For years now, my boys have enjoyed their friends, Zack, Taylor and Cody.
Great kids, these friends. Polite, undemanding, quiet, everything you could want in friends for your kids.
You can see pictures of them here:
Here you can see Zack, Taylor and Cody with my four boys.
Here they all are building a snowman.
And, here’s one of my favorites at Asa’s birthday party.
What? Their pictures are not showing up on your computer? Huh. Maybe something’s wrong with your computer.
Or, maybe you can’t see them because they are IMAGINARY friends!
Like my kids don’t have enough companionship with each other and all of their REAL friends! Nope, we have to have imaginary companions.
Now, for the most part, I don’t have a problem with Zack, Taylor and Cody. If my boys ask if Z, T, and C can come over for dinner (just as I’m pulling dinner out of the oven), I’m happy to say, “Sure! I have plenty.” If they want to invite them for a sleepover, “No problem, as long as they clean up after themselves and are gone by 10:00 tomorrow morning.” Can they go with us to the library? “Sure, as long as they buckle up.”
But recently, we’ve encountered a few issues.
Yesterday, I heard noise coming from upstairs, which started out loud and then escalated into FRANTIC! So, I went running, only to discover Elias on a pretend cell phone making a pretend phone call to Taylor (who is of course, also pretend) and Justus was freaking out because he really needed to get ahold of Zack and calling Taylor to get ahold of Zack wouldn’t work because, according to Justus, Zack and Taylor are NOT brothers. But according to Elias, they certainly are brothers! (you have GOT to be kidding me!)
Today, the same loud to FRANTIC noise happened and I jogged (I did not run this time) up to see what was going on. Apparently, Taylor and Cody were about to have a wrestling match and Justus and Elias completely disagreed about the outcome of the match. Completely disagreed, I’m telling you.
Wow. So, having imaginary friends is one thing, but when they are shared among brothers I’m just not sure about all of the logistics.
I’m thinking about grounding Zack, Taylor and Cody for a while. Because all three of them were throwing snow balls at my van last week and that is uncalled for. (Hey, if they can make it up, so can I.)
That was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard/read from you!
I kind of miss “Bah” and “Tall”, Samuel’s two imaginary friends from about two years ago. So far, lil Allan hasn’t introduced us to anybody, except recently he and Samuel keep running away from somebody named “The Watcher”. He makes them scream in terror…and they have to run all over AWAY from this creature/person. I think I’d choose Z, T, and C any day! (But feel free to keep ’em at your house). :-)
Umm, when I send postcards to all the boys, do I need to send to Zack, Taylor and Cody too? Or do they live somewhere else?
I’m reminded of my friend’s imaginary friend who slept is his sock drawer. The problem for his mother came when she put away his laundry and closed the drawer. Yikes! His friend couldn’t breath!
And then of course, there were the imaginary puppies…. Another story for another day.
I enjoyed your website and blog!!! What great ideas you have!! It must be interesting raising 4 boys…we have 2 girls and 2 boys, and my 2 boys keep me on top of things!!!!
Have a blessed day!!
Thanks – thats given me quite a giggle.