Jul
31
Do all toddlers and little kids have big imaginations at times? I think I might remember that Grayson or Ava Clair talked about imaginary friends or people some, Grayson might have talked about dinosaurs that way because he loves them so much. We saw Katelyn at her house right before they moved, then they went on vacation and later she stayed with us a couple of days while they unloaded the moving van. She would walk around quite frequently during the day holding her little hands together out in front of her or clutched up next to her.
Like this:
or this
Most of the time she had Pablo and Tyrone in her hands! I found out from Kathryn that those are 2 characters from the tv show the backyardigans; something we don’t watch regularly at out house but we did save some in the dvr for when the kids visit. They went almost everywhere she went, even the car. She’d put them down to the side while playing or eating but would always come back to get them when she was through. When she went to church with us one sunday she took a butterfly in her hands. Later when Liz was picking her up she went back to the doll stroller to get the butterfly to bring back home with us….where do they come up with these things! I’m not sure she’s doing it as much now, but I haven’t asked to find out if they are still her companions. Maybe it’s a phase kids go in and out of at times; she did start it before we saw her so it wasn’t just being at my house that brought it out! But I did learn who Pablo and Tyrone are, that you have to be careful not to sit on them, and that they can go almost anywhere with you!
July 31st, 2008 at 9:32 am
aw, that is precious! i don’t think my sister or i ever did that but you hear this mor and more!
July 31st, 2008 at 9:45 am
How precious is that? And you have photos that show those tiny little hands… just right! It could be a phase but what a blessing that you were able to be with her and capture it! Memories like that are priceless.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:55 am
Yep, I think that’s a pretty common toddler phase. It was strongest here with Gray, who had 3 imaginary pals, Shenzi, Bonzai, and Ed (not the hyenas from Lion King, but three invisible dinosaurs). They hung around our house for many, many months.
That’s so cool that you got those adorable shots of her with her friends!
July 31st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Oh how sweet!! I don’t think I did this, but I Keilani did something similar to this. She had pretend pets that followed her around the house!
July 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I think it’s very cute! And yes, you would have to be very careful not to leave them behind, leave them out, sit on them, etc.
I have no idea if I did this when I was little, do you remember? You and Suzanne would remember more about my toddler years than I would! 🙂 I know I had a fairly active imagination a little later on, I used to spin long stories in my head, a la Little House on the Prairie. I loved that show and made up stuff about it, playing outside or in my room!
July 31st, 2008 at 7:30 pm
We love the Backyardigans at our house! My Favorite Boy has never been one to pretend, but my Best Girl does all the time. I think it is so cute!
July 31st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Me and Amanda love the backyardigans!
August 1st, 2008 at 9:31 am
Awww…how precious. I love when kids use their imagination. Olyvia has recently started playing with imaginary friends and she just turned two. I wrote a little post about it.
http://thekhajekhronicles.blogspot.com/2008/07/ina-wall.html
She’s come up with alot more friends since I wrote the post. We’ve moved to fairies, sprites, trolls…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
We have Tyrone go with us alot….she is such a cutie Gail.
August 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Both my kids do this and I think it’s so cute…. 🙂
August 1st, 2008 at 11:27 pm
What a sweet post and what sweet pictures! My daughter, now 24 years old, had an imaginary friend. She called her Jolly Jane and she lived in the trees! Oh the sweet innocence of it all!
*smiles*
Kim