Just the facts

It's -4 here this morning, with a windchill of -20 (give or take a degree). Evan's school district is on a 2-hour delay, which means he doesn't have school today. I'm figuring it's because of the cold, as we didn't get any additional snow this weekend. I'm almost glad because I would have felt awful sending him out into the deep freeze this morning.

Evan also started to have some cold symptoms yesterday. He was a little hoarse and telling us his throat hurt. This developed into a full-blown cold overnight, with boogers and coughing and all that good stuff. I was starting to wonder when we'd all get sick again. I think we got a good three weeks in there, at least.

Today Grady is 8 months old, and over the weekend he started teething (we think). His bottom gums are a bit swollen where the two front teeth are set to appear, and he's been unusually cranky and drooly. Of course, I'm the same one who thought Evan was teething from five months on, and he didn't get his first tooth until he was 13 months old. I guess I'm not the most reliable there. I did give Grady a bit of Tylenol before bed last night, but even so he was up a lot and crying. Could be teeth, could be he's getting whatever Evan has, could be he's got cabin fever like the rest of us. We won't know until more develops.

Now, I'm going to go find something to bake. If it stays this cold, I may have to start my own cookie company.