Elliot has been on an imaginary friend kick for awhile now. He has a friend named "Duvvy" (I don't know what he's trying to say, but that's what the name sounds like), who has a cat named Floffy. Recently he told me, after a vague-yet-brief conversation about death, that Duvvy died because he got too old, and so now he will talk specifically about Old Duvvy or New Duvvy.
Anyway, we haven't heard much about either Duvvy lately, but he has some new invisible friends. Elliot has become smitten with our old MST3K tapes -- he doesn't have the slightest idea what's going on, but LOVES the host segments with the 'bots, and also the sequences of opening/closing doors. So now, he hangs out with Tom, Crow, and Joel.
The other night I tucked him into bed, but heard him screwing around up there later so I went up to check on him. He was babbling away, so I opened his door, and instead of brusquely telling him to be quiet as I'm prone to do, I asked, "Hey Elliot, what are you talking about?"
"Oh, hehe, Tom and Crow and Joel are here. I heard them outside, they climbed up the wall with suction cups."
"Oh, okay," I said. "Well, you need to tell your friends it's time to go to sleep."
Elliot leans over and whispers to his trouble-making buddies. He has made them a nest of blankets and pillows at the end of his own bed.
"Goodnight Elliot." I start to slip out the door.
"Mommy? You need to say goodnight to Tom and Crow. And Joel doesn't feel good, you need to give him a kiss and a hug."
Yes, my dreams have come true -- I got to kiss Joel goodnight!
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