Monday, December 31, 2018

Happy New Year's Eve! Monday, December 31, 2018

Mama had the day off from work on New Year's Eve day, and she planned an adventure for herself, Chase and Nanaw. First, they went to Walmart for a variety of items. Chase bought some little Hatchimals. After Walmart, they went to Tequila's for lunch. It had been a long time since Nanaw went there to eat. Nanaw had a chimichanga plate; Mama had a chimichanga and a taco; Chase had chicken nuggets and fries. Mama dropped Chase and Nanaw off at Nanaw's house; Chase was going to spend the afternoon with Nanaw. They went to the cemetery, and then when they got back to Nanaw's house, they took naps. At least Nanaw did. Chase said he took a little nap but Nanaw thinks he was watching the weather channel and playing with various toys. In the evening, Mama and Chase rode with Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan out to Silex for Uncle Chris's New Year's Eve party. Daddy had to work until 5:30 so he came separately. Nanaw went to her nephew Dan's house for New Year's Eve and had a wonderful time with Dan's wife Sherry, sons Ryan and Greg, and Uncle Doug and Aunt Rita. They played a funny game of trying to unwrap a ball of saran wrap to get prizes.









Sunday, December 30, 2018

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Chase and Daddy went to church on Sunday morning. When Chase got home, Mama got out their matching Scott Trade Blues tee-shirts so they could dress alike and be matchy-matchy. Nanaw made pork chops and chicken in dressing, along with Caesar salad to take over to Chase's house for dinner. Nanaw said Chase had to have a bite of everything, and he did. After dinner, it was time for what Chase calls Family Game Night. He selected the game Hot Potato for the group. Daddy was the reader of the questions off the cards. Mama said they had to play according to the real rules, which she read to everyone. Nanaw did not know that they'd previously been playing by incorrect rules -- very funny. Chase lost, but for a change, he didn't seem to mind. After game night was over, Chase and Nanaw played with the giant eyeball that Aunt Becca bought for him. Then they went into Chase's room and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" -- several days late but charming all the same. Later in the evening, Mama sent Nanaw a text inviting her to go shopping and to lunch at Tequila's on New Year's Eve day, and Nanaw happily accepted the invitation. When Nanaw left for Chase's, Sidney Crosby the Cat was lying on Pawpaw's bed, watching Hallmark movies, and that's where he was when Nanaw returned.








Saturday, December 29, 2018

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Chase had a soccer game on Saturday morning, and he was excited about going to play. Mama and Daddy encouraged him to keep after the ball and promised him points if he did so. He did very well in the game, and on the way home, Mama told him he'd earned 10 points. She said for the 10 points he could spend $3 at Dollar Tree or get a Happy Meal from McDonald's. (Mama and Daddy are very clever.) When everyone got back to Chase's house, he wanted to play a game. He chose Ice Cool, and Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw played the game. It's a very complicated game, and fortunately, Daddy had played it with Chase already so he knew the rules and could help Mama and Nanaw. Mama won the first game, and Daddy won the second game. The plan is to have Family Game Night on Sunday evening; Nanaw is bringing pork chops and chicken and stuffing for dinner on Sunday evening, and then they'll have Family Game Night. Before Nanaw left for home, Mama had Chase take a bath, and Nanaw got to see what a bath bomb is and does. In the evening, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Auntie LaLa's house. Chase was very excited that he was going to see Little Will -- Chase has so much fun playing with Little Will, especially upstairs on the third floor where all the toys are.


Friday, December 28, 2018

Friday, December 28, 2018

Nanaw finally, finally got to spend a whole day with Chase and that made her very happy. They had lots of adventures and errands -- a very busy day. First, they went to UMSL to take turkey soup, a bag of newspapers and a baking pan to Uncle Mike. The campus was mostly closed and empty; Uncle Mike was the only one in the grounds crew there. After UMSL, they went to the Train House (Transportation Museum) for their last visit of the year to the train display. It was wonderful, as usual. Chase had popcorn, and Chase and Nanaw did the scavenger hunt again. After the Train House, they went home for lunch, then delivered Mama's turkey soup to her. They picked up the Hatchimals and a few more stuffed animals. Next, they went to the library where Chase got Mike and Ike candy from the "bending" machine and then to Walmart. Of course Chase wanted a toy at Walmart but Nanaw said he'd gotten almost a hundred toys for his birthday and Christmas (that's probably a bit of an exaggeration but not too much), and so he didn't need any toys. Surprisingly enough, Chase accepted this and didn't make a fuss. In the evening, Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan came to visit and have Christmas with Chase, Mama and Daddy and have Papa Murphy's pizza for dinner.













Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas Week: Friday, December 21 to Thursday, December 27, 2018

On Friday, Chase's class had a Christmas party. Mama was off work again, and she and Nanaw picked Chase up from school. He brought home a picture of himself and Cam, his church buddy -- so cute. On Saturday, Chase went to AJ's birthday party at the bowling alley. Mama said Chase had a really good time. Mama fixed chili for dinner on Saturday night, then everybody rode around looking at Christmas lights in Columbia. Daddy drove so Mama could look at the lights. On Sunday, Mama baked lots and lots of cookies. She said Chase was her taster. The reindeer cookies were so cute. Chase played hockey in his Pittsburgh Penguins jersey and then played with his tablet, his favorite thing to do. Nanaw came to visit on Christmas Eve and brought along the slippers for Mama from Chase and the loofah toy for Sam so Chase could sign the gift cards. Chase went with Mama and Daddy to aunt Patty's for Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning Chase and Daddy went to church, and Daddy wore the Christmas tie Chase gave Daddy for Christmas. Chase, Mama and Daddy came over to Nanaw's house for a turkey Christmas dinner. Chase got a Hotwheels corkscrew from Nanaw, along with Minecraft Legos and ROBLOX figures, a weather lab, a Zero Santa hat, and a stuffed penguin. On Wednesday, Chase and Mama met Sean and his mom at SkyZone for the boys to play. Afterwards, they met Nanaw at the Telegraph Road library . They did the scavenger hunt, and Chase got a penguin sticker (see a trend here? With penguins?) On Thursday, Nanaw had to go to the dentist and couldn't pick Chase up from Mama until noon. Chase and Nanaw played with his ROBLOX figures and ROBLOX on the laptop. Chase had one of the pieces of bubble gum from the huge container of bubble gun Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky and the grandkids gave Nanaw for Christmas. Chase wanted Nanaw to play in the evening, and they both played on their computers -- it was really fun.