As we drove away from our vacation house in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, I could see the Alps through the clouds. It was one of the first times I had seen the mountains all week. It felt almost like a kick in the stomach. Sad, so sad! It wasn't a great week. We really worked over time to make it special for the kids. The girls seemed to appreciate the effort we made. The boys both acted pretty spoiled and selfish. They both have way too much energy. Being trapped in a small apartment was not all that great for them. I felt like an over worked under loved social director on a washed out cruise ship. I can not take the blame for the lack of sunshine....but I sure felt kicked! I felt like God should have known how much I actually "needed" a vacation. But I guess God knew I would get by without a vacation! Instead we got an endurance test! I guess we passed!
Today we stopped by the office of a speech audiologist who does diagnostics in Auditory Processing disorders. She ran some tests on Philip, Thomas, and Sarah. One of the tests (QEEG -Quantitative Electroencephalogram or Brainmapping) actually shows us Philip has ADHD, and Thomas may actually not be ADHD. Philip is also very delayed in Auditory processing and visual processing. He will be beginning Fast Forwards this weekend. Juergen will install the program tomorrow (God willing). Our meeting with the audiologist was much more then I had hoped for. We hope to see this women again in August. She lives in the same city Philip and Thomas will be going to summer camp in. I guess if I had to choose what I wanted more, sunshine on my vacation or direction for the health and treatment of my kids (especially Philip) I would take the rain. I'm so grateful for this direction we have received today. I will write more details later.
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