My sister.

When Elly was 2/3 years old, she had an imaginary friend called Sid. She played with him all the time and would make mention of him often. He hung around for about a year, but has now been replaced with "My sister."

Her imaginary sister has been around for a while now, and I have no doubt that its probably the reason I thought we were having a baby girl, as she talks about her all the time. She always has something to say about her and it always starts with "My sister..." Sometimes, she even plays with her- like at the park the other day, she was running away while holding her hand as Noah "the monster" was chasing after them.

 Joe and I are so used to hearing about her "sister" that it doesn't phase us (as much) anymore. I don't think we'll try to tell her she's not real anymore either, as  the last time we tried, El got so defensive and upset about it and forcefully told us that  "SHE IS REAL!!! AND HER NAME IS SELBY!!!"

So this is what we know about Selby ( El's sister):

• She is El's "sister" but Joe and I are not her parents.
• She loves and cares only for Elly (and sometimes Noah) and is very similar to Elly.
• Selby is 4 years old today, but sometimes this changes. Sometimes El tells me she's older. She has lots of birthdays too. 
• She likes the same food as Elly and hates veggies also.
• Selby has a pet called 'Majonia Lessted Jada' or something like that- my pronunciation and spelling might be a bit off.
• She looks like Elly but sometimes she has "whispy pink or rainbow hair" as El has informed me- so maybe Selby likes to dye her hair?
• She loves to dance, especially ballet.
• She lives far away but has a 'GPS' so she can find our house.
• She is well travelled. Apparently Selby has lived in Canada, Africa, China and all around Australia. Every time we travel somewhere, wether it'd be to Rocky, Springsure, Brisbane or Adelaide or anywhere in between, Selby has been there and done that. Oh, and she's also a property mogul, as she owns properties in all these places. El has pointed some of them out to us.

 There's a lot more about Selby- like I said, she talks about her a lot! Don't know how much longer she'll stick around for or how she even came to be. It reminds me of the movie my sisters (real ones) and I would watch all the time called 'Drop Dead Fred' and quite frankly, that movie used to freak me out a little. It's probably the reason I never had an imaginary friend or I'm maybe I'm just not intelligent enough, because I've also heard that it's a sign of intelligence? 

Well, whatever the case might be, Elly is very happy with Selby and I'm always curious as to what is followed by the words "My sister..." It's always something interesting. After all, it's El Belle we're talking about.