.
Mommy: Or maybe each helper does one county in each state, or at least in each time zone. That would help them take advantage of the time zones to get it all done. Because really, the night lasts a long time if you think about all the time zones in the world.
Charlie: Yeah, you're right.
Allison: How does he find our Easter baskets?
Mommy: I don't know.

Sarah: How does he know all our names?
Charlie: The Easter Bunny knows the names of all the children in the whole world. He knows everything.

Allison: Will he know I'm sleeping in this room?
Mommy: Oh yes. Because we do that for all the holidays, so he's found you before.
Sarah: But how does he bring all the baskets?
Mommy: I think it's Easter magic, kind of like Christmas magic.

Sarah: Like Gallagher?
Charlie: Yeah. Like Gallagher.

Allison: I'm so excited for Easter!
Charlie: Yeah! But the real reason for Easter is because of Jesus.

Sarah: Yeah. He rose from the dead on the third day after Good Friday.
Allison: I know. So he wasn't terrified anymore on Easter.
Sarah: Mommy, if I find a lot of eggs, is it OK if I share them with David?
Mommy: Yes. It's lovely if you share them with David.
Charlie: We all can share them with David, can't we?
Mommy: Absolutely.
David: And I'm going to be lovely, and pleasant.

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