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James was officially THREE point FIVE years old yesterday. You would think he would be willing to be potty trained. I hear close to three is the magic age. With my luck James will be 5. I'm pretty sure most children with disabilities are potty trained before 5. Maybe James has a disability. It's the most frustrating thing.

The thought is fresh on my mind because I paid for two boxes of diapers at Costco and was thinking how ridiculous it is that he is so UNWILLING and STUBBORN.

Part of me is waiting for Michael to man up and take the bull by it's horns. HA. That would be the day.

On the bright side, James' speech has really taken off. He is the biggest chatter box. I always hear about what happened or what's happening. Today Madison apparently fell off the bed. Those two goons were watching Netflix and were jumping like monkeys on our bed. Madison fell off and broke her head injured her foot. James called the doctor mom and she said, "No more monkey's jumping on the bed." Then turned off Netflix.

James even demonstrated exactly what happened from the couch..... about 5 times.

Boys are pretty awesome. They are so energetic. Tonight James was literally bouncing off the furniture. He has a thing for jumping. He called this move "Spiderman." Or as Madison also calls it, By-ber-man.

1st attempt: Use mattress to get a leg up over crib rail, get knee real high so foot touches rail, use hands to stabilize, push off with foot, keep one hand on rail for support.

2nd attempt: using one hand to climb on rail, push off with one foot, let body freefall.

3rd attempt: got it down, climb real high on rail, jump up into flying squirrel pose, land like a kitty cat. Meow.

A few more things:

• James continues preschool this fall in the same class/same teacher
• Could not live without popsicles or apples
• Becoming more comfortable in the swimming pool, learning to kick
• Colors his little heart out
• Loves to help mom bake cookies
• Can not be awake one second without Madison - he always wakes up sleeping beauty from bed
• Helps put dog food in the dog dish
• Just might be made out of rubber - so athletic