Preston

November 28, 2009

This is Preston Luke Ellison...

my November baby.

Here he is with his "date." She's invisible.

Preston is unique.

He pushes my buttons like no one else and loves doing it. Turning me into a crazy person is his hobby. And he's good. He is real gooood.

Oh, but he is my delight!

Preston is sensitive, generous, intense, insightful, hilarious, entertaining, opinionated, zany, and he has a beautiful heart.

He is growing up way too fast. It's killing me.

When he was in kindergarten, he got shingles....a ridiculous, horrid affliction!! The doctor said that it was unusual for someone so young to get shingles and went on to suggest that maybe he was a nervous child. Ha! He isn't nervous, he is passionate. That's what I say!

In 1st grade, he got into trouble every day at school for terrorizing his teacher. That poor woman. I'm positive that she will never forget Preston. When we questioned him about WHY on earth he misbehaved for her, he explaind that every morning he planned to have a good day. He would ask God to help him behave. However, the minute saw his teacher, she would take him over to the "dark side." He said that he always started the day off on the light side but when he got to school found himself going over to the dark side.

What do you say to that?? I thought it was stinkin funny. A little scary...but mostly funny.

In third grade, I became his teacher. We've visited the dark side together. Not fun. Those trips are becoming less and less frequent...which is great...except...it means my ornery little boy is maturing. Sigh.

As proof, I would like to share a little poem that he recently wrote. It's good stuff.

Do you wish upon a star for a palace with a hundred rooms?For a huge pool and servants that tend to your every need? For tables filled with fresh food and cups of every kind of drink you can think of? For the newest toys and the best video games? For all your friends to be jealous of you because of your expensive clothes? For you to be the smartest in the class...all A's, you say? For super powers so you can save the world? But, why have these things?

Did you stop to think of how your life would change??

Why not wish upon a star to be happy with the way things are?

I think that wishing to be happy with the way things are, is indeed, a fabulous suggestion.

Especailly at this time of year.

Don't you?