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. 

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Nanaw took a nap in the morning and when she got up, Chase had already made the Raising Caine sauce all by himself. Nanaw tasted it, and it was really good. It has ketchup, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Nanaw was very proud that Chase had done it all on his own. He found a bowl to use, the measuring cups and the measuring spoons. The little fellow is growing up! At noon, they went to Schnuck’s to get the chicken. Schnuck’s has changed the way you buy chicken; it’s now self-service. Nanaw picked out the only three chicken strips they had and a wing for her. Chase picked out a bag of frozen French fries. At home, they put the French fries in Nanaw’s combination toaster oven and air fryer, and they turned our really good. They heated the chicken up in the microwave. Chase was really happy with everything, and so was Nanaw. There was one chicken strip leftover so Nanaw froze it, and Chase will have it, along with French fries, for lunch on Monday. There’s also enough Raising Caine sauce. It was a very successful cooking experience for Chase. For school, they got everything done but the typing course, which Chase seems to want to avoid. Chase took a mini quiz for the first four Weather Academy classes and got all the answers right. Mama sent Nanaw a video of Chase (that’s below) from 2012 when he was about two years old. He and Mama were in her Rav4, which Chase called her bee-bye, and Mama was getting him to say bee-bye – very cute. In the video, Chase put Tee Tee in his mouth. So later, after Chase watched the video, Chase again put Tee Tee in his mouth and Nanaw took the last photo below. Tonight after baseball practice, Tucker is having a sleepover at Chase’s house, and Chase is very excited about that. He’s hoping that Tucker can spend a lot of time at his house tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Today was a very sad day for Chase and his Mama and Daddy and Nanaw, too. Sylvester has been severely ill for about 10 days and has been unable to eat or drink water. Mama has been taking him to the vet, who has been doing all the necessary blood tests and X-rays. But they can’t find out what’s wrong with him and have been unable to treat him. This afternoon, Mama and Daddy took Sylvester to the vet to have him put to sleep. Mama, the dog-lover, is devastated, and Chase has promised to be extra kind and loving to his Mama. It was a quiet day for Chase. Nanaw had to go to a church meeting in the afternoon, and so there wasn’t any school or Python computer training. Uncle Mike came over to cut the grass but then on his way home, unfortunately his little Ranger truck died on the highway, and he had to have it towed home. He’s hoping to diagnose and fix the problem tomorrow. If anyone can do it, it’s Uncle Mike. Today was Pawpaw and Nanaw’s 66th wedding anniversary, and Nanaw had Taco Bell for dinner at the cemetery, where the third picture shows two of the tiniest baby deer Nanaw’s ever seen. For tomorrow’s lunch, Chase has proposed the following to Nanaw: He wants chicken strips from Schnuck’s to be served with Raising Cain’s sauce, that he and Nanaw are going to make. He has an online recipe for it. The ingredients include ketchup, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Nanaw will report back as to how it turned out. Speaking of reporting back, Nanaw found out that Chase and Daddy played golf on Sunday at the golf course near Red Roof and the miniature golf course; Chase said it went well, and he had fun. BTW, Chase has changed his mind about playing golf at Gibault next year. The practices, meetings, etc. are more frequent than he and Daddy knew, and Chase doesn’t have enough time for them because his baseball and hockey schedules don’t leave much time for anything else. Chase says maybe he’ll play golf next year.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

On Tuesday morning, Nanaw had to rush to get the house ready for the cleaning lady because she and Chase had to leave at 10:40 for his workout session. It was close but she managed in time. Chase’s friend Tucker was at today’s workout session and that made Chase happy. Tucker is going to spend the night at Chase’s house Thursday night because of the Juneteenth holiday on Friday. Mama and Daddy will be home then. After the workout, Nanaw took Chase to Sonic to get his lunch. Mama had given Nanaw her credit card to pay for the lunch. It was $14 and Mama texted that was sort of pricey. Nanaw texted back, asking if Mama was stalking them online. After he finished eating his lunch on the County library parking lot, they went inside to wait for the cleaning lady to finish. Nanaw found a Diary of a Wimpy Kid audio book that they started listening to on their way home. They had school from three to four p.m and managed to get everything done. Nanaw is still behind on the Python coding course with ChatGPT. Chase is on Lesson 7 and Nanaw is still on Lesson 6. But that’s okay – Nanaw will catch up. Sylvester is very sick and the vet can’t find out what’s wrong. Mama thinks they may have to put him to sleep, and Mama is extremely sad about that because she loves him so much.