I got back yesterday evening from a really nice visit with my sister and her family. While there, none of us got nearly enough sleep, but we really enjoyed the time together. My kids got to come too, but dad had to stay home alone.

I began to notice the acidophilus I've been giving my kids for the last month appears to be helping my son with his emotional self-control. It was especially obvious with our travel yesterday. Because of storms near DC, we had to sit on the tarmac for 30-40 minutes before takeoff, and later because of storms near Denver, we were almost diverted to Colorado Springs. The hardest part of that whole delay was that we were planning to spend about an hour in the airport with my husband before he had to leave for a business trip. Fortunately, we were able to get in to Denver after all (and then my hubby's plane was delayed too) so we had some nice time with him. Through all this, my daughter had a really hard time accepting the things she couldn't change, but my son was really good about it all. He is the child who is not generally flexible and does not deal well with changes in the plans!