Thursday, October 1, 2026

Chase and Nanaw did more Civics studying on Thursday morning, in preparation for the make-up test. Uncle Mike came over on Thursday to visit and do more laundry. He says Whirlpool still hasn’t solved the mystery of the washer. Today was an early dismissal day – they were getting out at 2:20 instead of 2:55. Nanaw didn’t leave until the end of General Hospital and didn’t get there until 2:17. She got a text from Chase saying, “Where are you?” even though she wasn’t late. It turns out the school let them out a little early. Nanaw’s first question was about the Civics test. Chase was happy to announce he got a 96, which brought his overall grade up to 94. Nanaw used the opportunity to reinforce the idea that he needs to study more for tests and quizzes, Chase agreed and said he hadn‘t studied very much for the original Civics test. So he promised that he would study more with Nanaw in the future for tests and quizzes. He said he was happy he was an A student and would like some day to be an Honors student. Then he said maybe he could somehow get a college scholarship for one of the sports he plays. It may have been the first time that Chase voiced to Nanaw his opinion about his school performance or his future plans. On the pick-up call with Mama, she told Chase she was going to come along with Nanaw tomorrow to pick Chase up at 1 p.m. She said she was thinking maybe they would go to lunch. Chase said maybe. He said they were having Chik Filet for lunch at school and were supposed to eat outside. But then he said there was rain in the forecast so they might not eat outside. But they could go out to lunch if he was still hungry.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

After Nanaw took Chase to school, she had breakfast at the Café Abbey with Brady’s grandma and Andrew’s grandma. Andrew’s grandma showed them pictures of Andrew at his high school homecoming dance with his date and two friends and their dates. Chase’s school homecoming dance is Friday, October 9. Chase isn’t sure whether he’s going or not, and Mama gave him until tomorrow (Thursday) to make up his mind so she can buy him a ticket and dress pants to wear. His friends are going but that doesn’t seem to influence him. Mama told him he would have to stay for the whole dance and that might be what’s convincing him not to go. Nanaw will be interested in seeing which way his decision goes. They gave Brady a ride home, and the boys had a laugh fest in the back seat. Nanaw loves to hear them having a good time. Chase had Math and Driver’s Ed homework. When he was done with it, they studied for tomorrow’s Civics make-up test. Chase seems like he might be learning the material and remembering it. They’re going to study again tomorrow morning before school. Today was the last of the month, which means it was Chase’s weighing and measuring day. He weighs 127.6 pounds (up from 125.5 pounds), and he’s still 5 feet seven inches tall. 

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Gibault students are wearing special themed outfits each day this week because it's Spirit Week. The special dress-up days are part of the school's Spirit Week activities running through the week leading up to their fall events and celebrations. Students wear creative, themed attire each day to earn participation points and build school spirit. Yesterday was spirit wear, and Chase wore a Gibault tee shirt and a Gibault hoodie. Today was Easter, and Chase wore a bright green, Easter-looking Polo shirt. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, one of the students, a tall boy, walked out wearing a full Easter Bunny outfit, with floppy ears, and full body suit in white and pink. Nanaw wonders if the costume was his idea or his mom’s. As for homework, Chase had Math and studying for the Civics make-up test on Thursday. After he got the Math done, Chase and Nanaw started working on Civics. They went through the items on the study guide with Chase reading the answers to Nanaw. Tomorrow, they’re going to go through the study guide twice – again with Chase reading the answers to Nanaw and then with him answering the questions without looking at his notes. 

Monday, September 28, 2026

On Monday morning, Nanaw and Chase looked at the Civics notes Nanaw printed out. They are  to prepare Chase for the Civics make-up test, which Chase thinks, will be on Thursday. Tomorrow Chase is going to print out the Civics notes from his laptop for Nanaw to look at. Chase said his grade on last week’s test was an 81, and he’s hoping if he studies enough, he can bring that up to an A. Nanaw got to see Brady’s grandma this afternoon after a week of not seeing her. She said their friend Anne was going to have breakfast with them on Wednesday at The Abbey. Nanaw told Mama about the breakfast, and Mama said she wanted to take Chase there for breakfast the morning of October 9; Chase has the day off from school, and Mama has the day off from work. Chase didn’t have any homework for tonight, which made him happy. He decided he wanted to have the cheese-stuffed garlic bread sticks for a snack. So Chase and Nanaw worked together to fix them. It’s always fun to cook with Chase. They might finally make their pizza bread on his October 9 day off. This week, Chase has a couple of early dismissals: 2:20 on Thursday and 1 p.m. on Friday.

Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27, 2026

On Saturday, Chase had two baseball games, and unfortunately his team lost both of them. Because of the baseball games, Chase, Mama and Daddy couldn’t go to cousin Lindsey’s housewarming party. But Nanaw was able to go, and she got to see Lindsey and Dylan’s nice, little house and their orange tabby cat Butterscotch.  To see the cat, Nanaw looked in the front window at Butterscotch sitting on his cat tree. Either Uncle Mike or Aunt Becky went to see him (Nanaw can’t remember which one) and got hissed at. He’s very cute! The party was interesting, and Nanaw got to talk to one of the Duchesne teachers who had most or all of Uncle Mike’s five kids in her classes. She also got to see cousin Robbie, and the people whose company did the roof and siding at the little house and the Columbia siding and roof. She also met the family of Robbie’s friend who installed her water heater. Aunt Becky brought popcorn drizzled with white chocolate that was delicious. Sunday’s baseball game was not a good one for Chase or the team. Chase had an error and so did some of the other players. He struck out, and for the third strike, just stood there, didn’t swing or anything. The team lost the game, unfortunately. It’s so sad – they seem to lose all the time. After the game, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Wally’s and Chase got some candy. In the afternoon, Nanaw asked Mama to drive her to the St. Clare ER because of chest pains, and Nanaw was afraid of a heart attack. But that wasn’t what it was so Nanaw is going to her primary doctor to figure it out. Dear, sweet Mama came and picked her up about four and took her home. Mama said she was making hamburger pasta for dinner. She also told Chase they were going for a walk in Creekside Park, the one behind their house, after dinner to see the bridge. Daddy said the workers had done more construction on it. Then Daddy might build a fire in the fire pit. The pictures below show Chase playing baseball, Tyler in the window and the house in Florissant.

Friday, September 25, 2026

Mama had the day off from work on Friday so she took Chase to school. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he told Nanaw about his tests and homework. He said the Drivers’ Ed and Biology tests were fairly easy, and he thought he did well on them. He said the Civics test was harder but the teacher said anyone who wanted to could take the test again, and Chase said that was what he was going to do. Nanaw looked at the Civics study guide and saw that the material looked difficult so she said she would help Chase study for the retake of the test. The best news of all was that Chase got a 98 on this week’s Math test. Second best news was that Chase was going to have dinner with Nanaw and stay for a little while after that with Nanaw. Mama was going to be out with Aunt Becca celebrating Aunt Becca’s birthday, and Daddy was playing golf. Chase and Nanaw went to Sonic to get dinner food, and once again, Nanaw hit the curb. She always does that at Sonic.  Chase got his regular pretzel twists and onion rings but no Sonic Blast. Nanaw had wanted to get a chicken nugget wrap but their Sonic doesn’t carry it so she got a chicken sandwich, which was good but not spectacular. She’s thinking that maybe next time she’ll try the pretzel twists that Chase always gets and mozzarella sticks. 

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Uncle Mike came to visit Nanaw on Thursday and brought more laundry with him. His washer still isn’t fixed but Whirlpool has said they’ll do it on Monday. Uncle Mike is not convinced it’s going to happen. He told Nanaw how to find cousin Lindsey and Dylan’s house for their housewarming party on Saturday. Then he also wrote out the instructions for her. He said they would have a special parking space for her so she wouldn’t have to walk too far. In the afternoon, Nanaw took down her winter table and put up the Halloween table, which Mama liked. Halloween is one of her most favorite holidays. Before Nanaw left to pick up Chase, she got a text from Mama saying Chase had texted Daddy saying he was slammed with homework and didn’t think he could go to hockey and baseball practice and still get all his homework done. Daddy told him he didn’t have to go to baseball practice but he did have to go to hockey practice. On the drive home, Chase told Nanaw he had three tests on Friday: Biology, Drivers’ Ed and Civics. Nanaw took him to hockey practice, as usual, and then later in the evening, she realized that she still had his favorite pencil and the clothes bag so she delivered them to him. He said he was almost finished with his homework assignments and studying for his tests.