Yesterday, with his finger dangerously close to my eye, T said, "I love her green eyes. Hey Oo, I love her green eyes."
To which Oo lovingly responded, "And I love your blue eyes."
Then T said (with his finger again frightfully close to my eyeball), "Yes, I have blue eyes. Her have green eyes... and red."
Darn you, Olympics! Why do you have to be on so late at night?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Imaginary Friends... or Fiends?
When Oo was little-er, her first imaginary friend was Chewbacca. And what a friend he was—always amusing Oo and trying his best to help Oo get her way. (Side note: Oo first saw Chewbacca on an old episode of The Muppet Show starring characters from Star Wars.)
Now that T is of the age of imaginary friends—ack! I still can't believe he's three!—he too has welcomed some rather strange beings into his private inner circle. The first of these is Green Cookie, and then there are the Zoo-Zooms. Unlike Oo's friend Chewbacca, I have no idea from where these creatures came. However, I do know this: their first appearances were in T's nightmares.
After a night of fussing and crying in his sleep, T told me all about a green cookie that walks around the bedroom whenever T can't sleep. The cookie is very, very big, and it has no face—the lack of a face is what scared T the most. After a couple more Green Cookie nightmares, T told me that the cookie was sad because it had no face. And so, T says, he drew eyes, nose and a mouth on the cookie and then the cookie was happy. (Sounds like the little guy is a lucid dreamer like his mom.) I was very proud of him for coming up with his own solution to his fear.
From what I can gather, Green Cookie (who only visits in the middle of the night) and T are now friends, and T will tell me about how silly Green Cookie can be. But Green Cookie is not a friend that I would pick for my child (as if we can pick our children's friends), because sometimes Green Cookie will pay a visit without his face, try to break T's feet, or try to eat T. And then the 2:00am tears start flowing. Yeah, I know. Some friend!
Now, as for the Zoo-Zooms, they introduced themselves in a nightmare but they are around in the day too. T hasn't been able to describe to me what they look like, but I do know that they move around really fast and that they change color from red to blue (a fact that disturbs T a great deal). Sometimes T laughs about "the silly Zoo-Zooms" zipping around really fast, but for the most part they terrorize him. And unlike Green Cookie who never ventures out of T's bedroom, the Zoo-Zooms tend to lurk about the house, usually behind the TV.
Hopefully, T's imagination will cook up some new friends soon—some that are more fun and can kick a big cookie's butt.
Now that T is of the age of imaginary friends—ack! I still can't believe he's three!—he too has welcomed some rather strange beings into his private inner circle. The first of these is Green Cookie, and then there are the Zoo-Zooms. Unlike Oo's friend Chewbacca, I have no idea from where these creatures came. However, I do know this: their first appearances were in T's nightmares.
After a night of fussing and crying in his sleep, T told me all about a green cookie that walks around the bedroom whenever T can't sleep. The cookie is very, very big, and it has no face—the lack of a face is what scared T the most. After a couple more Green Cookie nightmares, T told me that the cookie was sad because it had no face. And so, T says, he drew eyes, nose and a mouth on the cookie and then the cookie was happy. (Sounds like the little guy is a lucid dreamer like his mom.) I was very proud of him for coming up with his own solution to his fear.
From what I can gather, Green Cookie (who only visits in the middle of the night) and T are now friends, and T will tell me about how silly Green Cookie can be. But Green Cookie is not a friend that I would pick for my child (as if we can pick our children's friends), because sometimes Green Cookie will pay a visit without his face, try to break T's feet, or try to eat T. And then the 2:00am tears start flowing. Yeah, I know. Some friend!
Now, as for the Zoo-Zooms, they introduced themselves in a nightmare but they are around in the day too. T hasn't been able to describe to me what they look like, but I do know that they move around really fast and that they change color from red to blue (a fact that disturbs T a great deal). Sometimes T laughs about "the silly Zoo-Zooms" zipping around really fast, but for the most part they terrorize him. And unlike Green Cookie who never ventures out of T's bedroom, the Zoo-Zooms tend to lurk about the house, usually behind the TV.
Hopefully, T's imagination will cook up some new friends soon—some that are more fun and can kick a big cookie's butt.
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