Author: MICHELLE N

Zero Tolerance for “No”

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Saturday 9:30 PM on our bed. William saw me reaching out for the phone so he tried to take it away from me. I said, “No, William, it’s time to sleep”. He repeatedly said “I want the phone” but I refused to give it to him. I was sitting on the bed and he was standing next to me. He kicked me on my head!

That was the first time ever he used his leg to kick me; before used his hand to hit on my face or body but never his leg; I was so shocked! He attempted to hit me several more time after that even though I told him ‘Hitting is not nice.’

Palm Springs Trip

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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

Cabazon Dinosaurs
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Pool at the Hotel
Aerial Tram – Mountain Station
Aerial Tram – Mountain Station
Aerial Tram – Mountain Station
Aerial Tram – Mountain Station

Winter Break

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    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

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    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

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    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.

    • The farm owner

    William also loved to walk on the stack of hay, even lie down on it; Hay was all over his pants and jacket.

    William loved to walk on the stack of hay.
    6311 Vonnie Ct, Riverside, CA 92504

    Mexico Cruise 2018

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    Friday 11/23 – Monday 11/26

    Departed home around 1:00 PM, picked up my Mom & Dad and drove to Long Beach port, parked our car, took our luggage to the port.  All went smooth.  The only thing bothered me is that the man who handled our luggage asked for tip; and Tim did not have small change so he gave him $10.00!  All he did was to push the cart with our and others’ luggage to load on the boat, which is only a few steps! It’s not like he was gonna take our luggage to our room.

    Since we already printed luggage tags at home, we could go straight to check in in the huge dome house.

    Australian Swim School – New Location

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    We changed the location from Santa Ana to Fountain Valley; the pool here is inside the LA Fitness Center on Tabert and Brookhust.

    William cried on the way because he knew we were not driving to the Santa Ana location. He kept saying, Make a U-turn, I want to go to Australian Swim school.  He does not understand yet that the school can have several locations :).