The Easter Bunny’s Baby

Bet you thought we forgot about the blog.  Or we stopped being curious.  Or we've had no adventures in the past couple of weeks.  Well, you're wrong. 

We have been busy with taxes, kindergarten registration, potty training and other things that have gotten in the way of posting.  We have also been dealing with some weird and wild weather here in the Midwest.  So, we haven't been back to the Funky Tree Man's house for Miss M's big interview either. 

Actually, we were quite worried about Funky Tree Man after a bad storm had hit.  Every time we saw another downed tree (and there were lots of them near us), Miss M would express concern about him.  So, we were all very relieved when we saw him–still standing, and wearing all of his clothes–on our way to tutoring last week.  There was never an opportunity to visit him, though, because it kept raining at the most inopportune times.

We've stayed pretty close to home for the past couple of weeks.  But this has given Miss M and her tag-along sister, Miss E, more time for bunny watching. 

For a few weeks now, there have been bunny sightings in our backyard.  And last week, for the first time, also in the front yard.  Miss M insists that this bunny–and we're pretty sure it is always the same bunny–is the Easter Bunny's baby.

You see, the Easter Bunny is very busy working the Mall circuit.  So, the responsibility of hiding eggs in people's yards has now fallen to his son.  Miss M is certain that every place the bunny hops in our yard, he leaves an egg.  Now, I always thought he was dropping something else.  But maybe that explains why the eggs he is supposedly leaving around our yard are not visible.   Perhaps, by some kind of bunny magic, on Easter morning the tiny turds change into colorful, plastic eggs filled with candy (at least this is what he leaves at our house since Miss E is allergic to eggs of the hard-boiled variety).

At any rate, Miss M has been recording every place she has seen him hop on a hand-drawn map of our yard.  Her plan, of course, is to find ALL of the eggs and eat ALL of the candy herself.  Little does she know that Mom has Baby Bunny's ear and, together, we have devised a different plan–a plan for a fair and equitable Easter for all cousins and little sisters. 

We'll let you know how that goes….

The Funky Tree Man, Part 1

 Twice a week, we pass this curious sight on our way to Miss M's session at Tutoring with Montessori Insights.  We have always wondered about "The Funky Tree Man," as Miss M calls him. 

With our new commitment to following our curiousity wherever it takes us (within reason), we decided we should try to find out more about this "man."  So, we made a list of our questions and drove to the tree man's house intent on speaking to his creator.  Unfortunately, Miss M and Miss E fell asleep on the way there. 

I went to the door anyway to ask if we could publish a picture and arranged to meet another time.  I did find out an interesting tidbit that I shared with Miss M later: The tree man is also a woman–on the side of the tree that faces the house.  There was more I learned, but I am going to wait until Miss M has had a chance to conduct her interview to reveal that information.

Here are the questions she intends to ask:

1. How did you make that tree like that?

2. How did you make the clothes?

3. How did you make the mustache and the eyes?

4. Does the tree man have a name?

5. And what about the girl?

6. Does she wear nail polish?

7. What does the girl look like?

8. Why was the man wearing a cape?  And why did he take it off?

9. Does the Easter Bunny ever come and hide in the tree?

10. Does the Easter Bunny's baby ever hide there?

11. Do you have any pets?

Stay tuned for more on The Funky Tree Man….