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Summer vacation day 1

Juergen went to work a little later this morning. We were able to have a nice breakfast. The kids watched the video Garfield 2. Juergen had rented it last night. At first I was a little unsure about it. I think my kids get a little too much sarcasm input, but it turned out OK. If fact I like the movie.
Nicole is making an archery bow. Tomorrow she has a one day archery class. The kids are suppose to bring home made bows. I took her to the forest to look for the right branch. Jessica and Sarah came along for a car nap. At home the boys have been very busy playing with Lego and hot wheels. Thomas has been unusually sweet to Sarah today. All the kids are hanging out in the yard as I type this.
I stepped on a bee today. My foot is a little swollen. I put a paste of baking soda on the sting. That has helped, but it still hurts. My big task of the day is catching up on the mountain of laundry.
Juergen is taking tomorrow off. I am taking Philip for the second half of his psychological evaluation. I think I already wrote he has a EEG next week. I'm also considering paying for acupuncture again. He had a few months of acupuncture last year. It helped him. We thought our insurance company was paying for it, but we found out that they didn't cover it. It's expensive. I think we payed $1000 for 3 months (that was once a week for both Jessica and Philip). I wonder if the Doctor will cut us a deal? Maybe $1000 for 2X's per week for 6 month? That is what I've read is a good cure for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). We know ADD is maybe only part of his problem, he also has some form of learning disability. Anyway, some help is better then no help. I would also like to bring Jessica back to the acupuncturist. I've read she would really need acupuncture 2 X's per day for 3 months. I think that would cost me over $10,000. That's a treatment I'm going to have to think about for awhile. The insurance company in Germany is actually considering paying for acupuncture. We may need to wait until it's covered. I hope I'm not boring you with this update. I'm writing mostly to my Mom and Dad. You are more then welcome to read our day to day stuff...but I can not guarantee excitement!

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