We have a sweet dear neighbor-friend who lives next door. She is sweet and adorable and a little sassy to boot. She’s almost four. Which just shocks me. Our neighbor-friend Steph (the mom) was pregnant with Real-Sadie when J & I were married and bought our house. It’s been a wonderful blessing to watch Real-Sadie grow. And it’s been a blessing to watch Big Sister and Real-Sadie’s friendship grow.

Big Sister loves Real-Sadie so much that we now have a Pretend-Sadie in our house. Pretend Sadie needs real food on real plates, real chocolate milk in real cups and even real baths. Pretend-Sadie doesn’t have a job to help out with the real food she’s eating and the real water she’s bathing in, so Pretend-Sadie doesn’t get those things. My very real two year old thinks the world is ending when I have to send Pretend-Sadie home for a nap. She will stand at our dining room windows and cry, “Sadie, com back! Come BACK!!” for twenty full minutes. Pretend-Sadie often gives me headaches. And I never knew a pretend friend could get so many time outs.

Pretend Sadie also takes lots of naps and gets in trouble when she gets out of bed.

Basically, my very real two year old talks to Pretend Sadie the way I talk to Big Sister. This has been a very real eye opener.

But seriously, if you had a friend who looked like this, wouldn’t you want to pretend she were here all day, every day, too?

Posted: 07|22|08 at 1:13 pm. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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