I don't have AOL. I do have IM thru Yahoo, but haven't used it because, really, I can just ring Sam up. He's not so far away. But I feel like you do, Dotsie - I just have to have connection. I so love that boy! Honestly, tho, I try to stay out of his way and let him have some freedom. Nichole's troubles kept us so close to home all the time it's time he flew around a bit.....

Yesterday, we went to lunch and I got to catch up on his stuff! He's done something new with himself - he's never worn a pair of white tennis shoes in his life - always grey or black or tan or something - yesterday he had on white tennis shoes and I was shocked! Sam thought this was really funny and to get me to laughing, he started doing back-handsprings and walking on his hands, waving his feet back and forth in the parking lot!!!!. we call him Hollywood.

Which reminds me - when he was about 7 or 8, he found he was really good at walking on his hands. And he was always looking for ways to use up energy (never found a way to use it all!) so he would walk up and down the stairs at school on his hands - with his books on his feet!!!! The principal called me and told me he was going to reprimand Sam, but couldn't because he was so entertaining that the principal liked to watch him! I asked if he got to class ok, and the answer was yes, so we just let him have at it!!!

I put him in gymnastics a year later.

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