::Serendipity::

Xander's Invisible Friend ________________________________________________________________

The other night, Michael and I were sitting on the couch. I can't remember if we were talking or watching something on TV. We so rarely do that together. Watch TV, that is. Oh, I watch plenty (probably too much) with Riley, but he and I rarely watch much together just the two of us. Juuust the two of us. We can make it if we tryyyy. Just the two of us. Building castles in the skyyyyy....Did I just burst into song? Not only am I completely off topic, but now I'm spontaneously singing. I really need a nap. Or a vacation. Preferably both.

Anyway! Before I so rudely interrupted myself... It was dark outside. It's getting dark earlier now. Around 10:45 or so. I heard Xander wake up upstairs and start calling for me. So I went up to see him and it seemed like he needed a diaper change. I took care of business and then he snuggled with Daddy for a while because Xander is so completely cute and irresistible. It was virtually impossible to take him straight to bed. Then Xander starts talking to the window. He gets up and walks over and climbs up the couch and starts pointing outside talking a mile a minute. "Hi guy. Guy! Hi. Hi. Hi guy. Mom, guy, outside! Look! Guy!" He calls his siblings as a group "guys" so I didn't think too much of it. I thought he probably wanted to go outside and play with the guys tomorrow. I told him the guys were upstairs asleep and he needed to go to bed too. "No, Mommy. Guy. Guy! Outside!" I repeated myself and told him the guys weren't outside.

A few moments pass. Then he points to the other window in the dining room. "Mommy! There's guy! Guy! Hi, guy! Hi!" I look at Michael. He looks at me. This is a little odd. It's as if he sees someone outside. I look out, but I don't see anything. It's pretty dark though. "Mommy! See the guy? Hi, guy!" EEEK. That's just weird. The dark always creeps me out though. The back of our house where the living room and dining room are is settled back in the woods. There are trees all around us and I admit to getting freaked out when I'm by myself at night.

Xander kept at it. Next he points to the bedroom window. "Guy, Mommy! Guy's outside!" I tell him again that everyone is in bed. No one is outside. "Mommy. Guy outside. Guy's outside, Mommy! Guy! Hi, guy!" He's so emphatic about it. It's as if someone were walking around the outside of the house. Someone only Xander could see. I know. It sounds crazy. Silly. Ridiculous. And it's hard to explain how certain he was that someone was outside. It was just... weird.

Now we all have a standing joke about Xander and his friend who lives in the trees outside. If I didn't joke about it, I would give myself nightmares. Funny how something so innocent can give me goosebumps. I'm my own worse enemy, I swear. But even Michael admitted to being a little creeped out about the whole thing... So who knows?

posted by Terri at 8/29/2007 02:39:00 PM >9 comments

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