"Booth, what are you doing?" Brennan stood looking out the door as Booth moved quietly around their yard.
"It's Easter Sunday….I'm hiding eggs from the Easter Bunny for Christine and Joey to find."
"Don't you think it will be confusing for them mixing your religious ideas about dead people coming back to life with stories of rabbits bringing eggs? A rabbit delivering eggs is very unnatural. How would rabbits get eggs? Most mammals don't even lay eggs. If anything, it should be an Easter chicken."
"What? Chicken?! Look, it's a kid thing, alright? The kids will love it. And they'll get to practice making observations while looking for eggs. That's a good science skill, you know."
"Really, Booth, it's quite ridiculous to think that looking for Easter eggs is scientific. "
"So when you look for clues on a body, how is that different than looking for Easter eggs? They're both hidden things that have to be looked for carefully. Besides, the eggs have candy in them. So that's even better than looking for clues on a body."
"I suppose confusing our children with stories about rabbits and eggs as part of the holiday ritual is acceptable. Just don't ask me to encourage them to look for eggs."
"Well, Bones, that's too bad, because I hid an egg out here for you, and the treat inside isn't exactly candy."
"What?"
"Yeah, it's something pretty, but if you really don't want to look for it, that's okay."
"Booth!"
Don't worry about it…..I'm sure you wouldn't like anything a rabbit might bring you anyway. The kids and I will be fine looking for eggs by ourselves."
"Perhaps I should participate in this ritual to make sure our children understand that rabbits don't really bring eggs…."
"And to encourage their observation skills, right?"
"Of course."