Silk and Silky Silky and Baptism, HO!
I spent the weekend in New Jersey with my sister. Her daughter, my niece, is 2 1/2. Niece said something that caught my ear and I asked my sister, “Does she have an imaginary friend?” Turns out she has two and also two imaginary pets. Her friends are named Katcho and Comedy. No lie. I wondered about the pets names.
Random: Do you have a dog?
Niece: Yes.
Random: What’s his name?
Niece: Silk.
*pause*
Random: Do you have a cat?
Niece: Yes.
Random: What’s her name?
Niece: Silky Silky.
*Blink*
I looked at my sister and she rolled her eyes, “We really have no idea how this happened.” My sister imposed a rule that I was not to encourage these imaginary friends. I asked why not. She said she doesn’t want her daughter to be seven years old and saving space at the lunch table for Comedy.
I told my mother that the kids were baptized. My sister asked if she (my mother) was happy about that. I said yes, she was relieved that my sister was no longer raising heathens. My sister said dryly, “Oh yes…they’ve been washed of their Original Sin. I can totally tell.”
heh.
So, the baptism. I didn’t understand a word of it. Okay, that’s not entirely fair but this was a priest whose presence at the church on a Saturday afternoon was paid for with a generous donation to his mission in Sri Lanka. He not only had an accent but he was pretty determined to have this thing over in 15 minutes. I’m pretty sure I denounced or renounced Satan and all his empty promises while also promising to make sure the kids grew up Christian. I figure I’m already in trouble on that one since the first thing I did was ask my niece if Katchoo and Comedy enjoyed the Baptism as well.
Welcome to the family.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Hey, everyone likes a bit of comedy at the lunch table! haha.
So cute…
November 10th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Is your title a nod to Thundercats? Please say yes!
I had an imaginary friend when I was a kid. His name was Peterson. I triple dog dare you to send Christmas gifts to the imaginaries. And don’t forget doggie treats and kitty toys for Silk and Silky Silky.
You can reassure your sister that her daughter will grow out of this. Or, you know, don’t. It might be more fun not to.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Kez – Right? What’s sister so upset about?
November 11th, 2008 at 9:03 am
KT – I wish that I could say yes to the Thundercats question. What part of the title is a reference to Thundercats?
Oh man, if I sent Christmas gifts to the Katchoo and Comedy, hell will break loose. I told my sister she’d grow out of it, too.
But who knows? Maybe I’ll be going to their high school graduation.
November 11th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Thundercats, HO!
If she doesn’t grow out of it, she’s tremendously gifted…or schizophrenic.
Maybe you should just *threaten* your sister with Christmas gifts for Katchoo & Co.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
What’s odd about reading this whole thing is that the first question that popped into my mind was if Katchoo and Comedy were Baptized as well? Heh.
Cole had imaginary friends for a short bit when he was a kid. He called them the “matend people”. At that age, he stuck “ma” at the front of everything. So instead of Nintendo, it was “matendo”. Anyhow, you get the idea. Cole said they lived at the park. That’s kinda freaky. Glad he grew out of that.
Speaking of imaginary friends, you should watch The Orphanage – http://www.theorphanagemovie.com/
November 13th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Cole also said “matato” and “maputer” for potato and computer. Weird the things kids will do.
His pretend friends lived at the fairgrounds and apparently there were lots of them. Sounds like a fun place to live if you ask me
it only would have been better if your niece’s other friend was “Tragedy.”
November 13th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
My oldest is Uber literal. Her best buddy had an imaginary friend named Pegasus when she was four.
Friend: “Sammy… Sammy… do you see my friend over there? Her name is Pegasus!”
Daughter: “uhh, no Anna, that’s a tree”
Later that night before bed Daughter asks me: “mommy, do you know that Anna see’s things that aren’t there? Is that okay?” LMAO.
I tried to explain about imagination, and all that, but my uber literal miss just rolled her eyes, said “If you say so mommy”, and went to sleep.
Your niece sounds hysterical, what a cool kid.
November 14th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
That’s so cute! My husband and I had a laugh about those names! Elsa has three pretend animal friends….Shiny, Buckles, and Texy.