devotion

elias--who i have recently discovered is referred to at school, not always with proper or sufficient appreciation, as 'the bird genius kid' (they'll pay)-- is growing very quickly, it seems to me. i mean he's enormous. but he's still a little boy who adores his mommy. he'll follow her anywhere, probably even into oncoming traffic. he even gets up with mary at 5:30 a.m. on days when she has work, cus he doesnt want her to go, or at least doesnt want her to have to go off lonely. so he gets up with her and they sit around eating english muffins and watching transformers. it's barely even dawn. but mommy's there, so to elias, it's a party.