Everyone Needs a Friend

And when you don't have many you just make them up. Matt has had these imaginary friends since early summer. Ikey and Vayvar (I'm not even sure if I'm spelling those correctly) are part of our daily conversations and I'm always amazed at how vivid the details are that Matt shares with us. Most recently Ikey had a birthday (right around the time Craig had his). Ikey was turning 6 and Vayvar is 9, but sometimes they are teenagers and once Vayvar was 99. While looking at a book about Target Field the other day Matt pointed out pictures of Ikey's mom and then informed me that Ikey's mom works in the building downtown with the circle on the top. We hear about Ikey more than Vayvar, but sometimes additional friends with very random names also make an appearance. Ikey has also been known to play professional baseball and hockey, and Matt will point him out when he sees him on TV. But one thing has been constant, these guys live in the condos by Grandma's house. For the record Matt never talks to them like they are in the room with us just tells us about them like they are his real friends that he interacts with on a regular basis. You just can't make this stuff up, but he obviously does.