Imaginary snakes?

this morning Quinn and I are laying on my bed... Ok well I was laying... he was doing flips... and pretending I was a very large mountain he had to climb. During one of his breaks he layed right next to me and stared at the ceiling... I've seen him do this before... he'll put his hand up and pretend to pick an apple from some imaginary place... then he'll show it to me and say " lookkkk, I got it, an apple" This morning as he stared off at the ceiling I waited for the apple... he said " look mommy a NAKE" ('snake' in Quinn's language)... I hate snakes they scare the SHIT out of me... so of course I said "WHERE!!!" he pointed to the popcorn ceiling and said "THERE!!!" ... a few seconds goes by then he insists the snake is on him... so I pretend to shew it away... "all better he's gone" I say... Quinn says "yeah all better, nake in time out"

I've heard of imaginary friends but a snake? Apples? is this a religious reference? Will he see the virgin mary in his waffles this morning...

and no the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, HA.. got ya before you could say it!