Saturday, October 31, 2020

Happy Halloween! Saturday, October 31, 2020

Saturday was Halloween, Mama's favorite holiday. Mama had big plans for Halloween with her garage party. It was Chase's suggestion that they have a garage party. Mama invited Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky. When Nanaw got to Chase's house a little before five, he took her on a tour of the garage to see Mama's decorations and the games he set up. He had air hockey, skull bowling, golf putting, ring toss and something with bouncy balls that Nanaw never quite figured out. Chase wore his Thanos costume and looked totally cool. At five, Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky came, and everybody had dinner. Mama fixed chili, chicken fettuccine, and cheese garlic bread. After dinner, they all went out to the garage. Mama and Daddy took Chase trick or treating. When they came back, they said there were a lot of dark houses but also a lot of house with tables set up in driveways with lots of candy on them. When Mama, Daddy and Chase got back, Mama, Chase and Nanaw went out trick or treating. They found the same thing on their route -- a lot of dark houses but also a lot of house with tables set up in driveways with lots of candy on them. Chase got a lot of candy, which made him happy. Next, Chase and Uncle Mike played the games in the garage, and Chase had so much fun with Uncle Mike. It was really cute to see. It was a wonderful Halloween, maybe the best ever. When Uncle Mike got home, he sent pictures of Cheyenne and Apache lying down on the sofas and eating their dinner. LOL.












Friday, October 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

Mama was off work, and Chase was off school on Friday. So Mama, Chase and Nanaw had a day of adventures. Their first adventure was Mama making Halloween bookmarks on Nanaw's dining room table. They needed more construction paper and eyes so they went to Dollar Tree to get things. Chase also got another golf game and an arcade game. They went to Shubert's Meat Market in Millstadt to get steak for Friday night's 10th anniversary dinner for Mama and Daddy. Next they went to get food at Burger King. They took their food to Stuckmeyer's and met Brady and Emma and their Mama there. They ate their lunch and then Chase went to play with Brady and Emmy. Stuckmeyer's had lots of fun things to do, including three bounce houses, a ping pong table, and other games. Chase had a wonderful time playing with Brady. Mama and Nanaw bought fudge and Nanaw bought turtles. When it was time to go, they took Chase inside and he picked out some stick candy. Then they went back to Nanaw's house and did some more crafts. Mama went home to work on the 10th anniversary dinner, and Chase stayed at Nanaw's and played on the computer. Nanaw took Chase home and stayed for dinner: for Nanaw, there was a New York strip sirloin steak, Caesar salad and onion rings. It was a wonderful dinner and one of the best steaks I've had in a long time. 








Thursday, October 29, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Forgetful Nanaw had the wrong time set on her alarm. So Mama and Chase showed and Nanaw just got out of bed when she heard Mama's car door. But everything worked out all right. Chase got dressed and ate breakfast and got to school on time. He wore his baseball uniform as his Halloween costume for school. He told Nanaw the reason that he didn't want to wear his Thanos costume was because he couldn't wear the Thanos mask -- and that's what makes the costume. Yesterday Chase told Nanaw that Ms. Kennedy made Pumpkin Pie in a Bag for the class. Chase said it was really good and he liked it. He had the recipe but recycled it. So Nanaw Googled it and found the recipe. She printed out a copy for Mama and copy for herself. At the grocery store today, she bought the ingredients for the Pumpkin Pie in a Bag. After school, Chase and Nanaw made the Pumpkin Pie in a Bag for each of them. They had a lot of fun doing it. And the Pumpkin Pie in a Bag was delicious -- they both agreed. Tomorrow Chase is off from school and Mama is off from work so they're going to have an adventure at Stuckmeyer's and Dollar Tree and the meat market in Millstadt. 









Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Nanaw had a doctor's appointment today, and afterwards, she went to Burlington and bought a long, gray wool coat, a black sweater jacket and a navy blue sweater jacket. Then she got a crunch wrap supreme at Tacao Bell. It was good Good boy Chase remembered his AR reading book again today. Getting to use the computer and the tablet are great motivators for remembering the book. Chase said he got all his subtraction problems correct today. After school, Nanaw and Chase went to Dollar Tree because Chase wanted candy, and Nanaw didn't have any candy at home. Chase got lots of toys - football, basketball and golf games. Chase and Nanaw did math for awhile. Then they went into Chase's room and watched It's the Great pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Chase played with his new sports games. Chase's baseball practice was cancelled so Nanaw had some bonus time with Chase. When Nanaw took Chase home, she forgot the bag of guys. She told Daddy and Chase that she had to run an errand but would bring the guys afterward. Nanaw went to the library to pick up books on hold. Mama was at her hair appointment, and Nanaw talked to her while they were both driving to Mama's house. Nanaw went in with the guys and took pictures of Chase playing golf on the Wii downstairs with Daddy. 









Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

When Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Tuesday morning, she told Chase and Nanaw that she'd seen a baby Rubik's cube at Walgreen's that had four squares on each side rather than nine. Chase said that he wanted that one, and later in the day, Mama ordered it from Amazon. Chase ran out of school waving his AR reading book. That means he gets to play on the computer at Nanaw's house and play with his tablet at home tonight. When they got home, Chase and Nanaw played math games on the iPhone and the iPad rather than Chase doing the flash cards and math page. Tomorrow he will definitely do the flash cards and math page. Mama said she got Chase's report card today and he got lots of 3s, 2s in math and a 2 in something about cleanliness -- that's probably the messy desk thing. In his backpack were Chase's Iowa test results. He's best in reading and word analysis (whatever that is). Tonight Mama and Daddy have the parent / teacher conference with Ms. Kennedy over Zoom. 







Monday, October 26, 2020

Monday, October 26, 2020

On Monday morning, Chase and Nanaw decided they would play with Chase's fishing stuff in the glass bowl when he got home from school. Nanaw got out one of the fishing poles, and they pretended that Tee Tee was fishing. Sidney snuggled up with the Jacks on the living room floor and Nanaw took a picture of him. So after school, Nanaw got out all the fishing stuff and Chase played in the sink with it. Then Chase decided they would catch fish and then go into Chase's room to cook them. That's what they did. They also fixed "sides" at Chase's request, and other food, like chicken and hot dogs. It was really fun playing with Chase, and Nanaw was glad to get him away from the computer for a little while. Nanaw had Chase do his subtraction flash cards and his math page. Then Nanaw discovered that Chase forgot to bring home his reading book. So she found the story and the reading comprehension questions online and printed them out. Nanaw asked Chase when she picked him up if he had his heavy book and his AR book. He said he had his heavy book but didn't have to bring the AR book home. But he didn't bring the heavy book home. Daddy has the idea to let Chase play with his tablet in the evening on the nights he brings his book home but no tablet if he forgets the book. Sort of a motivational approach. Mama and Nanaw thought that was a really good idea. Mama lost the Halloween mask Nanaw made for her. So Nanaw sewed some scraps together so she would have enough Halloween material left to make another mask. Mama was very happy about it.







Sunday, October 25, 2020

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Mama sent Nanaw a report about Chase's activities on Sunday and a picture of him at Stuckmeyer's. She said they forgot to draw and make cookies yesterday -- they had too many other things to do. On Sunday, Mama said she and Chase did spelling and reading and got that out of the way. She had to clean the bathrooms, fold the laundry and get the beef stroganoff into the crock pot. She also put the candy bags together for Halloween. She made forty and might make some more or at least have the bags and candy ready to make more on Halloween night. After Mama was done with her work, she and Chase went to Dollar Tree to get more prizes for Bingo. Then Chase and Mama went to Stuckmeyer's and had a wonderful time playing the games like ring toss, ping pong, darts and others. Chase liked the bounce houses. Mama sent Nanaw a picture of Chase sliding down the bounce house. Mama invited Nanaw over for steak on Friday night. She said she had to buy good steaks, and maybe they would go to the meat store in Millstadt on Friday. Nanaw came over in the evening for a delicious dinner of beef stroganoff. After dinner, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs so he could demonstrate his Marble Run to her. He put together his Marble Run and his Marble Racer and made a long track. After Mama had the kitchen cleaned up, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw had a Bingo tournament. It was great fun. Nanaw won a skull candle and a snowman snow globe. The first picture is one Nanaw took of her morning fire at the little house; she sent the photo to Uncle Mike and Mama. 







Saturday, October 24, 2020

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Mama dropped Chase off at Nanaw's house on Saturday morning while she went to the grocery store. Chase and Nanaw played the Google baseball game for awhile. Then they went outside and played baseball. It was baseball training camp time. Chase helped Nanaw with her pitching while he batted. Mama invited Nanaw over for Sunday night for beef stroganoff (which Chase requested) and a bingo tournament with prizes from Dollar Tree. Mama told Nanaw that her mom friend Becky took Hunter to Stuckmeyer's, and they had a great time playing games. Mama and Nanaw didn't know Stuckmeyer's had games. If the weather is good on Friday, Mama, Chase and Nanaw will go to Stuckmeyer's again. Mama gave Nanaw a report on Chase's activities the rest of Saturday. Chase forgot to bring his AR book home from school again. Mama and Nanaw don’t know what they're going to do with the little fellow. Chase rode his scooter while Mama walked the dogs. Mama, Daddy and Chase played football outside for awhile, and then Daddy and Chase did other outside stuff. They had Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and watched the World Series game downstairs. Chase played with his Marble Run. The fourth and fifth pictures are from a tree report Nanaw sent to Uncle Mike are of the trees at the little house -- one that Cuivre River cut down and one that fell down on its own. The last picture is one Mama sent to Nanaw of Chase and Tee Tee. 









Friday, October 23, 2020

Friday, October 23, 2020

Mama had the day off from work on Friday so she took Chase to school. She came over to Nanaw's house at 11:15 to get Nanaw so they could go pick up Chase. He was very happy to see them both. They went to Schnuck's to get chicken for lunch. They took the chicken back to Chase's house so that Daddy and Grandma Pat could also have chicken. It was delicious -- Nanaw had three wings. After lunch, they drove to Stuckmeyer's on Route 3 to see if the play area was open but it was closed. They went in the little store and looked around. The store had a lot of interesting antique things from the Stuckmeyer farm. Mama bought peanuts, chocolate candy and a pumpkin carving kit. Nanaw bought yummy delicious rocky road fudge. They took a drive down Hanover Road and then on to Bluff Road to see if they could find Stuckmeyer's farm, and they did. Nanaw also showed Mama the grotto up on the hill overlooking Bluff Road. They drove up the hill but couldn't find a road to the grotto. They went back to Nanaw's house and had lots of fun playing Scrabble Jr. and Don't Break the Ice. Then Mama went home to take a nap, and Chase stayed at Nanaw's house to play on her phone till it had to be charged and then on the computer. In the evening, Mama went up to the church/school parking lot to play drive-in Bingo. Hunter's dad brought a firepit for the moms, and Mama sent pictures to Nanaw.










Thursday, October 22, 2020

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Nanaw went over to Chase's house on Thursday morning to pick him up because Mama's car was at Dobb's. Nanaw made He told Nanaw to remind him to bring his AR book home from school, and she did remind him when she dropped him off. His PE teacher was there and opened the car door for him. She asked him if he'd told his grandma he loved her, and Chase said yes. At Walmart Nanaw bought the Rubik's cube for Chase; Walmart also had a Rubik's cube named Impossible. I told Chase about it and he said he wanted it. LOL Before Nanaw picked Chase up from school, she went to his house to pick up his roller blades, helmet and hockey stick. Unfortunately Chase didn't want to go to the park because of some problems his friends were having with each other. So Chase roller bladed in Nanaw's driveway and the sidewalk. On the downhill sidewalk, he started going really fast and crashed in the grass. But he jumped up and said, "I didn't get hurt because I fell on the grass." Chase did well with the math flashcards and fairly well with the math problems. Nanaw intends to keep doing math with Chase to help him become better at math.