Hip Hop down the bunny trail

Easter at Nana Reta's House 2012

Happy Easter Bunny!! 

Dear Chris, 

I wish we all could be together. The boys and I miss you. We look forward to the day we are all back together again. 

Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity
Happy Easter day

Any number of years ago
a boat put to sea.

On board was a small bunny with big ears.

When her last adventure in the garden took a bad turn,

she was captured and sentenced to stew!

One night some little hands slipped below deck.

They placed the bunny in a basket and took her from the belly of the boat.

Her big ears were free once more to seek fun and adventure.

And fun and adventure she found.

She spent many joyous seasons with the little hands around the rigging, sharing the wonder of the whole wide world. They were very happy and grew very strong.

But just as Summer turns to Fall, our bunny is about to find herself over her head in another adventure...

It was night on the high sea.

Big ears and little hands were gently rock-a-bye rocking.

Then everything changed.

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Fingers of lightening pulled angry clouds over the ocean.

Monster waves stomped the sea.

The big boat was tossed around like a baby in the bathtub.

As the boat strained to starboard the bunny was plucked to port! Big ears bobbed in the stormy sea with only a basket for company. Things like that happen in adventures.

By the time the calming colors chased away the clouds, this adventure was getting too wet for a bunny in a basket! Thank goodness she was joined by a couple of flat-eared friends.

They skipped her across the sea to the land of forever green...

Easter Island.

This Spring oasis was the perfect home for our adventurous bunny.

It is full of life, love and Easter Magic.

And what is Easter Magic? It's the sweetest kind. For example, on Easter Island tasty dew drops kiss the morning leaves.

Hummingbirds skittle from flower to flower.

Jelly bean pods open at the slightest touch.

And chocolate fruits hop in the breeze.

The magic of Easter Island does not stop at land's end.

Surrounding this island is a reef that's Peep-pled with

colorful coral, spectacular sponges and crafty creatures!

But the pride of the island are the popcorn trees.

Once a year, when the first full moon shines on the spring equinox, the popcorn trees make their fruit.

The fruit of the popcorn trees is eggs.

Red and Yellow and Pink and Green. Purple and Orange and Blue.

A rainbow of flavor for your eyes covers hill and dale.

The big-eared bunny was very happy in her new home.

Thene full-moon night in the heart of spring,

in soft Easter grass with a fiddler crab song,

a cozied mind mists to memories.

She remembers the wave and wake of small adventurers moved on,

she remembers the joy and love that these little hands bring to life,

rekindling us all with their smiles and possibilities.

She remembered the whole world over,

how the earth is reborn with each spring,

and mankind is reborn with each little hand. 

The next morning's sun hatched a Grand Plan. She would share the sweet spring harvest of Easter Island with all the children of the world!

With the help of her furry, feathered, and soft-scaled friends a great harvest began.

The sea sparkled with activity as excitement grew.

At week's end the greatest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from Easter Island. The Easter Bunny skippered basket and crew to all points of wind,

To share the joy and fruitful harvest that comes from rebirth with little hands like yours.

Happy Easter!