This year Easter Bunny duties fell to Stephen. I was out of town the previous week with the kids and had no time to shop for Easter goodies. With one thing and another, I also didn't have time to fill eggs or hide them the night before. I sat through Sunday School trying to figure out a way to get rid of the kids for an hour so I could hide eggs and couldn't think of anything. We got home and discovered that the Easter Bunny had visited while we were at church. Steve had run home and put the eggs out. After the kids found all the eggs and were munching on candy, Levi kept hounding Steve saying "I know you're the one who really put the eggs out Dad." Over and over he kept saying it until Steve, afraid the girls would hear, pulled him aside and told him the awful truth about the reality of the Easter Bunny. Levi sobbed and sobbed like his heart was broken. I went and talked to him and told him that now he gets to join the ranks of the adults. I told him he could now help hide eggs. That didn't help. I told him he could tease his sisters about seeing the Easter Bunny. That didn't help. He just kept saying that Steve had lied to him his whole life. Wisely, I didn't point out my role in this deception. I kept my mouth shut and let all the blame fall on Steve. For once, Steve was the bad guy instead of me. That night at family prayer, he thanked Heavenly Father for his dad even though "he lied to me for 9 years."
You know though, for a bright boy he hasn't made the connection yet between the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus & the Tooth Fairy. I think I'll just keep my mouth shut.
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My favorite part about that is Levi's prayer (and that Steve has to be the bad guy). I laughed out loud!
Everyone at my house still firmly believes in the bunny. A year ago, Kimball did ask me if it the bunny was real. I asked, "What do you think?" He said, "I guess I'll wait until I'm a grown up and not do anything for my kids. Then if the bunny isn't real, your grandchildren will suffer because of you."
After that, Julie asked Sarah if she believed in the bunny. Sarah said, "Come on, Mom, a bunny?"
Hopefully this bodes well for your family that girls take it better than boys!
Just slide Levi a volume of Plato or Nietzsche and tell him to write you a report entitled "What is truth? Beyond good and evil--and my awful, lying father".
Janell - I was laughing so hard - I don't know how you kept it together during the prayer! Incidentally - the girls all look so beautiful in their dresses!
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