The Tale of Rosie Rabbit

Last Monday, as I was going to get my niece, I stumbled upon a rabbit (Yes, a rabbit!) in my driveway. I thought this was odd as we live in the middle of city. I tried to get close to determine if it belonged to someone and take a picture. Alas, it was 0700 in the morning and too dark to get a good picture. It stood up and looked at me and hopped away. Oh well. I left to go get Eva. Anyway, I got back and told Joel about the rabbit. He did the "sure Sarah....a rabbit" and I was beginning to feel like I was going a little crazy!

Fast forward a few days and we find ourselves at Thursday afternoon. JJ is sitting at the table and I am working on stuff in the Kitchen. He looks up from his homework and says, "There's a rabbit outside" (See! I KNEW I wasn't crazy!!) He went outside and with the help of the neighbor kids, was able to catch the rabbit. The kids named her Rosie. It so happens that she is very friendly, clean, and will let you hold her. She plays around with the cats with no problem! Sounds too good to be true. But now, we have eight "pets" ( 3 cats, 3 chickens, a rat and the rabbit) She hopped around the house throughout the weekend and we had no problems with her. She's been staying in my cat carrier as I don't have a hutch for her.....

Monday night, as I'm heading to bed, Joel he's going to let Rosie out to hop around as she hasn't been out all day. Later, he comes to bed and I asked if he'd remembered to put Rosie away. He said, "I thought you did" ...uhhh....obviously not. So, he gets up and starts looking around the house for her. NO RABBIT!!! Oh well. I woke up multiple times through the night with dreams of her jumping on the bed (I blame the pregnancy). When I got up in the morning, still no rabbit. Joel sent me a text at 1230 in the afternoon telling me that he'd found her, outside and chilling under the boat. Sounds good to me. He took the cat carrier out so she would have food, water and a place to sleep. She's perfectly content being outside. Apparently she figured out how to work the cat door. Smart bunny! So, now, Rosie is our outside rabbit.