I know it has been over a month since I last updated. Seriously, I understand why people stop blogging when their second baby is born! I am resolving to do better, and I do have things to post!
Ryan has an imaginary friend. He calls her, "Pretend Madison" but it is just Madison as of late. I think this is to differentiate her from Cousin Madison, Church Madison and Friend or Neighbor Madison. (And yes, he does use the labels when he talks about or to them!) So, Madison (of the imaginary variety) has joined our household. Seriously, if I could figure out how to evict an imaginary friend, I would do it! She is naughty and is always doing bad things. And I'm sure a psychologist could tell me why, but right now, I just have to deal. I used to tell Ryan that she had to go home if she was naughty, but he informed me this past week that she lives with us. Great...
Madison was hitting Ryan and Nicholas on the car ride home the other day. I told her that she would have to be in time out when she got home. Then, she hit me. I had to tell Madison that if she hit again, I was going to pull the car over and give her a spanking. She didn't hit anymore--thank goodness. I was not sure what I really would have done if she had. How do you spank an imaginary child??
And talk about feeling like you are going crazy! When did I start having to discipline imaginary children??
The next day, Madison hit Ryan before we had even pulled out of the driveway. I told her that she couldn't go with us and opened my door and let her out. (Ryan told me that she got out). Then, while we were running errands, Ryan started to say something to Madison. Then, he said, "Oh, yeah. She's not here, we left her at home!" So, he pretended to call her on his "cell phone."
That evening, Ryan wanted me to give Madison dinner. So, I waved my hand around and pretended to fix a plate. I handed the pretend plate to Ryan and he handed it back and said, "Madison is allergic to spaghetti." I told Ryan that he had to fix her dinner then!
I love his creativity and imagination. I love his pretend games and how fun he is. I do not love Pretend Madison. I suppose it is a package deal, but I've got to get that imaginary friend to start behaving! (Like I don't have enough trouble getting my real child to behave, now I have pretend children to parent also??) Any ideas on how to make pretend children follow the house rules??
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Enter: The Imaginary Friend
Posted by Char at 6:47 PM
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We have 2 imaginary friends that have been with us for about 2 years. They were originally Jenna's friends, but Jocelyn has adopted them as her own, and now the 4 of them play together. Their names: Bouda and Gosha. Yes, very imaginary if you ask me. When they do naughty things, I try not to play along with it and encourage it. I just say, "that's silly" or something like that to downplay it. Overall, they are all good friends and behave nicely together (in an imaginary way) :)
Our youngest has an imaginary younger sister named "Selena." It gets awkward when she tells people (strangers) that we left little Selina at home because she is sick. We have good cover stories in place like "ohh that's not true, we just don't love her much. No she is pretend." As for how to get rid of one, No idea, but we will check back in to see if anybody else knows a way. Maybe it has to do with having more kids.
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