This is the right hand side of my first two page layout. The left side is in the Spin-A-Lift gallery
here and the whole spread can be seen
here.
Journalling~
I don’t know why, but for some reason the idea that you have an imaginary friend delights me. I don’t remember that I ever had one myself, but the idea just seems so cool. Your friend is called “Bear” an he shows up as a crooked index finger on one of your hands - usually your left one. It was only in the last few weeks that you started talking about “Bear”, which let us work out just who he was. All the same, I realise now that he has been around for a while, initially driving your cars and trucks and being quiet. He’s a lot more busy now, insisting on doing all sorts of things including flushing the toilet, pulling out the plug in the basin and asking for kisses. He also likes showing up in photos at the moment. Daddy was taking this photo of Baa, Sebastian and Snake to go in your Bear Park “About Me” book, when Bear wanted to be in it too. “Smile, Bear” you said as he appeared in the frame and Daddy took the shot.
I don’t know exactly where Bear came from, but I have my suspicions. When I asked your speech therapist about ways to encourage you to talk more quietly, she suggested reading you “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and asking you to talk in a “Baby Bear” voice. Granny Pam found you a copy of the story and sent along three finger puppets to be the three bears. The Daddy and Mummy Bear ones were too big for your little fingers, but Baby Bear was “just right”. I wonder if this is where Bear came from. I don’t care. I think he’s adorable and I just love seeing you developing your imagination so beautifully. So long as you understand that you are responsible for any trouble Bear gets into, we’ll all get along just fine.
Credits~
Background paper is from "Caramello" in the "Project 26" collection by Tracy Ann Robinson; flower is from "Lamington" in the "Project 26" collection by Tracy Ann Robinson; swirl is from "Bonus Swirlies" in the "Project 26" collection by Tracy Ann Robinson; alpha is from "Fudge Dream Supreme" by Robin Carlton and Lauren Grier; font is KGD Kerry Script.
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