Linus

You all know Linus from Snoopy right? Well tonight, Preston was playing on Shelby's keyboard and Chris says, "My hell, he's like Linus except instead of a blanket he's got Simba"
Let me tell you guys about Simba.... Most people would think that Preston got Simba when he was a baby.... OH! NO!!! He got him last summer at Disneyland. Preston saw this thing and that's all he wanted from then on out. This is NOT typical for Preston. He's all boy.. all the way.. and typically wants something like a car or gun. But we finally gave in even though we KNEW he wouldn't play with it very long. Boy were we wrong!!!!
Preston carries this stuffed animal EVERYWHERE with him, except school but he does take him nearly every week for sharing. When he walks in the door after school, the first thing he does is find Simba. If he knows I'm going to pick him up in the afternoon, he'll put Simba in the car on his way to the bus so that he can have him as soon as he gets in the car. It's generally an argument when he gets out of the car because I won't let him carry him inside stores. Would it really be a big deal for him to carry it in? NO! But oh my crap... my biggest fear is that he'll somehow lose him and then we're all screwed. Why? Cause he HAS to have him to sleep!!!! Simba got left in the car one time and Chris had to drive all the way out to New Harmony to get him so that Preston could sleep! I swear Preston gets more exercise in his sleep than he does when he's awake cause he either tosses and turns or walks around ALL NIGHT! But guess who is with him CONSTANTLY! Yep, SIMBA. He literally grabs him and rolls over with him even when he's dead asleep.
Ok, so I know what you're thinking... 1) he's too old for this and 2)boys shouldn't latch on to stuffed animals like this right? Well, he got this right around the time that his poor blankey disintegrated to NOTHING. ( I literally have a Walmart sack of string that was once his blanket.)  As far as the "boy thing" well trust me, he's not sweet and loving with Simba. Poor Simba gets drug through the dirt, thrown around, sat on, stepped on, used as a weapon.... you name it, Preston does it to him... Lucky for Preston, Simba is ever so patient HA!