I sat down to do a craft with my girls yesterday just as Jilly, my four-year old, skipped out of the room.
Me: “Where is Jilly going?”
Belly: “Oh, to watch TV with Soup.”
Me: “Soup????”
Belly: “Yeah, it’s her imaginary friend. She has three: Soup, Spoon and Cup.”
Me: “Oh???”
Belly: “The first time I met them, I was like, ‘I’ll bake you some soup’, and Jilly said, ‘NO!’ because that was her friend, so I said, ‘OK, I won’t bake your friend’.
. . .silence. . .
Me: “Jilly’s had many imaginary friends. I don’t think you’ve ever had any.”
Belly: “Oh, I have hundreds of imaginary friends. I just don’t see them very often because they live in California. We write to each other on secret email sometimes.”
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Well, at least you don’t have to worry about them visiting a lot.
Your daughters are brilliant. Especially Jilly who maybe is reading Tom Robbins under the covers at night.
(*Jitterbug Perfume has characters named Can of Beans, Wooden Spoon…)
ROFLMAO. I love it. Very creative, both of them.
That. Is so cute. Both of them. I love imaginary friends.
Luckily, it’s a thread with great tensile strength!
Ahhhh, I read once that imaginary friends are a sign of extreme intelligence….
Secret e-mail? Sign me up!
At least you’re in no danger of every offering to cook up a bunch of Californians…
my kid doesn’t have any imaginary friends, i feel robbed.
What interesting little people you have at your house. And what interesting little people they have at your house, too.
I love that they’re from CA!
Isn’t it so funny to hear what goes through their heads?
Some very creative kids you have! Definitely a sign of intelligence!
Secret email? Imaginary friends? Are you sure she doesn’t already have her own blog?
Signed,
A Figment of Your Imagination.