Jacob's Red House

Some kids have imaginery friends. My son has an imaginery house. It's been around now for over a year. He calls it his Red House. Every day, something happens there, and he tells us all about it. The mommy there is Katie, and the daddy is Daddy Dunko. Just recently, Daddy Dunko had to leave because another family needed a daddy. (How sad is that?) But Daddy Dunko still makes appearances. He helped Katie paint the Red House blue. Which made it purple. But we still call it the Red House, even though it is blue and red and purple. All the toys there are antique and fragile. (Two words that Jacob likes to use to make him feel important)

So, last night at 7:30, Jacob tells us that it's time to drive to his Red House. Until now, the house has been pretty elusive, being in places such as corn fields and France. But Jacob was pretty persistent that if we followed his directions, he'd take us there. I stayed home with Tyler, and DH loaded him into the car. DH turned when Jacob said to turn, and after about 15 minutes they ended up at a radio tower with a fence around it. Jacob declared that the fence was locked, and they would have to take a detour to the other entrance. Jacob directed him to the detour, but he couldn't really find it. He finally decided it was time to go back home and told DH "Maybe my Red House is very far away after all." DH said that Jacob didn't cry on the ride home, but sounded very down.

I was afraid this episode might show Jacob that his Red House isn't real but, he's just as committed as ever. This morning he told me that it IS far away, between France and the forest.

I love Jacob and his Red House.