Bob and Stripey

Spencer is my first little boy, so all this boy stuff is new to me. Spencer found some long lost toys in the animal bucket. We have had these toys since probably before we had children. Something between these lizards and Spencer clicked. He named them Bob and Stripey, and they went EVERYWHERE with him. To the bathroom, slept in his bed with him, he carried them around in his little hands everywhere, even to the neighbors house. Did I mention they went EVERYWHERE with him? I was amazed he didn't loose them. And when with Bob or Stipey was misplaced, we had to go on the hunt and find them FAST or Spencer lost control. One day he was at my friends house being watched and he lost Bob. Thankfully Jana had a lizard that was very similar, named Herbert, who was able to take Bob's place until Jana found him the next morning.

And sometimes I wonder if Spencer thinks Bob and Stripey are real. He has me feel their soft belly. He tells me they like to be rubbed like this . . . One day he came up to me and said, "Mom, I think Bob wants me to let him go. I'm going to let him go." So, Spencer opened up the back door, set Bob on the patio, and came back inside and told me he let Bob go. Later, as I tucked Spencer into bed, I saw he had Bob in his favorite spot, clutched in his hand.

I think Spencer discovered Bob and Stripey back in the beginning of September. He somehow managed to loose Bob about two weeks ago, but replaced him with Sunny, a yellow lizard. Spencer has also taken a liking to Soft Shell, a little soft shelled turtle that he got as a prize at the dentist.

I sure love that little boy and his cute imagination. He pointed out that Sunny's tail makes a "s", just like Spencer starts with "s". He was excited that Sunny would do that with his tail for him.