The Babe's Baby

Over the past couple of days, the Babe has been playing with her imaginary baby, Barbara.  She has her at the table, puts her to bed, etc.  Barbara isn't always around, but often enough that she's made her presence known.  Today the Babe and I went to a craft store, and while checking out, she made sure to tell the clerk and person in front of us that she had her baby Barbara with.  What do you do when a young child mentions a baby, and there's none in sight?  Immediately look at the Mommy's tummy.  Ahem, no baby on board.  I made sure to clarify she was referring to her imaginary baby in the buggy.  The Babe repeated this at the other store we went to and the local Bookmobile.  The Babe took an extra minute to exit the car at each locale to make sure her baby was taken care of, and when we were leaving, to make sure I put the baby buggy in the trunk.  We'll see how long this lasts.