Claire's BFF.

Aside from Aoife, Lamby is Claire's best friend. She's had him since her first Christmas, and they've been inseparable since. Claire has always loved stuffed animals. They all take naps with her and sleep with her at night. Sometimes I'm not sure how she fits in her bed, but she knows when one is missing.

Lately, her animals have come to life. Every afternoon her animals take naps. She'll carefully tuck each one in and say goodnight. Later, she'll go in, once they're awake, and bring each one out front. As she lines them up, she asks each one how they slept and if they had a good nap.

This morning, Claire brought lamby to me and said lamby wanted breakfast.

Me: "Oh, would lamby want some cereal?"
Claire: "Ummmmm yeah!"
Me: "And does lamby want some milk in it?"
Claire: "No."

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Claire consulted with lamby for a little while.

Claire: "Umm yeah. Lamby wants milk!"
Claire: "And a spoon."

So I got a bowl of cereal and set it up on the coffee table for lamby. Claire then fed lamby before eating the cereal herself. I think he's drenched in milk.

 So I suppose we have entered the imagination stage and have a few more critters living in our house.