Trio's Imagination

So I'm pretty positive Trio has imaginary friends. Yes friends---I would think it's one except he usually says "guys" which does imply plural. And if he doesn't have imaginary friends then he has a hell of on imagination. ^_^

Take this for example--he's taking to carrying around the four pieces from Candyland (his men is what he calls them). The other day we went to the library because a book I put on reserve came in and I went to pick it up and I told him he had to leave his men in the car because I didn't want to risk the meltdown if we lost them. We get the books and head back to the car and he grabs all his men and says four times "You're back!!". The last one was in a deep growling voice so at first I was taken aback like "What the heck?" and then I realized he was giving them voices and talking for them because after that he replied "I'm back guys!" I was like Oh okay that's what we're doing.

Then the other day we were sitting on the recliner when it was out and he turned to his left and said "Psst....let's tickle Mommy". And I was like "Who are you talking to?" in my head before the Trio Tickle Monster attacked me. So yeah, pretty sure he has some imaginary friends floating around here.

Which I don't mind. I think most parents do because they think it's the sign of a loner and a kid who can't play with others which is not the case with Trio. He can play fine with other kids and I'm okay with his imaginary friends unless they refuse to stop playing with him (then I'd worry). But I seriously love his active imagination because that means he can entertain himself. I always played "pretend" when I was his age and it was my favorite game. One thing I dislike about most kids today is they can't entertain themselves for anything. If they do not have a DS, Wii, or some other kind of gaming device in front of them they walk around moaning "I'm bored!!" But Trio...while he does like his TV and his DS and Mobi, he can always play with his toys and come up with his own game. Everyone who watches him play for an extended amount of time always comments "I just want like 10 minutes in his head to know what he's thinking" and I'm the same way. So I don't mind imaginary friends at all....as long as they don't start telling him to do acts of violence. Then we may need an intervention.