Dynit

I don't know if this is normal, this is a new one for me.

Have any of your children ever had imaginary friends?

Ones that have been their friend for at least 6 months?

Ones that do bad things on occasion?

Nathan has a friend named Dynit. You know, Dynit as in Dynamite?

Dynit has been part of Nathan's world for quite some time. He talks about him on a daily basis. Dynit is always involved in adventures, good and bad. Dynit even has a family. A brother named Darn-it. Sometimes a dad.

Seriously? Where does Nathan come up with these things?

I can't even remember what Dynit did today, but it was something with his brother, Darn-it. And they went somewhere and made all these weird noises and had all these really cool moves.

Dynit used to do really bad things. Everything Nathan ever imagined doing that was bad he would tell us that Dynit had really done it. I finally told Nathan that he needed to get a new friend because Dynit was such a bad example and was not a good person to be around.

That seemed to work. Now Dynit is just a really cool adventurous friend. But a friend that sometimes I think Nathan believes really exists.

I guess he kind of does exist because the name Dynit has become a regular in our home. It doesn't even seem strange to talk about Dynit because he is brought up so frequently.

Just wondering if this was normal. I guess it doesn't matter because it is normal for Nathan.

Dynit. Where'd he come up with that name?