About last night

The Bunny Rabbit seems to be going through some boundary stretching exercises.


He gets into his share of trouble because he has an attention span of about a nano second. But he is sweet and loving and really a very good boy at heart.


We have been talking about his moods lately. He seems to think everyone is out to get him. And he is argumentative and questions authority (me) which doesn't sit well with Momma.


Yesterday his teacher took me aside to tell me of his behavior at school.


Same story.


So last night Gapetto and I had a Big Talk with him.


First we assured him that we love him. Then we asked him if anything is bothering him.


Then we asked if he was frustrated. He allowed that he was but was unable to put it into words.


We proceeded with the rest.


Respect. Obedience. Being kind. Doing as you are told. How you might handle things differently.


He began to cry and said everyone was getting him into trouble.


We talked about owning your own actions. About doing the right thing. About thinking independently of your friends.


We hugged and this Mommy was misty eyed.


An hour or so later I saw him alone in the den.


I went in to hug him and I told him I loved him again.


He looked me straight in the eye and asked a little peevishly,


'What were we TALKING ABOUT in there?'

A taste of Bob and Paul

A few nights ago at dinner we were all in high spirits.

There was good natured ribbing and story telling and

LONGGGGGG discriptions of movie scenes, questions

about which Harry Potter movie was our favorite, etc.

Suddenly the Dolly announced menacingly:

'Careful, you DON'T want to get a taste of Bob'

[up goes the scrawny right bicep]

'and Paul.'

[up goes the scrawny left bicep]

Full Moon Fever

The other night we were all gathered on my bed (Gapetto's too),

the kids were freshly bathed and spirits were running high in

anticipation of One Upcoming December 25th Morning.

The Bunny was bent over reaching for something and we got a

peak of his lily-white rear end. After some good natured teasing

the Bunny-man stood up, facing away from us and acted out

[in LIVING color] the phases of the moon.

Pants pulled down revealing a sliver of rear end:

'Waxing Crescent'

Pants pulled down revealing half of rear end:

'First quarter'

Pants pulled down revealing most of rear end:

'Waxing gibbous'

Pants pulled down revealing ALL of rear end:

'Full Moon'

And the Reverse...

Pants pulled up slightly revealing most of rear end:

"Waning gibbous'

Pants pulled up slightly revealing half of rear end:

"Third quarter'

Pants pulled up slightly revealing sliver of rear end:

"Waning crescent'

Pants pulled up all the way:

"New Moon' he shouted triumphantly!

A star is born.

Delurking Day

Being a newbie and all I had never heard of this one. 

Today is Delurking Day.

It is a day when all of you closet readers give me a shout 

on the comment form - right there at the bottom of the 

blog - see it? And it gives me a chance to see if any of the 

one billion people I have given this blog address to actually 

look at it [you know who you are] - ever.

Your comment doesn't have to be funny or brilliant or even 

nice for that matter. In fact Smart Asses are welcome 

(that'll get the family responding - if they ever read it).

So have yourself a merry little Delurking Day and drop me 

a line. I WILL respond provided there is an email address!