Thursday, July 24, 2008

Day 30- Heading to LA area

The first half of the day we spent with Michael's dad. We packed up the car and checked out the hotel, then went to lunch. After lunch we went to this blow-up slide place, which was WAY overpriced ($15 for 1 kid). I just wanted to give Michael a chance to run around before we had to head up to LA. He liked it, of course. He got all hot and sweaty. I didn't take any pictures.

Then we said "goodbye" to Dad and headed north. The ride to LA was fine. Of course I just did it the day before, so it was a little boring. I've gotten spoiled with driving in new areas all the time.

We reached LA just at sunset. It was really beautiful. Everyone talks about how LA stinks and SD is so beautiful. But, I really like the LA area. We spent the night with our friends Stan, Michelle and Ethan. For those of you who attended the Long Island Autism Conference last October, Stan was our keynote speaker on Sunday. Ethan is 7 and was dx with autism at one time- but is no longer. It was so great to meet the kid who inspired Michael to eat fruits and veggies again.

Over a year ago, Michael saw a video Stan had posted on the internet that showed Ethan cutting up fruits and veggies and making juice. After that, Michael said "I'm going to eat new foods". You can see it in one of our Youtube videos (Michael talking about the new foods).

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