A New Member of the Family
A new member of the family arrived for breakfast this morning. I watched Anna pour her cereal in a pink bowl (her favorite color.) And then I watched her pour another bowl of cereal in a blue bowl. (I know. Kind of interesting that she gets her own breakfast.) Next she carefully placed the blue bowl at the empty place beside her and started to eat. She looked up at me and explained, matter of factly, "This one's for Percy."
Percy?
While I did her hair she told me that Percy didn't like scary books. She read him one in the library this morning and he put his head on her shoulder and cried.
When I was emptying the dishwasher, Anna announced that she was going to go play Barbies with Percy. After a few minutes she returned and asked if she and Percy could have a drink. I handed a cup to her and a cup to Percy. "Mom," she said a little frustrated with me, "he's over here." I quickly moved the cup to the other side of the counter.
Sarah used to have an imaginary friend too. His name was Abee (sp?). He was very kind and very funny, but never showed up at the breakfast table. When Sarah turned four, she informed us that Abee was coming to her birthday party. We were all excited to finally meet him--but unfortunately, as she explained to us later, "He had to go out of town."
Soooo--this is kind of exciting to have Percy right here in the kitchen. Anna left me in charge of Percy while she's in preschool. In fact, he's here right now. Helping me write this post. Or wait, maybe I'm sitting on him. Good thing Anna will be home in an hour. She'll get it all straightened out.
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