It's so cold in the Creek

It has been really cold this last week. If we would not have already had the day off on Friday (Professional Development) we would have had a day off because of how cold it was. The boys and Ang have been trapped in the house with how cold it has been. Jax was out for preschool but that was cancelled on Friday because of the cold. I was supposed to be working in Jax's classroom on Monday, but the teacher forgot that they did not have school that day. I was excited to finally make it into his classroom and help, but I will have to wait for another day. Brady has really started to talk more and more. It seems that he is learning a couple new words everyday and he still gets just as excited when he realizes that we understand him. His diet has not been great lately but he ate like a champ today. He had three pieces of toast, rice, and some corn for dinner tonight and ate pretty good the rest of the day. He also has to run everywhere that he goes. He is like a little Forrest Gump always running. B also peed in the potty tonight, but all of it went down his leg. Tonight, I tried to explain how to aim properly, but I don't think that it will matter next time. At least he is trying and interested in going. Jax is stir crazy inside the house. I have taken him outside a couple times but it has just been to cold to take him out. I have been talking with him about his imaginary house and the possessions that he has in it. He will talk for 10 minutes with me about his lawn mower, snow blower, weed whacker, truck, motorcycle, the colors it is and goes in great detail. He really tries to have adult conversations and does a good job with it. He will laugh when he runs out of ideas, but I can get him to talk more with a couple good questions. He also has started to teach at Pennfield and rides his motorcylce or Jeep there. He is going to go teach the kids and then watch the football game. Both boys have been trying to punish mimi and papa for going to Florida. Neither one will talk on the phone or talk about them during the day. I finally convinced Jax to ask them for some batteries for his trains and he reluctantly accepted and talked to them. He ended up having a good time and talked for a while. Brady grabbed the phone and said batteries a couple times then gave it back to me. Jax talked to Grampy on the phone tonight about their motorcycles and having to fix them. He also asked Grampy to send him double-wide batteries instead of double A. Jax does not have any tools except for a hammer to fix his. He needs to get more tools in his workshop in order to fix it. He also has a blue truck with a purple end as well. Jax has been saying some pretty cool prayers as well. He prayed for Henry inside of Uncle Tim's belly, for his cough to go away, for Grams and Gramps coming over tomorrow (he made it up that they were coming over), and for the kids in his class.