Today was Justin’s fourth birthday. Man, he is growing up so fast! So we had a party for him at Build-A-Bear where we, of course, let him pick whichever animal he wanted and whatever add-ons within reason. Well, it was a proud moment for daddy. My son made the Rabbit of Caerbannog, and he hasn’t even seen Holy Grail. Man, the boy’s got instincts. Must be genetics, I tell ya.

For those of you not familiar with the Rabbit of Caerbannog, it is the killer rabbit from the above mentioned movie. Well, you just have to see it. If you don’t get Monty Python humor then forget I mentioned it. For the rest of you, here is what my little prodigy did…

He went through all the potential animals and picked this cute lil’ bunny. I’m down with that, I happen to dig bunnies. Then he went over to the workstation where you can pick the little sound things they can put in them and picked a sound. This is what he picked. Sorry I had to link out to their site but I couldn’t download the sound to put it here directly. Anyhow, he insisted that that was the sound for his bunny. My buddy Tim and I were barely able to contain ourselves. I tried to get Justin to name him Caerbannog but he’d already decided on a name and wouldn’t budge.

As for Tim and I, well, we spent the rest of the party quietly quoting lines from the movie back and forth. Yes, we amuse that easily…

Me: Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here.

Tim:  Be quiet!  I order you to be quiet!
Me:  Order, eh -- who does he think he is?
Tim:  I am your king!
Me:  Well, I didn't vote for you.
Tim:  You don't vote for kings.
Me:  Well, 'ow did you become king then?

And a stirring two man rendition of Bring Out Your Dead:

      Bring out your dead!
      [clang]
      Bring out your dead!
  CUSTOMER:  Here's one -- nine pence.
  OLD MAN:  I'm not dead!
  MORTICIAN:  What?
  CUSTOMER:  Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
  OLD MAN:  I'm not dead!
  MORTICIAN:  He says he's not dead!
  CUSTOMER:  Yes, he is.
  OLD MAN:  I'm not!
  MORTICIAN:  He isn't.
  CUSTOMER:  Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
  OLD MAN:  I'm getting better!
  CUSTOMER:  No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
  MORTICIAN:  Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.
  OLD MAN:  I don't want to go in the cart!
  CUSTOMER:  Oh, don't be such a baby.
  MORTICIAN:  I can't take him...
  OLD MAN:  I feel fine!
  CUSTOMER:  Oh, do us a favor...
  MORTICIAN:  I can't.
  CUSTOMER:  Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes?  He won't
      be long.

And, of course, whatever bits we could remember of the classic What Kind of Swallow bit. Before anyone points out what an off color movie Holy Grail is, yes I know that. I haven’t watched it in a very long time, but some bits of it were very funny and kinda stick with you.

Anyhow, so the party was very cute and we now have a killer rabbit in the house. I’ll put some very cute pics from the party up tomorrow (Tue) but for now I need some sleep! G’nite! update: The pics are now added. You can click on any of em for a bigger version. Peace.

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We wash the newly minted bunny…

Then did the singin’ and candles…

Then ate the cake. Well, cupcakes…

Then opened presents.

Almost as amusing as Justin’s roaring bunny was poor little
Nickolas. He said the stuffing machine was too loud.

And he spent the entire time they
were making the bears like that.
Too stinkin’ cute!

But, he seemed pleased with the end results.

This has nothing to do with the
party, I just was sitting at the
kitchen table when Courtney
walked up lookin all cute. So,
I took this impromptu window
light portrait. It needs work
but she was still too cute.