Grinch So did you get him to change the nappy? I think I would probably have snapped something like "Well, change it then!" in your situation, although I doubt that's the best approach. 
outnumbered It could well have been me; I'm pretty sure I mentioned Elf Yourself and may well have linked to it (mind like a sieve). We had to watch the film dozens of time the day I the elf made it!
The meeting went well, thanks; the psychologist suggested that we deal with the dyslexia training (focusing on auditory skills) first, as that might help with the other problems, and then move on to the psychotherapy afterwards. She estimated that DD1 will need about a year's worth of training, at ?60 an hour. 
But she does seem very competent, and if it helps... (she said that if we don't deal with it now, DD1 will struggle with it for ever). She also said that it often helps improve children's social skills and that they become more open as a result of the training.
platanos I love your DC's names; they're definitely quite uncommon, at least here, but I think that's a good thing. I'd never even really heard of your younger two's names, but the woman in the next bed to me in hospital when I had DS called her DD the same name as your DD1. I thought what a lovely name, although I must admit I went off it a bit when I saw how it was spelled as it just looked wrong! (Imagine the shorter spelling of DD1's name plus only one n.)
The psychologist was the same one as we saw last time, but she went through the results of the tests in more detail today. She's not going to be doing the training herself, though; she said that one of the tutors would phone us to arrange the lessons.
Ploom Did you find a Christmas tree? Are you having to hide it until the 24th now? I'm also fascinated by the names discussion and what other people's DC are called (it took me ages to remember Grinch's DS1's name!).
cheas Gorgeous fabrics - I wish I was good at arts & crafts type things.
advent at the price of the parcel - although I shouldn't be really, as it's extortionate to post parcels here too. I was really earlier today, though, when the DC's Christmas cards to my parents were returned as I hadn't put enough postage on them - they were definitely under 50g, so they can't have fitted through the dreaded slot (0.5 cm). I took DD2's letter out and posted it to them, but we'll take the Christmas cards back with us when we fly over. I'm not paying over ?8 to post six Christmas cards!
mamasr On further questioning, it turns out that DH hasn't actually been to Kitzbühel so you can probably ignore his remarks about it being full of Russians. But it does have a reputation for being very expensive and exclusive and, like Ploom said, you'll get more value for money if you look a little further out.
Wrt to buying in Austria, you need to allow an additional 10% or so on top of the purchase price for fees, taxes, etc. If you buy a new property direct from the developer, you'll save on estate agent fees, but otherwise you could pay up to about 6% of the purchase price (the average is around 3%, I think). Another thing to bear in mind is that property prices don't tend to go up much here, so you won't necessarily make a profit when you sell - in fact, it seems to be quite unusual to do so. Buyers will pay a premium for a newbuild and houses then seem to depreciate. (This may be different in an exclusive area like Kitzbühel, but DH said probably not.) I'm afraid I don't know much about the Kitzbühel area, but if you have any more questions related to buying property in Austria, feel free to ask. 