This may come as a surprise to many of you, but we have a new family member living in our house -until the summer. This weekend, Anna announced that her 'friend' Lizzie would be living with us until the summer -her mom said it would be okay Anna claims. The girls had their first sleepover Saturday night and true to nature, Anna was up with her until 9:30 on Saturday evening. You could hear her giggling and talking in her room. We've had to set a table setting for Lizzie, buckle Lizzie in the car, brush her teeth and even lay out her clothes. Its so funny because as soon as Anna wakes up, you can hear her say on the monitor "Good Morning Lizzie, How did you sleep?" Its like she's really in there -even after a good twelve hour sleep, Anna doesn't forget about her new little buddy. This morning I cracked up because I could hear Anna on the monitor telling Lizzie the following:
"Lizzie, last night my Mommy made me sit on the naughty chair because I wouldn't eat any of my lasagna. I cried a lot. And then my Mommy made you leave. I'm sorry Lizzie that you had to stay outside the door all night ...in the cold weather." I'll finish this post by saying that I have done a lot of research about imaginary friends over the last few days because I'm not sure how I'm supposed to handle this as a parent. I will say that the research states that children who have imaginary friends are extremlely well adjusted and have a great sense of imagination -and I thought she had a split personality starting!
Monday, November 17, 2008
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Noelle has had 2 imaginary friends for over a year - T and Michael. They are based on actual people who attend our church. T, short for Thomas, is 18 and Michael is his younger brother who is 14. I'm not sure why she's taken such a liking to them but not a day has gone by in the past year that I have not heard about T or Michael. Even their parents "visit" us sometimes. I'm glad to hear your research claims our kids are just fine.
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