Tyler's Monsters

I have mentioned at least once that Tyler has some type of imaginary friends, his monsters.  It's not that he pretends to play with them, but he talks about them pretty often.  He calls them "My Monsters" and talks about their "Rainbow House" a lot.  This has been going on for months.  It never concerned me, his favorite movies are Monster's Inc. and Monster's U. so I figure that's where it stems from.  At first he really didn't say much about them, just every once in a while he would let us know that they existed.  As Tyler's birthday was approaching and we kept telling him his birthday and party were coming up, he would agree, "Yeah, and my monster's party coming up too."  Then, a few weeks later, the last week of preschool, I was driving Tyler to school and we were stopped at a light.  Out of no where he said, "Ahem, Mo-om, I told you.  There it is.  That's my Rainbow House."  I laughed and asked him where, and he pointed out his window.  I was so excited to see this:

It's just an office building that we had been passing to and from school two days a week for the school year, but something about that arch on top, or the stripes in the facade, or a combination, made Tyler decide it was his Rainbow House.  I'm dying to know if he saw the building first and came up with the name later, or if he had the name and noticed that this building fit.  Chicken or the egg?  I tested him a few days later, pointing out the building and asking Tyler what it was, he didn't miss a beat telling me again that it was his Rainbow House.  When I showed it to Timmy, he went through a fantastic thought process, he said the following, rapid fire, without giving me a chance to respond.  "That's his Rainbow House?  It's real?  Has Tyler ever been there before?  Are monsters real?"  Lately Tyler has been talking about his Monster's Party being at their Rainbow House... I would love to work that one out for him... but not sure it's going to happen!

Since revealing the Rainbow House to us, Tyler has started talking about the monster's more.  Susan had a boo boo on her neck once, and Tyler randomly told her that his monster's bit her.  I have explained to Tyler since then that if his monster's aren't nice monster's, that they aren't allowed to visit any more.  He has assured me that they are nice. At bed time for a while Tyler would start insisting that his monster's were coming soon.  Timmy hated him talking about monster's at bed time, but Tyler has never been scared about them at all.  Recently, he tells us very often that, "If you touch my monster's nose, don't touch it hard.  If you touch their nose very hard they will EAT you.  But if you touch it very gently, they won't."  Timmy is getting tired of this warning too, but just tells Tyler he's already told us that a hundred times.

I asked Tyler if his monster's have names.  So far he's named Dingy-head, and Dingy-head, and Meanie-head.  He has said he is drawing his monster's when he makes his scribbles and swirls of drawings for a while now.  When he drew Daddy's birthday card last week he told me when he was drawing Dingy-head.  After making his swirl he said, "He needs eyes." and made two dots.  Then, "and a nose." and drew one dot.  Finally, "and more eyes."  and drew one more dot.  Then he drew the other Dingy-head, he is much smaller.  Finally he drew Meanie-head, and some of the other monster's.

I love when Tyler talks about his monster's, he is very serious and matter-of-fact about them.  I am looking forward to more pictures and stories about them as they grow with him!