Saturday, July 15, and Sunday, July 16, 2023

Interestingly enough, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw all had a time away from home on Saturday and Sunday -- and mostly not together. Nanaw came to visit Chase on Saturday morning, and she and Tyler, the cat, watched him play Job Simulator/Restaurant and baseball downstairs on his VR, and then they played with the stuffed animals upstairs. Chase and Daddy left a little after 11 a.m. on Saturday morning to go out to Silex to spend the night with Elias and his dad. They took Sam and Sylvester with them. Also there in addition to Elias was Uncle Chris (whose house they stayed at), Uncle Chuck, and Uncle Will Bill. It was a guys' weekend. Daddy and Chase brought KFC for lunch, and Chase had more for dinner. Elias's swimming pool was open with a new liner, and Chase says they went swimming twice, which he really liked. Chase had brought along his Wiffle ball bats and balls and his strike zone. He thinks Elias liked his strike zone, and he did well with it. Chase said they left Elias's house at about 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Mama's adventure was to go to Uncle Mike's house for a driveway party with Uncle Mike's neighbor Kent. Before the party, Mama and Uncle Mike walked to Paul's Market to look around. (Papaw and Nanaw used to go there to buy wonderful steaks.) Aunt Becky made popcorn for the driveway party. Then Aunt Becky made her wonderful homemade pizza for dinner. Mama slept in Irina's bed (Irina is still in Europe) and got to see the cat, Tucker. The German Shepherds, Cheyenne and Apache, came to visit Mama, and she liked that. On Sunday morning, Mama and Uncle Mike went to Old Towne Donuts and bought lots of delicious donuts. Mama brought some home -- three of them had sprinkles and those were for Chase. Nanaw went out to the little house on Saturday and came back Sunday and went to visit Chase in the late afternoon. For a while, she watched him play his Xbox. Next they played hockey with the stuffed animals. Then Chase wanted to go in the living room to rest. He and Elias stayed up till 11:30 Saturday night, and Chase was really tired so Nanaw went home.