Bunnies

So I am such a softy when it comes to my kids. Kameni has begged for a kitten for 2 years. Up at camp my friend, Kari, told me her daughter has been begging her for a bunny. So it got me to thinking that bunnies can be caged, they don't make noise, and they are snuggly. So on Father's Day I made the mistake of looking up bunnies on KSL and trying to see Kameni would prefer them over a kitten. Well Kaymin read that a lady in West Haven (2 mins. away) was selling bunnies for $3. The next day the kids woke up and began cleaning the basement. I asked why they were cleaning the basement since it wasn't on their chore list for the day and they said that if they cleaned the basement they were hoping that I would get them their bunnies. Blake didn't care, it was all me. Blake had bunnies growing up and loved them. I think they are the only animals I didn't have growing up. I think because I had so many animals as I child, I really could care less if I ever have any more animals EVER! But, I caved...shocking I know. My kids were SO excited. The lady gave them to us for free and that made us even more excited. Fourteen neighbor kids came over that day to hold the bunnies. The poor bunnies were mauled to pieces and as a result, Kameni's bunny, Sparkles, died the next day and Kaymin's bunny, Alice, had either broken legs or a broken hip. Whatever it was, it had a horrible time moving. So I got online and read that I should take it into the vet where they would most likely do surgery and it would cost $1,500 plus. Since I don't have that kind of money to spend on a bunny, another post said they just took popsicle sticks and bandaged the legs. That was my kind of thinking so we did that. We had a funeral for Kameni's bunny and she cried the whole next day. So I called on some more bunnies and these ones are Mini Rexs. I had no idea that there were mini ones so that is my kind of bunny, nice and small. We went and picked up two thinking that Kaymin's bunny wouldn't make it. The new bunnies are Sparkles (Kameni's), Mad Hatter (Kaymin's) and Deilen's bunny is Bakugan. He pretends it is a boy. Kameni was so excited to get a new bunny. I took the kids to Layton Surf and Swim before we picked the new ones up. Kameni was so exhausted that when we got home she fell asleep snuggling to her bunny. I requested all females, and it is so hard to tell the sex since the bunnies are only 8 weeks old. I sure hope we don't have any surprises, but the kids are begging for baby bunnies. Keeping my fingers crossed that we don't. We have been keeping the bunnies in our pet porter hoping to find a cage on KSL. However, when I find one I can't get anyone to call me back. So my wonderful husband made one for us. It turned out so nice and I love it. Now the bunnies won't be able to escape like they could through the small hole in the pet porter. Now we just need the kids to paint the house, which will probably happen tomorrow. The kids have had so much fun with the bunnies. They have made this home for them to roam and play. They are so cute and so creative. I am so happy that they have really enjoyed these things. It has really made cleaning up the poop worth it. Kameni's new bunny was so sweet and so mellow, but it died on Sunday. We were super sad and Kameni just cried again. However, since Kaymin's bunny is doing great, Kaymin gave Kameni Mad Hatter. Now we are back to only 3 bunnies again. Hooray!