panda bunny

So, the story of Panda Bunny goes as follows:

Keyanna's bunny, Hopper, passed away on Wednesday before Memorial Day. Knowing that we were going to be at the cottage a lot this summer Keyanna and I talked about not getting another creature until after school starts. We get the creatures as babies and the time needed to tame them wouldn't be there. Everyone was in agreement. Life was good. {Well as good as it can be when your animal has just died!}

We get to the cottage on Friday for the Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday we go over to a small carnival that they have set up. Everything was horribly expensive so I give each of the kids a $10 cap to spending. Nathan immediately chose to get ride tickets while Keyanna got the lay of the land. We came upon a game they had -- fishbowl toss. The object of the game is get get the ping pong ball into the fish bowl and you win a goldfish. Of course, this was right up Keyanna's alley. While I was in the process of explaining that I really didn't want to have to deal with fish right now Keyanna spots bunnies hopping around on the inside of the game. We ohh and ahh over them. They all looked just like Hopper. We're ready to walk away when Keyanna sees a sign that says if you get a ball in the impossibly small dish on top of the bowls you win -- a bunny.

Oh my goodness!

Needless to say Keyanna's $10 went to throwing ping pong balls at the impossibly small dish. Also, needless to say she didn't win. By now I was sucked into how cute these little bunnies were and they looked exactly like Hopper and my child was grieving not only the death of her Nana two weeks prior but also her beloved bunny. Note the word SUCKER!

So, LONG story short, I bribed the workers and bought a bunny. I'm not proud. I realize that I taught my child many wrong lessons. I'm not even going to list them.

But, in the end we now have Panda living with us. He's cute and provides the entire family many hours of entertainment.