I realized as I was trying (unsuccessfully) to fall asleep the Friday night before Easter that I did not know the whole – Easter bunny schtick…..so I actually uttered the above words to Z as he was trying to fall asleep….’so what’s the deal with the bunny?’. He patiently explained that the Easter bunny hops around the world filling kid’s baskets with toys and hiding eggs….I find MANY issues (mainly logistical) with this scenario.

Issue No. 1 – Do we want our children growing up thinking that a bunny (part of the lagomorpha order – yet closely related to rodents) has managed to conquer the skill of space and time travel yet we (human adults) cannot figure out how to bring an affordable electric car to market or find two matching socks on Monday morning?

Issue No. 2 – Bunnies don’t even lay eggs? So how is this shape-shifting creature scoring all these millions of eggs he/she is hiding? I suspect foul-play.

Issue No 3 – Texas has a bunny family that lives at his school and trust me – based on our daily observations of these creatures – I just don’t think they are capable of this level of responsibility.

So – how did I handle all of these pressing issues on Easter morning? By filling not one but THREE baskets with toys for my tiny charge – by getting up extra early and leaving a trail of eggs down the stairs and out the back door for him to find and by repeatedly telling him how much the Easter bunny must love him to leave so much great stuff – I know I know – I am such a hypocrite!