The Year of The Bunny and why Princess Mary loves me...Bad Bunny!

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From the office of Bad Bunny's "people"

To all of my loyal and admiring followers I apologise for my lack of public appearances so far this year. I know I have left a great deal of you sad and lonely and for that I am truly sorry.

Ever since my friends in China decided to dedicate a year to me I have not stopped. The Year of The Bunny, aka me, has left my writing paw sore and tired as I have had many official appointments as the face of China for 2011.

The good news is that I now have "people". Said "people" do things for me like dealing with my fan mail and explaining to shop owners why I had to commandeer the store PA to announce my arrival....the people needed to know that I had arrived and sometimes you just have to do things yourself if you want them done properly.

Nanny Pickle said that all of the attention has gone to my head but the only thing that has gone to my head is this lovely crown that I am wearing. I made it myself using Au Pair Shannon's hot glue gun....which is now permanently stuck to the floor of The Nursery. Did you know that if you hold the trigger long enough all of the glue comes out? I figured I was helping as at least now Au Pair Shannon knows where it is.

Anyway, the reason for the crown is that I am now friends with HRH Princess Mary and Prince Frederick of Denmark. They obviously have The Year of the Bunny in Denmark and have been able to relate to the pressures of being in the public eye.

I know that Oprah and I are friends but I feel that Their Royal Highnessess understand the demands placed upon me more. After all, they are royalty.

You see, the Au Pairs had sent a wee parcel to their new born twins which contained various items featuring me...Bad Bunny! Obviously, they had their people research who I was and upon the realisation that I am indeed one of "them" their people in turn sent me this lovely card.

Of course, this will be followed up by something a little more personal but when you are royalty you have to be careful not  to be too familiar.

I am off now to brief my "people" as to what I would like for lunch...all of these public engagements make a Bunny hungry.

Lots of luff,

HRH Bad Bunny

An Ode to Au Pair Shannon by Au Pair Jennine

Au Pair Shannon is the design genius behind Nanny Pickle. Au Pair Shannon actually gave "birth" to Nanny Pickle...the brand, not the person. Being relatively reclusive when it comes to social media and marketing, we, The Nursery Staff, thought it a good idea to shed some light on this very talented lady...

1. Au Pair Shannon is a very well read lady. She knows her ampersand from her Oxford comma and heaven help you if you make a spelling mistake. Although she tries not to show it, she finds poor grammar to be as excruciatingly painful as putting on a bike helmet full of bees.
2. Au Pair Shannon has won many an award for her graphic design work but still doubts her abilities. We are hoping that she overcomes this self doubt now that her beautiful designs are to be distributed over Europe.
3. Au Pair Shannon loves to tell people that she is more like Nanny Pickle than anyone else in The Nursery. Little do people know that she once wore blue eye shadow as blush in the late 80's...something I am sure Nanny would never have done.
4. Au Pair Shannon is so very tidy...so very, very tidy. Although she never says anything I am sure she shudders at the sight of my desk with all of it's paper piled up as if I am attempting to build a to scale model of The Leaning Tower of Pisa. Not to mention the plethora of cords and plain old general mess that my office seems to magically breed. Of course, Au Pair Shannon's desk is spotless and does not even have a pen holder over flowing with 100 pens that do not work. Instead she keeps one pen, in working order,  and a small pencil case concealed in her top drawer.
5. Au Pair Shannon can not walk around The Nursery without shoes on. She can not tolerate, even for a moment, the feeling of dirt under her feet....yet she loves the beach. We fear this may have come from the time Bad Bunny carpeted her office in fairy floss that he had saved up from the local Spring Fair.
6. Au Pair Shannon is a very good cook. The yummiest thing she has ever made for me (and there has been many a delectable morsel prepared and consumed) was a divine meal of Bangalow Pork done with stuffed peaches. If someone asked me what my top ten meals of all time were this one would rate right up there.
7. Au Pair Shannon is very kind and generous and although she says she is not good with people in general, I feel that this is just code for not wanting to draw attention to herself.
8.  Au Pair Shannon's dream job would be to be a yoga instructor. She is a very bendy and fit type of person. I once saw a surfing and yoga safari holiday for ladies advertised. Excitedly I told her all about it. Her reply "Do you not think we spend enough time together?" To which we both laughed raucously out loud to. We do spend a great deal of time together and then when we are not in the same room,  we are generally on the phone to each other.
9. Au Pair Shannon loves talk back radio...just like my Mum did. I am very glad she has her own design studio.
10. Au Pair Shannon is a very good singer. Click here to experience for yourself.

  Fig 1: Au Pair Shannon in her natural state.

PS: We were going to write the above as rhyming prose but we could not find a word that rhymed with yoga...there is of course toga but we were banned from revealing Au Pair Shannon's antics at her Art School's orientation week when she was a graphic design student.

Nanny Pickle on the importance of etiquette.

Nanny Pickle is a woman of high morals and ethics. She is firm but fair and in her eyes the world would be a better place if people just showed some plain old fashioned good manners. 

She is also a firm believer in the inherent (if oft hidden) goodness of Bad Bunny. She truly believes nurturing and discipline will result in a Bunny of the highest calibre.

Although frustrating at times, and a true test of her patience, Nanny appreciates that Bad Bunny’s mischief is purely a result of a creative imagination. According to Nanny, said creative imagination is something to be encouraged, for no great thinkers or artists ever developed as a result of a stagnant mind.

On the other hand, despite the fact it is important to develop imagination and creativity in young charges, it is also just as important to set boundaries and strictures to develop a rounded and compassionate Bunny, with the necessary social refinements to engage with Bunnies across all cultures and backgrounds.

And so Nanny Pickle and her trusted Au Pairs work tirelessly to instill in Bad Bunny the finer points of social etiquette. Whether it be curtailing his natural ability to ‘pop off’ at the most inopportune times, namely on the tram as he accompanies Nanny on her way to the market, or his delight in blowing raspberries while still masticating his morning porridge, the Au Pairs and Nanny correct, cajole and coax Bad Bunny to find the necessary refinement to curb his enthusiasm for all things disgraceful. 

To make your life with your Bunny sans social faux pas, Nanny Pickle has designed the gorgeous Signature Flocking Collection of infantwear featuring all a Nanny, or indeed, a Mummy needs know to steer her charge in the direction of plain old fashioned good manners. Because, as everyone possessing any politesse knows: "One never eats soup with one’s hands".