Happy Halloween! Thursday, October 31, 2024

Wednesday night, Nanaw found some of Chase's homework that was due on Thursday on the dining room table. So at 11 o'clock, she took it over to Chase's house and left it at the bottom of the stairs so he could turn it in on Thursday. From now on, they're going to make a sweep of all the rooms to make sure they have all of Chase's school materials, all of his guys and his phone. Because it was Halloween, Chase didn't have any homework. His class had Halloween snacks -- grapes and little donuts -- delivered by one of the room moms -- Chase's Mama!! For their Halloween dinner, Mama got a pizza for Chase and herself at Papa Murphy's, and she made chili for Daddy and Nanaw. Chase was very excited about the plans for his Halloween trick-or-treating. All of his best friends were coming over to trick-or-treat with him: Brady, Hunter, Cole, Drew and Joey were there. The crew had a great time together. Mama, Brady's mom, Hunter's mom, Emma and Nanaw went with them. One of their special stops was at the principal's house. It was a super night of fun. All the walking wore Nanaw out but it was worth it.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

On Wednesday morning, Chase said he was ready for the day's math and history tests. Today was Mama and Daddy's 14th wedding anniversary. Nanaw delivered their anniversary card and Outback gift card when she went to get her newspaper. Mama and Daddy are going to Outback tonight for their anniversary dinner, and Chase is going to stay with Nanaw and get all his homework done. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he said he thought he did okay on both of his math and history tests. Tomorrow, he has a geography test and a science test. Plus, he has to do a geography map that's due tomorrow, math problems, and a history assignment about the election. At 3:30, Daddy came to pick Chase up for a baseball activity that Chase called agility. Chase came back at 5:15, and he had Nanaw get all his study materials out of his backpack, then they worked on his homework. For dinner, Chase had the Cheetos mac and cheese. Mama and Daddy brought a yummy blooming onion from Outback for Chase and Nanaw.  In the evening at home, he did his 20 minutes of AR reading in the Public Enemies book. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Chase and Nanaw forgot to look at the school menu to see what was for lunch today. They could have looked in the storage area in the car but Charlie and Chares were on top of it so they didn't. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school on Tuesday afternoon, she asked what he had for lunch, and he said Mexican Haystack. That's the lunch Nanaw and Mama wanted to go eat with Chase. But Nanaw doesn't think parents and grandparents can do that anymore. Chase has two tests tomorrow -- in math on chapter 4 and in history on the judicial branch of the government. He has two tests on Thursday -- in geography and in science. After school, Chase and Nanaw did about 20 math problems on chapter 4 from the extra study section in the back of the math book. Chase missed two problems but both times it was carelessness, not lack of knowledge. So Nanaw advised him to go back and check his problems on the test tomorrow to make sure he got them all right. For history, he had a new study guide about the judicial branch that wasn't very specific about things. They studied it as best they could and also studied all the questions in the blue book. So Chase is as prepared for the two tests as Nanaw can do. While they were studying, Nanaw tried to make cheez-its for Chase but she forgot to keep an eye on them so she burned them badly, Maybe she'll try again tomorrow, and this time she'll keep an eye on them so they don't burn. For a few minutes after they finished studying, Chase played with Marc Andre. Chase told Nanaw he plans to take Marc Andre to Rockbridge. Nanaw is going to take the Weather Bingo game. 

Monday, October 28, 2024

Monday morning, Chase was happy to see a recovered Charles, in good shape after last night's leg reattachment surgery. Chase has decided to not have a sleepover with the cicadas until Rockbridge. Nanaw tried out the free car wash at the Ford dealer but decided not to use it again. It's kind of complicated to get the code for the car wash; you have to get a new one each time. pulsating water car wash by the storage place so she'll go there and pay for a car wash. For homework, Chase had English, math and history. He did his English by himself, and Nanaw doesn't know what it was. She'll ask him in the morning. Chase and Nanaw both finished the math assignment, and Nanaw compared their answers. They both had the same answers. Chase has a math test on chapter 4 on Wednesday, and today's homework was the chapter test for chapter 4. They'll study math again tomorrow afternoon. Chase also has a history test on Wednesday on the judicial branch of the government. Nanaw called Rockbridge this afternoon to see what time they could get in their rooms on Friday, and it's possible they might be able to get in early, instead of having to wait until 4 p.m. Nanaw thinks everybody is excited about the Rockbridge trip. She and Chase certainly are. 

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Chase had an activity-filled day on Sunday. First, he and Daddy went to church. Then Daddy, Mama and Chase went to the south county Bass Pro Shop to get things for the Rockbridge weekend. Chase got a Bass Pro hat, some lures and bait, and some candy. Then Chase and Mama went for a walk along Main Street in Columbia to look at the street decorations. Every Halloween season, Columbia residents and businesses put up character displays on the light posts along Main Street. Some of them include the Cookie Monster, and in front of the police/fire/EMS department, a gurney with a skeleton on it (probably Mama's favorite because she loves skeletons). Chase said his favorite was Clifford the Big Red Dog. Mama took a picture of Chase with Clifford, and Chase was wearing his new Bass Pro Shop hat. After the walk down Main Street, Chase played on the trampoline while Mama sat outside working. Nanaw came over to visit Chase at about 5 o'clock. She brought along Charlie and Charles the cicadas for their sleepover with Chase. For a while Chase played various forms of hockey in the garage, with Nanaw watching. Then Chase and Nanaw went downstairs, where Chase played hockey with Charlie and Charles. Unfortunately, Charles sustained an injury during the hockey game. Nanaw took the cicadas home for Charles' surgery on his loose front leg and sent Chase and Mama a picture of Charles and Charlie when the surgery was done. The sleepover was postponed to tomorrow night. 

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Chase had hockey practice today, and Mama took him. Mama and Daddy take turns taking Chase to hockey and baseball practice so that neither one is doing it all the time. They usually both go to hockey and baseball games. Mama texted Nanaw that she was going to Raising Cain to get dinner for them and asking if Nanaw wanted any chicken strips. Nanaw said yes, and Mama said she could also have Chase's slaw. Nanaw also got a piece of Texas toast. Nanaw gave Mama $15 to have her name on the back of Chase's Space Camp shirt. She also gave Chase $100 toward the cost of his Space Camp trip. Chase and Nanaw were going to study for Chase's history test on the judicial branch of the government on Wednesday but Chase said they hadn't read that part of the history book and were going to do it in class on Monday. He wanted to wait to read it till then, and Nanaw said okay. They played in Chase's room for awhile. Nanaw showed Chase the toy laptops, iPads and iPhones she bought on Amazon. Then they decided to order another toy laptop. Then Chase went into the living room to play with his Playmobil, and Nanaw went to watch him. When Nanaw got home, she took a picture (the second picture below) of the new stuffed cicada and sent it to Chase and Mama.  They both said "Awww."

Friday, October 25, 2024

Chase had the day off from school, and Mama brought him over at 7 a.m. Mama has the afternoon off, and they're planning to have lunch at La Fiesta. Chase brought Marc Andre back to Nanaw's house, and he played with it in the kitchen during the morning. He also did his AR reading. Mama talked with his reading teacher yesterday about his C+ in reading and how he could raise his grade. He's going to read for 20 minutes a day and he'll read shorter books. And Mama and Nanaw will watch him closely to make sure he gets enough points to get a decent grade. At La Fiesta, Mama had a taco and a chimichanga and rise; Chase had a been quesadilla; Nanaw had a steak quesadilla with rice and all kinds of vegetables. It was okay but next time she'l go back to her cheese quesadilla. They all ate lots of chips, salsa and cheese sauce. After La Fiesta, Mama and Nanaw went to Hallmark, and Chase waited in the car to play with Nanaw's phone. Nanaw bought a dog and snowman musical Christmas decoration for Mama and for herself. Mama and Chase both had Halloween adventures in the evening. Mama was going to Alton, Illinois for a haunted history walk through the town. Chase was going to a haunted house in St. Louis with Hunter, Brady, Cole, Mason and a friend. Hunter and Mason's dad Tim was taking them.