December 2018 – William Quý Bùi

Palm Springs Trip

Posted on December 29, 2018July 10, 2019 by MICHELLE N

Short trip to Palm Springs with my Mom and my sisters’ families (total 13 people), stayed that Palm Canyon Hotel for 1 night, then took the Aerial Tram to the Mountain Station for some snow. It was cold but that did not stop William from lying on the snow! He especially loved the swimming pool and jacuzzi at the hotel because it’s heated.

Our first stop was at the Cabazon Dinosaurs, took a few pictures with the giant dinosaurs. If you want to take the Adventure Tour then the admission is $13.00 but we did not. Then we headed to The River of Rancho Mirage for lunch. It’s a beautiful place; William loved to play with the water in the man-made pond.

Got to the hotel around 3:00 pm and they let us in early (check in time is 4:00 pm). The villa is so roomy that the children loved it. It has 2 bed rooms with each has its own spacious bathroom. One room has 1 king bed which we stayed in, the other room has 2 queen beds for my sister and her 2 children and my Mom. We also booked a studio for my older sister which has 1 bed and 2 sofa bed. Both have fully equipped kitchen and full size refrigerator.

After a short break, we went down to the pool, William immediately jumped in with his Dad; and didn’t leave the pool until it got dark.

More Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fGa9hYqZA6ZBZJk98

Winter Break

Posted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 by MICHELLE N

Thursday Morning 8:30 AM

There’s no school in the morning at Lincoln school so William stays at the day care full day. Dropped him off today at the Children’s World preschool, he was so ready to get out of the car and go in but then when we got to the little door after the big door, he just sat there and refused to get in. I pulled him thru the door, then he lied on the floor just right where i put him down.

He always does this when I take him there in the morning, so nothing has changed for the last few years. That makes me feel sad because it shows that he has not improved much. He doesn’t get it that we should not sit or lie down on the floor right on the entrance; people get in and out of the entrance so they’d have to just step over him to get thru.

We sent him to this day care since he was 2, and now he’s 5. It’s been 3 years and his behaviors and perception has not been improved at all!

Xmas 2018

Posted on December 25, 2018December 27, 2018 by MICHELLE N

At William’s Grandma’s house 11:30 AM

Annually we met at my Mom’s house for Xmas party, where all my sisters and brothers brought their families and gifts to. As usual, we would have 1 designated person to hand out the gifts to every one: he’d pick up 1 present, read the tag and call out the name. The person whose name is called would come up to him and take the gift. Everyone would applaud when the name is called and when the gift was opened.

When William’s name was called, he freaked out and then ran away. Tim ran after him and tried to talk to him so that he’d come and get his present but he refused and ran to where I was sitting. His behaviors got worse when he kicked the gifts and used his hands to push all the gift down.

I recalled he had this same behavior on his Pre-school graduation day at Mitchell school with Mrs. Hana. When Mrs. Hana called his name and people started to clap, he panic and tried to run out of the room, then later rolled on the floor and refused to get up there to get his certification.

I think he does not cope well when there’s attention toward him. It’s not just the crowd, it’s the noise and being on the spot that freaks him out.

Persimmons Fruit Picking

Posted on December 2, 2018July 10, 2019 by MICHELLE N

More pictures

It’s too late into the persimmon season but we went to the farm anyway because the owner said there was still some fruits left. I was more into the scenery of the farm: autumn leaves.

It’s 1 and 1/2 hour driving to the place from our house; not too bad.

It’s hidden in a residential area, and it’s smaller than we thought. The owner just got the farm recently. They were selling $2.00/lbl. We had a choice of picking the fruit ourselves or we could get those that they already picked and placed on the table in front of their house.

The owner was nice enough to offer taking pic for us

Tim grabbed container and went picking the fruit from the trees. William did not want to go there; he kept running back to the car; I really had a hard time to catch up with him because it’s an up hill run up to the car from the farm.

I guess because he loved the scale that the owner used to weight the fruits that he kept running back.