She looked at me and said, "I think the Easter Bunny is actually my parents." So there it is. The gig is up. Our Easter Bunny sham lasted only 4 years, or maybe actually 3. I asked her why she thought this and she explained how she was looking through my stuff and found the toys and candy that later were in her Easter Basket.
"Well, maybe mommy is the Easter Bunny for everyone," I teased. "No," said Rowan thoughtfully, "everyone's parent's pretend to be the Easter Bunny."
I am proud that she is using abductive reasoning. She is reaching conclusions based on her observations and using logic, instead of taking her parent's word for it, ie "argument from authority." Believing something is true simply because an authority figure tells you it is true is a logical fallacy and yet we've all done it at some point.
I'm proud of Rowan for questioning, using her own logic and reasoning, and coming to logical conclusions on her own. It is funny that she took so many months to tell me that she knew. I wonder if children sometimes want to protect their parents from the real world and keep the magic of childhood alive longer just as parents try to prolong childhood for their children. I asked her if it was still fun to pretend there is an Easter Bunny, "yes, it is fun to pretend." she said.
