Invisible Friends

Campbell can entertain herself for hours playing in her room. She takes care of her babies, plays with her dollhouse, plays dress up, goes grocery shopping, does laundry, reads books, the list goes on and on. I can hear her singing and talking the whole time. Recently I went upstairs to check on her and she was deep in conversation with her "friend". They were discussing which shoes to wear with the Little Mermaid dress and it was quite a conversation. I stood outside her room to listen as she tried on each pair and asked Gracie what she thought.
Later that day when we went to run errands, she climbed into the back seat and buckled the seat belt to buckle invisible Gracie in. She consulted Gracie while choosing cereal at the grocery store, took her with us to carpool line, and she even joined us for a bath. She has gone almost everywhere with us for the past couple of weeks. The funny thing is, she really does have a friend named Gracie. It has been almost a year since we have seen her. She is the younger sister of one of Brandt's friends from preschool and since they still live in Dallas, we haven't seen them since moving to Frisco. I can't believe she remembers her after a year.


Campbell and Gracie at Brandt's Tball game last spring