Tuesday 10, 2018 5:00 AM
We woke up early to get to the airport, our flight was scheduled at 8:50 AM but it was delayed 1 hour so we could not get to Seattle until 1:00 PM. William woke up when I tried to put on his jacket and he didn’t fall back to sleep later. He well-behaved in the airplane: sat on his chair and watched videos and put on his seat belt before I reminded him. It was only less than 3 hours flight so everything went good.
Mon 7/9/2018 Summer school ended last Friday so this week William will start to stay at the day care full day instead of half day like when he had school in the morning.
I made some noise that woke him up; he sat up and then said “Wake up!”; what a nice way to start a new morning. Before dropping him off I fed him some chocolate cereal and orange juice. Ms. Jeannie was supposed to be at the day care from 9 – 12:00.
He sat in the little car but I did not see him so asked Ms. Chastity, she didn’t see him in the play ground either so we started to look around. Finally we found him in a little red car.
Friday Morning; it’s the last day of 3rd week. Mrs. Birdie said he had fun playing with water today.
Wednesday Morning. We were a little bit late today; Ms. DeLeon and Mrs. Birdie already went in to class so I took him in. At the corner where we need to make a right turn to his class, he stopped and pulled my hand to go to the other way. It’s the way to the cafeteria! Every morning the teacher would take him and his classmates to the cafeteria, so he knows the routine. His teacher aid saw him and walked with us to the cafeteria to pick up breakfast. She said “he’s one of the independent students!”. I’m so happy that my boy adapted so well only after 3 weeks at the new school.
Monday morning 8:00 AM. It’s 3rd week of Summer School already. William seems to be fine with everything. When we approached Mrs. Birdie, he reached out for her hands immediately and turned around and waved Bye to me.
Friday, ABA session was moved up to 2 PM so we were free in the evening. There was a free outdoor concert at the theater near by so we decided to go.
William ran to the stage, ran toward the streets, and I had a hard time to stop him. After 1 hour, we decided to leave because it was to dangerous that William kept running around and not be aware of surroundings.
Tuesday Morning. It’s 2nd week of summer school already. This morning when I washed his face and told him that we were going to school; he said “Gary” (what he meant is Children’s World Preschool, where Mr. Gary is the director).
– School first, and then we go to Gary after lunch! – he seemed to be upset a bit; tears came to his eyes. “Gary after lunch OK William?” I said it again.
After that he was fine. When I dropped him off and handed his hand to Mrs. Newman, he turned to me and said Good Bye; and then walked with her.
June 1, 2018 It’s Summer time; which means no school in the morning so we send William to the Children’s World Preschool full day today; and next week too. Then he’ll have summer school for about 1 month and then 1 month off before going to the Transition Kindergarten at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.
Thursday May 31, 2018. It’s William’s last day at Mitchell Child Development Center.
Mrs. Hana, Ms. Delma, Ms. Melissa, Ms. Susan gave William a big hug. We also stopped by Mrs. Kerstin (the school nurse) to said good bye and to pick up William’s medicine.
William was not aware of what was happening; he probably was wondering why was everyone hugging me!
I wanted to stop by to principle’s office to say good bye but he was busy so we didn’t want to bother.
After 17 months (Nov 2016 – May 2018) going to this school, we felt so in love with it. It’s a beautiful place with a nice playground and lots of empty space for the kids to run around. William didn’t know anything at all when he first came here; now he knows the alphabets, can count, can sing alphabet, wheel on the bus, happy birthday songs. The teachers also potty trained him. He now can talk using a complete sentence even if it’s just a few words:
I want this/that.
William/Mama do it.
It’s so cute!
Open the Door
Etc.
I’m much thankful and appreciate all the hard works that Mrs. Hana and her assistants have done for William. Without their love and patience, William would not progress this fast and learn so much in such a short time.
So Thank YOU from the bottom of our hearts!
Friday 9:30. There’s no school at Mitchell today so William will spend his whole day at the day care. When I dropped him off, Ms. Chastity opened the small door for William to go in and told me that she’s now William’s teacher. Ms. Chastity has been with the daycare for a while but she was not in charge of William’s class. She said Ms. Nancy quits because she was not happy here lately. Ms. Nancy was in William’s class for only 2 months, I think. There’s lots of staffs changes in the last few months.
Below is a list of staffs who were/are William’s teachers:
Ms. Leila, she stayed with the school longest. She was in charge of Yellow Bird class for more than 1 year.
Ms. Sandra, few months.
Ms. Nancy, 2 months.
Ms. Chastity.
Hopefully Ms. Chastity will stay longer. I can tell that she really likes William. Most of the time when I drop him off around noon (after Mitchell class), she’d sit by his tiny bed and try to get him to sleep.
She told me she just re-decorated the room; so I came in and took a few pictures. It looks nice, she did a nice job. The fact that she went extra to make the room looks nice means that she really loves working there. The other morning, the school was giving out morning snack in the yard; she tried to get William to come to the table but William refused. I’m really thankful of that nice gesture because at that scene there was Ms. Rosemary and Ms. Jennifer but no one asked William if he likes to eat something.
Ms. Chastity seems very excited about this news, I heard her said it several times “I’m in William’s class now!”. And I’m glad too!
