hello webkinz

My kids have finally joined the webkinz world. I tried to wait until the hype was over, but that hasn't happened yet. So what did I do? I let the kids buy their own webkinz. They get a kick out of using their own money. So welcome Patches the dog and Leo the tiger. And of course, what comes along with these cute little stuffed animals? An entire world on the web. Zach and Asia have been playing their website every day. And the sad thing is, John and I am hooked as well. Sure, we'll play some games for you so that you can earn some kinzcash or whatever that money stuff is called. Zach and I played Go Fish against each other. It was supposed to be Asia and Zach but as soon as Asia lost some cards to Zach, she stopped playing so I took over. Poor little boy. I didn't think he'd be so sensitive when he lost. Am I a better mom if I let him win or is it better to play a fair game against him? I haven't figured that one out yet.

Clementine

I was watering the grape vine, clementis, strawberry, and raspberry plants this morning and unearthed a bunch of young wild bunnies. They were hopping around, so I ran inside and told the kids to come outside and take a look. Asia managed to corner one on the stairs down to the driveway and scooped it up. She's named it Clementine. We got a cardboard box for it and Zach cut some carrots for it. They put grass and dirt in the box along with some water. They labelled the box with their names as the proud owners of a new bunny. Unfortunately, since Asia's been holding it everywhere, bringing it on the swing with her, and sitting in the sun with her, the bunny hasn't moved. If you put it back in the box or on the ground, it just sits there in whatever position you place it in. I fear that either Asia squeezed it too hard or else it's just scared almost to death. Asia said she's gentle with it and actually when I hold the bunny, it does just sit there. It doesn't fight at all. I tried to give it some water from a dropper. Anyway, it did just show some signs of life. It peed on Asia's skirt when she had it sitting on her lap. That's a good sign. ha! And when she put it down in my garden area, it started to take off until Asia scooped it back up. I figure we'll let Asia take care of it for a day or so and then let it free. I think I saw its mom hop by this morning.