Our dear Friend Kelly!

Kate has made a new friend. Her name is Kelly and she loves to spend time at our house. Kate plays with her all the time and she truly cares about her. She has slept over many times already and has also gone on road trips with us. Where did we meet such a great friend? What a good question! Kelly appeared at our house one day. I am actually waiting to still see her because yep, you guessed it, Kelly is Kate's imaginary friend. Kelly comes everywhere with us. One day last week we were going to the store and Kate wanted to take Kelly. I told her fine. I try not to respond too much to all of this. She buckles Kelly in and we are off. We are in the aisles of Target, because we go there all the time, and Kate is skipping down the aisle with her arm stretched out holding "Kelly's" hand. She is laughing and talking to her like she is right there. I know, creepy! On our way home from the store Kate fell asleep and went to bed for the night. At 1:00am I hear crying coming from her room. I go in and see her sitting on her bed. I am thinking, poor baby she had a bad dream. She then says hysterically crying, "Mom, I left Kelly in the car!" Oh my! So yes, you guessed it we had to go out to the car and get Kelly. Mind you it is freezing outside, but rather not fight the battle of a lifetime so I go get "her" from the car and Kate is happy as ever. She apologizes to Kelly and then proceeds to tell me that Kelly is going to sleep on the top bunk. Whatever! At this point I just want to go to bed!

So I am not sure if I am supposed to find all of this cute or if this is supposed to creep me out! Because to be truthful it does. I know she is only 4 and it is normal, but going out in the middle of the night to get her friend out of the car, come on!