Bunny Trail

Sunny and warm this afternoon, kids and I on a hike on the Monument, empty plastic apple juice container for Luke, empty oatmeal box for Zo, coins and rocks making noise with shaking. Whistles around their necks. What great little hikers they're getting to be, hiking itself interspersed with the drawing rainbows in the dirt and adding new rocks to their noisemakers and Luke put a rock in his pocket for Grammy and on the way back a brown baby bunny darting across the path and then standing stock-still in the bushes, letting us get a good look. We saw a second bunny on the trail and then two more driving back to Grammy and Papa's for dinner. 

"That's the Bunny Trail," said Luke. (And I'm sure that's how it will be referred to forever after.)

"Today's a bunny day!" said Zo.

XOXO

PS. Luke had some jelly beans he shared with Sis after dinner (he'd saved them from Easter...have you ever met another boy who wants to save his desserts?) Afterwards in the bath he said, "Jelly beans are my favorite kind of bean!"

PPS. Zo tonight, giving me a kiss (she's been giving the sweetest kisses lately): "Take that kiss and keep it with you, Mommy."