Saturday, February 16, 2008

So Sad

Tonight is Daniel's sleepover birthday party. About an hour before the guests were to arrive, Mike went down to change Bumper's cage litter and discovered he'd passed. We dug a hole in the yard and buried him and when we asked if the kids wanted to say anything, Jacob said, "come on guys, he's a pet. They die. Can I go in now?" Hannah just kept saying, "he was a good bunny." Indeed, he was. A very good bunny and a very good pet.

We'll miss you, Bumper. Hop along little guy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aw. I'm sorry about Bumper. He lived a good long time, didn't he?

Barbara said...

Almost 4 years, which is about the average life span for the bunny. It was just so unexpected. Mike and I are more upset than the kids are, which is kind of funny.

Anonymous said...

Not so funny. You and Mike were the ones who cared for the bunny.
I got the same way when the ferret died, although she was an old ferret at that time.