Thursday, June 25, 2026

Chase did some interesting things with his lunch today. He had Nanaw fix one of the Ramen noodle soups, and he fixed one of the little cartons of mac and cheese. Then he proceeded to add American cheese and shredded mozzarella to the Ramen, along with garlic powder and onion powder. He added shredded mozzarella, onion powder and garlic powder to the mac and cheese. He ate all of the mac and cheese and half of the Ramen and said he’d eat the rest of the Ramen tomorrow. Uncle Mike came over to cut the grass and talked to the neighbors two houses down about the survey the house between them had done. Evidently, the between neighbors are going to put up a fence because they have a dog. Next week, Uncle Mike is going to put in a water faucet at the front of the house so Nanaw doesn’t have to walk up and down the hill when she waters the plants, trees and bushes. Nanaw didn’t feel like having school today so the only school thing that Chase did was his Python Lesson 10 with ChatGPT. So he’s two lessons ahead of Nanaw. Nanaw will get to see Chase Saturday night because Mama is having Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky over to watch the Cardinals game. Cousin Eric from Colorado will be in town for cousin Mila’s graduation party tomorrow night, and he plans to stay for Mama’s party.

 

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

For lunch, Chase had one of the Michaelina’s frozen Chinese Rice dinners; Nanaw got out the soy sauce for him because he likes to add some. He had his workout at 1 p.m., and they left about 12:40 p.m. to be sure to get there on time. It was hot today so Chase was sweating when he got out of the workout. He turned the AC in the car as high and as cold as he could and soon got cooled off. At 3 p.m. Chase and Nanaw had school. First, Chase did the touch-typing course. Nanaw was excited to see that now the course was giving him words to type instead of just letters. At one point, he showed Nanaw that he was using all his fingers to type instead of slipping into his usual hunt and peck when he wants to go fast. Next, he did the Python computer coding class with ChatGPT and completed Lesson 10. He’s either two or three classes ahead of Nanaw no matter how much she tries to catch up. Nanaw is eagerly looking forward to finding out where they go when Lesson 12 is finished. Nanaw’s plan is for them to continue on with Python with ChatGPT as long as they can. Chase didn’t want to do any algebra today so they skipped it. They did “What Are Some Common Weather Phenomena?”for their Weather Academy lesson. Nanaw thinks they may go back over the lessons when they finish a couple of courses. They also did workbook pages, capitals, and memorizing the presidents’ names. Chase isn’t complaining as much about school and that makes Nanaw happy.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

It’s working well to give ½ of the protein bar to Chase mid morning as a snack, and the protein drink in the afternoon. Today for lunch, Chase had the leftover chicken strip with his Raising Caine sauce and the French fries he likes. He gave the lunch a thumbs up. Once again, he quickly and easily did lesson 9 in Python. Nanaw is so proud of him. They did algebra, presidents, capitals, Weather Academy, workbook pages and touch-typing in addition to computer programming. That sounds like a lot but they only do school for an hour and only do a few minutes with each thing. Nanaw used to have Chase do two hours of school but cut back to an hour this year because he complained so much. He still complains but not as much. After they were done with that part of school, they went into Chase’s room and began listening to Gordon Korman’s book The Fort.  Nanaw bought the Kindle version from Amazon, and then they have Alexa read the Kindle book to them. Very cool. When they drive around in Nanaw’s car, they also listen to an audiobook of one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books that Nanaw checked out of the library. Chase doesn’t really like to read books so the audiobook idea is a way to get him to somehow enjoy fiction. In the evening, Mama went out to dinner with Aunt Becca and Daddy and Chase went to the driving range and had Dairy Queen for dinner. The last two pictures are ones that Aunt Becca made on ChatGPT for Mama of Sylvester and Sam and the Rainbow Bridge.

Monday, June 22, 2026

For lunch on Monday, Chase had leftovers from last night’s Imo’s. But he didn’t have pizza –he doesn’t like Imo’s thin crust. He had mozzarella sticks and toasted ravioli, two of his favorites. Chase had a workout on Monday, and the weather was really cool so he didn’t get so hot during the workout as he usually does. But on the way home, he told Nanaw he thought he’d overdone it and hurt his side. He said he shouldn’t have worked so hard at it. Also on the way home, he asked Nanaw if he could skip the typing course and the programming course today and just do the other schoolwork. He promised to do the typing and programming tomorrow. Nanaw said he could do that. Nanaw tried Mama’s suggestion about getting Chase to eat the high protein bar and drink. She gave him half a bar in the morning as a snack and half of the drink in the afternoon as a snack, for a total of 20 grams of protein. Maybe someday she’ll be able to get him to eat a whole bar and drink a whole drink but this is good enough for now. One of Chase’s stuffed animals, Puppy Love got lost. They had Nanaw look for him over the weekend at her house but he wasn’t anywhere to be found. Chase had looked everywhere in his room but the huge pile of animals on the floor at the foot of his bed. So he looked there after he got home from Nanaw’s and he found Puppy Love, the last picture below.

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Once again, Chase had baseball games in O’Fallon, Missouri, and he played on the A team as an outfielder. His friend Tucker was on the B team, and Nanaw was sure Chase missed playing with him. Unfortunately, it started to rain and lightning and thunder. The coaches waited it out for a while but finally they called off the tournament when they realized it wasn’t going to stop storming. Aunt Becky had a family brunch for Uncle Mike for Father’s Day, and Mama, Daddy and Chase weren’t able to go because of baseball but then baseball was cancelled. But they still weren’t able to go because the brunch was over by the time they got home from the rained-out baseball tournament. Nanaw went to the brunch and had a wonderful time eating lots of bacon and the cinnamon roll that Aunt Becky grilled for her, just like Rockbridge – better than Rockbridge, actually. It rained on the drive up there and during the brunch. But when Nanaw was ready to go home, the rain had stopped. When she got home, she texted Mama to see if it was all right to drop off Daddy’s Father’s Day card. So she got to see Chase and take his picture for Days. The second picture below is a Truman the Tiger golf club cover. Mama bought one for Daddy for Father’s Day and also got one for Chase – very cute.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Chase had two baseball games on Saturday in the Bears tournament. They played out in O’Fallon, Missouri. He got to play on the A team because the team needed an outfielder. They lost the first game, 6 to 5. They won the second game 9 to 2. Mama said she wasn’t sure when they were playing on Sunday. She also said the fields are turf so unless it storms they won’t get rained out. The other day, as he and Nanaw were driving to his workout, Chase shared some funny memories. And these memories were from the boy who never remembers anything, ever. First, he asked if Nanaw remembered when she made him drink oil because it was supposed to be good for him. Then he said, but the worst was when you mashed up a vitamin that I didn’t want to take in the applesauce and made me eat that. Nanaw laughed and asked if he remembered any good things she’d done, and of course, he said no.

Friday, June 19, 2026

Chase’s sleepover with Tucker was a great success! Chase said they stayed up till 4 a.m. but Tucker said it was 5 a.m. Mama said they had Domino’s pizza last night when they got home from baseball practice, and she got donuts for them for breakfast on Friday morning. During the morning and early afternoon, they played VR and the Wii. Mama took Tucker home around 3 p.m. Chase is on the A team for Bears baseball tomorrow, and they have to be in O’Fallon at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning for an 8 a.m. game. Today when he made his bed, Chase discovered that Puppy Love was missing. They had Nanaw look for him but she couldn’t find him. She said she and Chase would look again on Monday. Chase wanted Chik Filet for dinner, and he made his Raising Caine sauce. Nanaw asked Mama how it was, and she said a little peppery. Chase was going to shower at 8:30 p.m. and go to bed early because he wants to get up at 5 p.m. for his early baseball game. Mama took a picture of Chase for Nanaw for Days of him holding the Squishmallow from Mama’s office.