And the Oscar Goes to...

We started a tradition with our bunnies...

Every Saturday, they get to "go to the movies."

Well, not really, of course.

They get to experience the movies in the form of "movie carrots."

What exactly are "movie carrots" you might wonder?

In our house, these are the organic carrots found in our local Giant grocery store that come in a bright orange bunch, complete with the greens. (See this to understand the origin of the term.) You know, they actually look like carrots instead of those little stubby finger-shaped orange sticks you buy in a bag.

Since they look like something you might see Bugs Bunny munching on TV, the kids have dubbed them "movie carrots."

Not sure the rabbits care about the significance of their Saturday snack...but they do enjoy them.

Maybe once their snack receives an Oscar nomination?

Hmm... Maybe not.

But the whole tradition brought to mind a memory from when I was about Emily's age.

I used to play with a neighbor girl and her siblings. They had a huge garden in their backyard, and we used to pretend we were animals, racing through the rows of veggies, escaping entrapment from the neighbor boy who was the "hunter."

It was great fun and even better exercise for us.

When we tired, we were allowed to go into the garden and pick some of the veggies to eat. We often snacked on carrots or radishes that we plucked straight from the ground and washed off with the garden hose. It wasn't unusual to us to see "bright orange carrots complete with greens."

We'd never heard of "baby carrots."

The times...they are a-changing.