MEET MY THIRD CHILD...JEFFIN!

for those of you that don't know, mikey has an imaginary friend named jeffin. why is he named jeffin you ask? well, my brother buddy has a friend named jeff. when my mom would mention the two of them she would say "jeff and buddy" and mikey just kind of put "jeff" & "and" together and you get "jeffin".

now lemme tell you a lil bit about jeffin. he is usually the one who writes on mikey's toys with marker, the one who makes mikey's room the mess it always is (or any mess for that matter), and the one who keeps my lil bug occupied on a regular basis. jeffin has been known to see in the trunk part of my car (suv), goes to work at night, and shares secrets with mikey. mikey and jeffin are the bestest of friends.

however, this past friday, while i was at home busy cleaning up for mikey's bday party, mikey had been playing in his room (with jeffin). he came into the living room, tears welled up in his eyes. i asked him what was wrong and he said "jeffin called me a big baby!". i had to bite my lip to keep from bustin' out laughin'. i asked mikey if he told jeffin that that was not a nice thing to say and he said yes and then went back into his room.

so you see, having jeffin around is like having a third child. he makes a mess, gets in arguments with my other child, and likes to use my walls and such for an art pad. jeffin is lucky...he nevers gets to go in time out but then again, he never gets any of mommy's loving either ;)

***oh i had to come home and add more to this post...while on our way home, my mom called and told me that mikey has been sleeping in her bedroom to take his nap once he gets there after school. well, after we left her house, she had to go to the "lil girls room" and when she walked in, she thought she entered a winter wonderland. she said there was baby powder everywhere!!! while i was on the phone with her, i asked mikey if he used nonna's bathroom. at first he fibbed and said no. then he said yes and i asked him if he got into the baby powder. he said, "i didn't do it" when i asked him who did, he said "jeffin did it"

here's a pic of mikey and jeffin :)