Last last Thursday was Little D's birthday. I didn't realise it was his birthday until he came to school that day. His helper was holding a huge white box, and at that instant I was in shock mode. In my mind I was like "Uh Oh" as I was 100% sure that the box contains a birthday cake, which means it's Little D's birthday!! AND it really was his birthday!!! We celebrated his birthday by gathering all the kids in the centre; everybody sang him the birthday song, blew out the candles and that was it. It was kinda sad to see him going home without anything, no presents at all as no one knows it was his birthday. So that day I told myself no matter how lazy I felt, I MUST GO OUT AND GET HIM A PRESENT!
I dragged two of my good friends out to the toy store to look for the perfect gift. It was a difficult mission as there were like approximately 1000 kind of toys there; Luckily I had a rough idea what he might like. However, there were toys that I'm 100% sure he will like were really expensive, totally far from my budget. If I had the money I wouldn't mind buying an expensive toy for him. I ended up buying a toy car that had a reasonable price tag; it can move forward by pressing the arrow button and also produces sound as well as lights! Took me nearly 5 hours just to find it!
I was actually quite worried as to whether he likes the toy car. As being his therapist for nearly half a year, he is very choosy in terms of selecting a toy that he likes. For example, he likes playing with toy vehicles a lot but if I were to give him a box of them, he would only pick one or two to play with. And I just can't seemed to find the aspects/ elements of that particular vehicle that he likes. But last Monday when I showed him the present, his eyes glowed and he straightaway requested for it, "Flo, I want car!" At that moment, I was very sure that he likes the present very much, and knew that I got the right gift for him. The best part is to receive a note from his mom the very next day saying he played with it all day! :)
Flo
