This explains everything. Especially the yelling part.

Whew! Supper is finally in the oven. After the breaks started making funny noises on my way home this afternoon, and a glitch in communication as to where on Goodman Rd. I was supposed to meet my sister-in-law to pick up Jacob, things did not get much better. My washer stopped working midway through the 3rd load of laundry when it reached the spin cycle, Michael was late again, and the kids pulled the curtain in the living room out of the wall. I wanted nothing more for Michael to walk in the door and say, "Honey, let's go to El Charro" so that for just an hour maybe, I could forget about all the daily stresses of my paradise. No such luck. So what's in the oven? A new recipe, Swiss 'N Chicken Casserole, handed to me by my sister. It smells pretty tasty. I subsituted the celery with a jar of sliced mushrooms, and after 30 minutes of baking, I am going to sprinkle the remaining shredded swiss cheese on top and bake for the last 10 minutes.

In school news, Travis learned how to write the letter 'I' today. Last week they learned the sounds of "I" and "U". Why in that order, I'm not really sure. He is learning so much, so fast! He has already learned some new songs and poems, and he knows parts of the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag, the pledge to the Christian flag, and the pledge to the Bible. The best part about it is, I am working at the school in his class as a teacher assistant on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I get to observe all of this learning going on. These kids' minds are like little sponges, just soaking up everything and so eager to learn, learn, learn. Simply amazing!

Well that's about all I have time for for now, but I kept my word, didn't I :-) I need to get some dishes in the dishwasher...if that doesn't break, too!

I think that about the time I start typing this, Michael will walk through the door. He got home a little late because he had to make a bank deposit for his Mom, and then I had to send him to the store for aluminum foil and something else I needed to make supper, that I didn't know I was out of and/or needed for the supper I had planned. The difficult, challenging thing about being a Mom...No matter how hard I try to plan everything out, have everything set out, everything organized and in order, there will always be SOMETHING to throw everything out of order somewhere along the line. I actually had the kids' clothes and my clothes ironed and ready for tomorrow, and the plan was to get supper ready so when Michael came in the door at 5:30, we could eat, clean up the kitchen, play with the kids a little while, get them bathed and in the bed, and have some very-much-needed "us" time. But instead, we're about an hour and a half behind schedule, even though I planned ahead and got everything organized way ahead of time. I am very quickly learning (which I should have realized this long ago), that there is no such thing as being ahead of the game when you're a mother!

In other news, Travis likes school. The Sunday to Monday transition is a bit hard, being that we're at church all day and don't get home 'til late, but we're adjusting okay. It's also kind of hard for me getting used to 5 a.m. wake-up call vs. 8 am or 8:30 am or just whenever I feel like getting up wake-up calls. The only problem Travis is having at SCHOOL is he doesn't like to color. Yes, there are actually kids that don't like to color...who knew? It was funny because the teacher told me that he was complaining that his hand was tired and he couldn't color...well, he was showing her his LEFT hand...he's right-handed...lol. It was bad, but funny!

There's a lot more to blog about right now, but I will have to cut this short for now! Michael just got back with the needed supper items! I will TRY to continue with the school saga tomorrow. :-)