Kristin and Bran are having an adventure down in Arizona this week.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I couldn’t go with them, but they are having a good time so far, even despite “The Great Paul Family Ham Stand Off of ’09”.\u00a0 I may be able to get Kristin to post that saga when she gets back.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Bran had a crisis of faith this year about the Easter bunny, compounded by Kristin waffling with her “Well, what do you think?” answer when asked if there truly was an altruistic seasonal hare who harbors in spring through the ritualistic decoration of avian embryos by children and subsequently hiding their handiwork for suspiciously unknown intentions.\u00a0 He was pretty sure this Easter Bunny character was real, but his child-radar was picking up that while Mommy was seemingly allaying his doubts, she would not actually outright validate the existence and proclaim all doubters as heretics to be immediately stoned and posthumously drug through the streets.\u00a0 Something was possibly amiss and clearly needed to be investigated further…<\/p>\n
On Easter morning he woke up bright and early and unbeknown to his still sleepy mother, had hatched a plan to clear up this Easter Bunny business once and for all.\u00a0 The night before, they had performed the ritual of properly coloring each egg in the house according to unwritten edicts of ages past and stored the talismans within the refrigerator.\u00a0 Therein lay his proof.<\/p>\n
Moments after opening his eyes, Bran made a beeline for the fridge and mother’s intuition prompted Kristin to ask what he was doing.\u00a0 “Oh, I’m just going to check on the eggs.” he replied.<\/p>\n
Misunderstanding, Kristin said, “Hunny, we’re not doing the Easter Egg Hunt yet, remember how we talked about doing it this afternoon?”<\/p>\n
“Oh, I know.” he replied.\u00a0 “I’m just going to check the refrigerator to see if the Easter Bunny picked up our eggs.”<\/p>\n
The truth of the situation struck Kristin like a thunderbolt from on high.\u00a0 If the eggs were still there then clearly the Easter Bunny would not have been able to get the eggs prior to them being hidden in the afternoon.\u00a0 The crafty runt had out foxed her!\u00a0 She needed a diversion…<\/p>\n
“Ok dear, well why don’t you go use the potty first.”\u00a0 It was a stretch… but it might buy her about 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
Off he went and Kristin sprinted to the kitchen.\u00a0 With only seconds to spare, she grabbed the tray of eggs, whipped it out of the fridge and cleverly covered them with an ordinary looking kitchen towel.<\/p>\n
No sooner had she successfully disguised the tray of eggs as a large lump of something clearly being hidden underneath a towel when Bran returned.\u00a0 He opened the door to the refrigerator which was now cleared of the damning evidence and turned wide-eyed and victorious to his mother.\u00a0 “He IS real, Mommy!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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