I had nine kids in the car on the way to Golda and Ruby's choir concert. Two were dressed to perform, in black pants and white shirts. Three of them were wearing an assortment of clothing that they perceived as being appropriate if they were going to karate, topped off by orange leg warmers worn around their waists as karate belts. (Scott generously used the word interesting.) Three of the kids were invisible and imaginary, and one of them didn't even get in the car until we were halfway there.
Freestone has an imaginary friend named Emma Dopp who has been living on his ceiling fan for several years. If I ask too many questions about her, he always sighs and says, "Mom, she's imaginary." Not to be outdone, Ari invented a friend named Sarah and Jake invented one "with my same name." Tonight, Freestone forgot to invite Emma to the concert, which he realized when we were already on the road. Always helpful, Jake said, "I have an imaginary phone. Do you want to borrow it?" Perfect for calling an imaginary friend. Free called Emma and, after a lengthy conversation where Freestone tried to explain to Emma what a choir concert is, she was there in a jiffy.
At the 25 cent ice cream place afterwards, the imaginary friends did OK with their cones. Emma is very tidy. Freestone, on the other hand, thought his cone might double as a light saber. Nope. That was the first splat. Immediately after, Ari's "elbow slipped" and her cone fell on the floor too. Xanthe didn't do much better. She must have rubbed the cone all over her shirt. Then she tried to set it on the table. When it fell, she tried to wipe it off with a napkin, which got stuck to the ice cream, then her tongue. With ice cream up to her eyebrows, she looked at me and said, "Mom, YOU messy!" I think that's the same logic as when Golda picked her up and she said, "You too heavy, Doda!"
Next time, I think we might take just the imaginary kids. They don't need car seats, they're quiet during concerts and they don't drop their ice cream on the floor. They're definitely not as cute, though, or as funny. Or maybe they are, I don't know. They're invisible.
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THis is definitely a classic!
25 cent ice cream place?! Do tell!
Just desserts on Monday nights. It's great! And they have frozen chocolate covered bananas for 89 cents.
I love "Just Desserts", we always stop there when we walk to the Kaysville Theater for a movie. For a lot cheaper than the "regular" movie, we do ice cream, a movie, 2 drinks and share pop corn. :)
This does explain a conversation Jake, and I had last night. I found my old cell phone (the one I replaced last week) so we now have 2 cells phones. Jake told me he needed one of them in case Freestone needs to call someone in the car. I asked why Freestone needs to call someone in the car and Jake said "sometimes when we forget someone". I'm imagining Freestone in the back of the car calling Ruby to let her know you were on your way. :)
So cute!
Pretty funny stuff! I love how you encourage your children's imaginations instead of ignoring them. Xanthe's logic sounds perfect for a three-year-old. Oh yeah, and who needs a real cell phone if Jake will loan his.
That's Emma Hatch too! Emma, your hair is so long...McDonalds close to us does .25 cones which is good because the courtesy cones from Arctic circle isn't quite cutting if for the over 4 crowd.
Love it!
I've been stalking and not commenting for a while...
Great postings, you keep up on it so well. Love the imaginary friends and the handy phone.
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