invisible

So Sullivan has two imaginary friends. He is the first of our babies to have imaginary slash invisible friends. I, myself, remember having an imaginary Cocker Spaniel puppy named Muffin when I was little. I wanted a dog more than anything, but our apartment living prohibited pets. It is funny now because I am not an animal lover, so much.

We first met “Joanie” last Friday. Sullivan was driving around the yard on his four wheeler while the mister and I tended to the garden and hung clothes on the line. My overalls were at the cleaners or I would have been wearing them, I am sure. Sullivan drove up to me and told me that Joanie had a pink four wheeler and she drove with him on the nature walk (a cleared path near the edge of our property line) and that she liked lady bugs. Joanie seems nice enough if you ask me. I have not met her parents yet.

Today Sullivan introduced me to “Coach Sally” when he asked to play naked baseball on my bed. For the record, he was nakey nakes because he had just taken a bath, not because I am a permissive parent or am overwhelmed with laundry and force the babies to have naked time and save clothes for special occasions. Coach Sally likes baseball but not football and she likes to use shirts as baseballs and train track pieces as bats. I have mixed feelings on Coach Sally. I am not very athletic and feel slightly threatened by her presence. I should get over it, I suppose. 

There you have it. Please welcome Joanie and Coach Sally to the Ochs crew. Now I have to make even more PBJs and fill more juice cups to keep the crowd controlled. And I have heard that grass stains are a beast to get out of baseball uniforms so I hope Coach Sally keeps the slides into base to a minimum.