Pearl & Darcy

Who are Pearl and Darcy you may ask?  Why, our bunnies of course!  

As a reward for learning to read last year, Ellie chose to get a bunny.  After doing some research on keeping rabbits as pets we learned that they are social animals and thrive best when they have a friend.  So, you guessed it, Campbell got one too (as she is now learning to read, we're encouraging her to choose a reward that's less annoying than a pet that could live for 10 years!  Disney perhaps??  Really just about anything that doesn't require so much maintenance would be just fine!)

Anyway, despite not being my favorite creatures that we have around the house, they are pretty cute and the girls love them.  Here are some pics from the first week they joined the family:

I love this picture because you can see the rabbit running for it's life and and the panicked hands of a little girls ready to scoop it back up!

Poor little Luke just wants to hold one.  Unfortunately he hasn't learned how to be gentle and about 1 second after this photo was taken, managed to pick up the bunny with one hand an body-slam it into the grass.  I think the bunny may still be working out some PTSD issues.