Imaginary friends

I was thinking one morning about all the imaginary friends we've been introduced to through the years. Some have stuck around for a day or two and others have almost become part of our family.

 Our first real foray into the world of imaginary friends came when The Author was in preschool. She introduced us to Maybedee.  Maybedee did everything a year or so ahead of The Author. She was in kindergarten and got to do lots of fun things at the Urban Sea School. These adventures were usually shared with us in a great amount of detail. For a while, we were treated to daily renditions of how Maybedee spent her time and the vacations and adventures she had. But, like all imaginary friends, she eventually disappeared. Who knows, maybe she'll pop up in a children's book series some day.

About this same time, The Artist got a little bobble-head dalmation as a prize for a reading contest in first grade.  While this wasn't technically an imaginary friend, she left specific instructions for the dog's care and feeding while she was at school.  I've preserved her original spelling and punctuation.

dish is in geroge door.

Brafest at 1: AM

     Dogie walvles

     Water

Lunch at 10: pm

     Dogie sandwich's

     Water

Dinner at 12 11: pm

     Dogie lisanya

     Water

Desert at 13: at night

     Dogie Ice cream

The next imaginary friend to stay a while was Porky. Porky was a porcupine and a friend to Mr. Adventure. Porky popped up every now and then, but the most memorable adventure with Porky was his funeral. One day we were driving and saw a heap of porcupine roadkill along the side of the road. Mr. Adventure informed us that this was Porky and we needed to hold a funeral. He wrote out exactly what food should be served:

Breakfast: Banana deluxe miracle pancakes with whipped cream and hot cocoa

Lunch: Bambinos, fruit salad, and Sprite Up (7-Up plus Sprite)

Dinner: Diner Dash tacos, root beer, nuclear dino eggs, and beef jerky

Desserts: Trash cake (gummy worms MUST be included, must be baked in a 4x4 or 6x6 pan) dessert pizza, and candy land surprize!

Little Miss Sunshine also added to the imaginary porcupine family with Porcalina, and while she popped up from time to time, she didn't stick around much after Porky's funeral.

It had been a while since we've had any imaginary friends stop by.  However, for the past few months Princess has been talking about her friends from Leaf Town.  She will throw these friends into her conversations and toss in snippets like, "Oh, I did that with my other sister at Leaf Town."  One day she told me that Leaf gave her a silver guitar for her birthday and she will get to bring it to our house and then she can rock out.  It will be interesting to see how long her Leaf Town friends stick around.

 

Have you had imaginary friends visit your house?  What kind of adventures have they had?