Around 7:30 PM we sit William at the dining table, give him the iPad so that he can watch videos from YouTube while we prepare for his dinner.  His favorite videos are Mickey Mouse, Chip & Dale; and now he loves to watch Bryan’s Review of the Lego land Hotel, especially the elevator with lights.  He’d would dance around in circle, run back and forth or just sit down on the floor while listening to the sounds from the video.  When he gets excited like this it’s hard to get him back to the dining table; but sometime he’d sit still at the table and imitate the sounds.

His dinner usually is rice with ground pork and a cup of chicken/beef broth.  Follows with a cup of spaghetti soup; and dessert is a small up of canned fruits.

Usually this takes about 1 and 1/2 hour to 2 hours for him to finish his dinner.  We tried to switch videos to force him to sit still but he always knows how to get back to the ones that he likes.

 

It was a nice afternoon with nice clouds so we decided to check out the wild flowers at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa, which is only 10 minutes away from our home (corner Adams and Placentia).

William loved it so much that he was running around non stop!

 

 

 

William brought this back from Mitchell school.

Last night he could not sleep until midnight so this morning he was so sleepy when it was time to go to school around 8 AM.  But he got over that quickly when we got to school.

We went to Arvin with niece Hang looking for some cherry flowers but afraid that William might get more sick (he has been coughing for the last 2 weeks) so we sent him to aunt Hue’s house.  Aunt Hue really loves William so I don’t hesitate to let her babysit him.

7:00 AM I put on his jacket, and Tim carried him to the car, he woke up since then.  He didn’t cry when  Tim handed him to aunt Hue.  William and his aunt were sitting on the bed when I came to say good bye, he stood up trying to get to me :(.

Turned out we were too late, all the flowers were gone!  We took a few pictures of the wild flowers and then headed home.

Stuck in traffic for while, got to aunt Hue’s house around 4:30 PM, he just woke up from his nap and looked very tired: coughing, running nose and his body felt warm to the touch.  He didn’t have running nose at home so I guess he’s allergic to dog furs.  Aunt Hue has 3 dogs!

After taking shower, William looked much better, running nose still be he was more active as usual.   I guess he was just homesick.  It has been more than a year since we last sent him to a babysitter’s house.

Next time we will take you with us, son!

 

Took William to school today, on the way he started coughing again so we stopped by Mrs. Shastin ( school nurse).  She checked him using a stethoscope.  Also checked his temperature using an infrared thermometer pointing on his forehead.  “99 F” She said,  “everything is fine”; I’m so happy!

We were invited to buffet at the Hokkaido Seafood Buffet in Long Beach (3030 Cherry Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807) for Danny’s and aunt Julie’s Birthdays.  William only ate spaghetti and some fried wonton while watching some videos on YouTube.com.  He stayed on his own chair the whole time, some time stood up and tried to escaped but I lured him back by showing him the videos on my iPhone.

Good behavior today, I’m so proud of you son!

We got home around 2:00 PM, William felt asleep on the way home but as soon as we put him on the bed, he woke up and would not go back to sleep.  He’s so hyper today, not sure why!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I prepared his backpack for school today but then when I checked on William, he started to cough again so I called aunt Hue, asking if she could come over to babysit.  She said yes; and she came around 8:50 AM.

Around 2:00 PM aunt Hue had some personal errands to take care, so William’s grandpa babysat him (William was taking his afternoon nap) until we got home after work about 5:30 PM.

William didn’t cough much and he was fine, aunt Hue said.