Sunday, February 2, 2025

Mama texted Nanaw that Chase had his last hockey game of the tournament at 10:45 on Sunday morning and that they would leave after that. Later, Mama called Nanaw when they were on the road and said that somehow she'd lost the book she'd been reading on the trip. It was The Note by Alafair Burke that Mama bought when she and Nanaw went to the awesome new library to see Alafair. Mama thought she'd put it in the bag she carried with her in the car but it wasn't there. She called the hotel and asked them to be on the lookout for it when they cleaned the room. Mama came to get Sly and Ty shortly after the returned home. Ty did some hiding out but eventually they found him. Later in the evening, when she was unpacking, Mama found her book and was very happy about it. Nanaw came over to visit Chase early in the evening. He told her that he'd already done his homework so they didn't have to study together. In his room, he showed her how he'd arranged all the guys on his bed. Nanaw took a picture because it looked so cute. It's the first photo below. Mama had gone to the grocery store, and she had Chase help Nanaw carry all his food out to the car. Nanaw was so happy to see Chase and his parents; she missed them while they were gone.

 

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Mama said they ate breakfast at the hotel on Saturday morning and that it was okay, which isn't much of an endorsement. For lunch, they went to Chick Fil A, which was surely much better than breakfast. They all love it. After lunch, they were going to go watch a hockey game some friends were playing in. Chase plays at 2:55. Then they have the team lunch/dinner. Then Chase had another game at 9 p.m. The first picture below is ONE Nanaw sent to Mama of Nanaw's cats hiding out from Sylvester and Tyler on the bed in her room. She told Mama that Sly and Ty are being very good. When Sly wants to go outside, he comes up to Nanaw and barks and barks until she puts him outside. Ty moves from his green chair to the dining room table and back. He's very much in charge of everything so he's very happy. Nanaw said that all is well in the pet hotel. The second picture is the mailbox and Amazon deliveries that Nanaw put inside the house for Mama and Daddy. You texted that they hit the delivery jackpot with three in the mailbox and one on the porch. The third picture is one Mama sent of Chase in the Saturday night hockey game.

Friday, January 31, 2025

On Friday morning around 9 a.m., Mama and Chase brought Sylvester and Tyler over to Nanaw's house for their weekend with Nanaw while their family goes to Kansas City for Chase's hockey tournament. Nanaw was so happy that Chase came along with Mama so Nanaw could see him. She's going to miss him this weekend. While Mama was bringing things in and getting the pets settled, for some reason, Chase went downstairs and started playing the keyboard down there. Sometimes we don't know why Chase does what he does but it's always interesting. Mama texted Nanaw throughout the day about their actions and activities, which was very helpful for Days of Chase. They left for Kansas City about 11. Daddy had been feeling sick the past few days but he felt better on Friday so that was a good thing for Daddy and a good thing for the trip. They got to Kansas City at about 3 p.m.,  and checked into the Hilton hotel. Then they went next door to Old Chicago Pizza and had pizza and cheesy bread for a late lunch. Chase's first hockey game was at 7:55 p.m. and Mama says unfortunately they lost  After the game, Mama hung out with some of the parents, Chase hung out with some friends, and Daddy went to bed because he still didn't feel 100%. Mama says she and Chase stayed up till about midnight. The first picture is Chase at Nanaw's house coming upstairs after having played the keyboard downstairs. The second picture is Chase at Old Chicago Pizza eating pizza.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

On Thursday morning, Mama brought Chase to Nanaw's house early, at 6:45, so he could get to school by 7:40 to update the Penny Pincher poster. He asked a friend to do it for him on Friday because he won't be there to do it. Chase, Mama and Daddy are going to Kansas City for a hockey tournament this weekend. It was pajama day at Chase's school for Catholic Schools Week, and Chase wore his Mizzou pajamas with Truman's face on the shirt and Mizzou stuff on the pants. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he said that for homework, he has a Pacific map review on Monday in geography and a Pacific map test on Tuesday. In AR, he's supposed to read to the end of chapter 21 in Mockingbird. He still hasn't gotten his Mockingbird packet back so he can’t work on it. The writing tricks document was due in English tomorrow. Chase had an accident with his Chromebook where it fell out of his locker and broke the screen. He didn't think it was usable but at Nanaw's house she plugged it in and turned it on, and he was able to do the writing tricks assignment and turn it in online. The screen of the Chromebook was all pink and green, and Chase thought that was sort of cool. Mama is going to get him a new Chromebook. Until it comes, Chase is going to borrow one from the office. Nanaw took Chase home early because Nanaw was going to Kate's retirement party at Rosalita's. Nanaw was really looking forward to seeing the friends she worked with before retiring to take care of Chase.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Today's dress down garb was to be red, white and blue so Chase wore lots of his Affton American hockey stuff. He didn't quite make it to school by 7:40 to update the Penny Pincher poster; it was 7:45 when he got there. He took the pennies and silver Nanaw gave him and donated it to the charity fund. He wants some $1 bills from Mama, Daddy and Nanaw for tomorrow. When Nanaw picked him up from school, he said they had sausage links and eggs for lunch but he didn't get any eggs because he doesn't like them. He said he got a 91 on the California map quiz, and a 94 on today's Alaska/Hawaii map quiz. On the way home from school, Chase played chess on his Chromebook, using Nanaw's hotspot on her phone. Nanaw said she wanted to give him a few ideas about his memoir narrative. Then when they got home, Nanaw read his new version, and he had already done most of her ideas. He made it longer; he explained that he said the opposing team reminded him of the Blackhawks because their uniforms were the same color; and that it was a funny thing that Mama was in the penalty box when he scored his game-winning goal. He didn't want to say that it was his third trip to Chicago as Nanaw suggested because he said the teacher said not to get off topic. After Chase and Nanaw talked about his memoir essay, he worked some more on it and also on a Valley worksheet for geography. Then he went back to playing chess on his Chromebook. Tonight, he has baseball practice.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Tuesday's dress down assignment was to wear their favorite jersey, and Chase wore his Notre Dame jersey. Chase got to school at 7:43 instead of 7:40 but he said that was all right, that it didn't take long to update the poster for Penny Pincher. In the afternoon when Nanaw picked Chase up, he asked her for some pennies to take to school tomorrow. Nanaw got out her can of pennies and got out some pennies and silver. She told Chase the story of the penny can, saying that when Mama and Uncle Mike were little, all year they saved their pennies for Christmas Eve dinner. Then they put the pennies in penny rolls and took them to the bank to get dollars. Then they used the dollars to get Kentucky Fried Chicken (now called KFC) for Christmas Eve dinner. Nanaw told Chase it was a wonderful tradition and that maybe Chase could think of a tradition he'd like to start. He has a geography test on Wednesday on the Alaska and Hawaii maps. He did a test on Nanaw and told her she did fairly well. After studying, Chase got his chess game out of his room and set it up so he could teach Truman the Mizzou Tiger how to play chess. He told Nanaw she could watch if she wanted, and she did. It was very cute watching Chase trying to teach a stuffed animal how to play chess. Of course, Chase won. When Nanaw took Chase home, she told Mama she was going to Schnuck's to get her newspaper, and Mama said she was going to Schnuck's to get snacks for their Kansas City trip this weekend, so they decided to go together, and Nanaw said she would drive. So they had a mother-daughter shopping adventure!

Monday, January 27, 2025

For Catholic Schools Week, the ICS students got to wear various dress down outfits or colors. Monday's dress down was for neon colors. Chase wore an orange neon tee shirt and an orange neon hoodie that belongs to Mama.. Every day this week, he's supposed to be at school by 7:40 so he can update the poster for Penny Pincher, one of the fund raising projects this week. He didn't have to be there at 7:40 today because there wasn't anything to update. Chase and Nanaw studied the Mockingbird vocabulary words again before school, thinking there was a test today. But when Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he said they didn't have the vocabulary test. He said his DLR and geography California map tests were good. Mr. K., the science teacher, posted a late item to Homework Central, saying the chemical formula test would be Tuesday instead of Wednesday or Thursday because of the talent show. Chase said he knew how to do the formulas and there really wasn't any way to study for it. Tonight, Chase has a baseball workout session and then a catchers' lesson. Mama and Nanaw went to the awesome new library on Lindbergh to see mystery writer, Alafair Burke.