the bicycle.......

Ahhhhhh, the sweet sound of silence. Only this time I was enjoying it. Don't get me wrong, I love to talk to my kids, there was a day when I assumed that would never happen, at least not verbally anyway. But there's something you should know about AVTs(auditory verbal therapists). They take great pride in teaching those with new found hearing, how to listen and then eventually how to turn that receptive language into expressive language and speech. They use those skills they've learned and tested over the years to give these kids a voice. Once the kids have mastered these skills, the therapists then release them into this big world hoping they are prepared to survive with their basic language and speech. But here's something they don't tell you. Once these kids start talking, they don't stop! At least my kids haven't stopped. They seriously talk from the time they get up til they fall asleep and Brook doesn't even stop then! And I do blame the AVTs! (haha)They are the ones that tell us to narrate and talk thru everything we do, so then our kids do the same thing. So, yes....I shamefully enjoyed my two hours of silence today while Brook was in preschool and Gage had his first full day back at school. Brook was released after the two hour class was over and she and I had some girl time, which we haven't had in a while.
Gage was so nervous this morning before school and yet excited at the same time. He requested me to blast Back In Black by AC/DC to pump him up and it must have worked. Though he can't hear well yet in background noise, he was given his listening breaks or either ADHD breaks, whichever caused him to need the break first. He was well taken care of I'm sure, but you know we moms want details. I got none. All I got was "yea, I'm fine, I gotta new girlfriend." So it was just like riding a bicycle! He's getting right back on and riding.