I was walking through the mall enjoying a retail lunch hour, I saw a sign advertising pictures with the Easter Bunny. As I read the small print it said “pictures starting at $20”. WTH?? $20 to sit on a giant bunny's lap?? I don’t understand. What is our kid supposed to be telling this giant animal?
Then I thought back to my own childhood, I know I sat on the lap of a giant bunny once or twice because I’ve seen the pictures. *Side note, I’m sure the pictures did not cost the equivalent of a nice pizza dinner for the whole family way back when. But back to the topic at hand, what did I tell Mr. Giant Ears?? The answer, I have no freakin’ idea. It’s not like I put together a list for the Easter bunny like I did for Santa Claus. What would’ve been on the Easter list?? Jelly beans, Peeps, gum and the requisite brightly colored basket with the freakishly green plastic grass in it?? I just don’t understand….why are kids supposed to sit on the Easter bunnies lap?? There are no Toys R Us catalogs devoted to getting kids all hopped up on excitement for Easter goodies. No Easter toy commercials…just the JCPenney commercials for the much needed Easter outfit. No child is gonna tell the bunny he/she wants brand new, incredibly uncomfortable clothes as a gift.
So back to my conundrum, do I take our buppie child to see the Easter bunny because that’s what everyone else is doing?? My answer…heck no! I barely got him to see Santa Claus without a break down and Santa is human. Imagine his horror when he is asked to sit on the lap of a bunny that’s on steroids. This is just one “tradition” that we will be missing out on.
