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Bun bun, meet Thumper

Sarah seems to had made the discovery after I ended up leaving both rabbits at school with her.

She has told me that No. 2 is, in fact, Bun bun's cousin, named Thumper.

After taking a few pictures, she went over to her shelves to read "Bunbun the Middle One" to them.

And told me she was definitely done with me taking pictures, although as you can see I tried to sneak in one more.

Santa's next

Sarah came close to discovering that there are two Bun Buns the other day. We were lying in my bed, and she started opening the drawers on Barry's nightstand. Before she reached the bottom one (where Bun Bun #1 has been hiding for a few months), I quickly stuffed #2 behind my pillow and then made a big deal about "Bun Bun! What are you doing climbing in that drawer?" But Sarah just asked "Is there only one?" And then, to convince herself, checked out his tummy and saw the scar from where he had been stitched up. She then gave him a huge hug.
At the time I thought I had lucked out because that Bun Bun just happened to be the one with the scar. But in retrospect, I think she had been longing for the scarred Bun Bun for months, or maybe believing he had miraculously healed, and when she saw the scar again after those long months she knew her original best friend was back. So, the time has come for the Bunners to meet face to face and let Sarah trust her instincts.

I see a future in this

Sarah this morning was soothing her Cabbage Patch Kid, Lelah, singing an original song:
"Little baby, won't you cry/
Little baby, short and small"

It went on, but I couldn't remember the rest. Barry was a bit concerned about the "won't you cry" part, and she sang that more than any other line.

It's not easy ...

I have discovered something amazing. Sarah has a favorite color. GREEN. And it has been green for over a month now. I kept thinking she would change it depending on her shirt, the book we're reading, the car driving past us. But no. It became official when Sarah created a tiny little "About Sarah" book at school. It had a picture she drew of her "family," a photo of Sarah taken by one of her teachers and a page listing Sarah's favorite food: peanut butter sandwiches, favorite toy: blocks, and favorite color: green. Blocks? We don't play with blocks. And peanut buttter sandwiches? She only eats them because they're what I pack for every school lunch, and she certainly doesn't beg for them at home. So, needless to say I wasn't convinced green was going to stick. But it has. She talks about green and how much she loves it, and when she sees something outrageously green, she gets loud and exclaims about "Wow. That's my favorite color right there."
I'm so in love with all this green because it is so uniquely her. I don't care a flip about green. My favorite's gray, and Sarah knows that. I love that I didn't influence this. Green is all hers.