Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Chase was in a much better mood on Tuesday and was eager to go to the Science Center. He played with his usual areas on the way in: the cars, the rain area and the arch building. He went into the Mars section and spent a lot of time building a Mars Rover and testing it out. This was a whole new area at the Science Center, and Chase liked it a lot. His favorite, of course, was the outside area. First, he and Nanaw visited the chickens. There were six of them, and they were beautiful. One of them was making a peeping noise, which delighted Chase. He played for a long time at the water area and had lots of fun pumping water into buckets and straining it through a grate. Next, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs to the dinosaur area. Chase played in the dinosaur dig for awhile, then they went to play with the stuffed dinosaurs. But they were gone so they didn't go into the lab room. On the way out, Chase and Nanaw went to see the big outdoor concrete dinosaurs: the triceratops and the tyrannosaurus rex. Chase loves them and posed very willingly by them for photos to send to Mama. In the car, Nanaw took a picture of Chase with Mama's van, which Chase brought along. His plan was to have a demolition derby with the van and some of his big cars when they got home -- and that's what he did. Unfortunately, the van had an accident with its rear bumper and Nanaw had to super-glue it back on. Nanaw told Chase they were retiring the van from demo derbies because it was so old. Mama and Nanaw figured it's at least 44 years old. At the end of the day, Chase and Nanaw had school, and it went better than usual. Hopefully, Mama will have the same experience tonight.