Ok... we thought this was just an unusual little thing Brooke did last year and assumed it was a one-time deal. Apparently not! She likes to play with cherry tomatoes! No, she won't eat them; after all, it is a vegetable. But, she will carry one all over the house and pretend it is her friend. Last year, she would push it in a stroller, talk to it, and put it in her dollhouse. Just last week, she took her tomato with her at bath time, put shampoo on its "hair," and shoved it into her Little People pirate ship's cannon.
The following morning she took it with her in the van on the way to school. Along the way, she talked to it, sang songs to the tomato, and even took it with her into class! I'm not sure what happened with the tomato that morning, but I did receive a disturbing email from Holly in the afternoon. The poor tomato met an untimely death at lunchtime in the cafeteria when he was dropped on the floor and someone accidentally stepped on him.
That evening I asked her what happened to the tomato at school today. Her one-word reply was, "Squished!" I asked who squished the tomato. "Donna Lou" was her reply. Fortunately, she didn't seem to upset or angry about it!
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