Monday, September 21, 2026

Nanaw didn’t get to see her friend Debbie when she picked Chase up from school because Debby’s grandson Brady had golf after school. Chase remembered to bring home the spirit wear Mama had bought; spirit wear means clothes with Gibault’s name on them. On the pick-up call with Mama, Chase asked her if she could check how much money was in his lunch account. Mama said she’d checked the other day, and they were down $4 so she put $200 in the account. Chase had been getting extra food at lunch and was worried that there wasn’t enough money in the account and was happy that Mama had put money in. Chase told Nanaw that his only homework was studying for a math test tomorrow. So because it’s a test not a quiz, Nanaw gets to study with him. On his own, he came up with the idea of doing one practice problem from each of the eight chapters they were going to be tested on. Nanaw wanted him to do the same thing tonight but he proposed a compromise: He would play a game with Mama tonight and then do the math problems in the morning before school. Nanaw agreed with the compromise as long as Chase promised to play a game with Mama tonight. But that didn’t go so well. Chase suggested to Mama that they go downstairs and play one of the games on the Wii. But Mama said her back hurt and she didn’t feel 100% so the game didn’t happen. Tomorrow, Nanaw will suggest that Chase play a card or board game with Mama!

Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, 2026

Chase had two baseball games on Saturday, and unfortunately, they lost both of them. But Mama said Chase had a nice double so that made up for it. After the game, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Wally’s with Tucker and his parents, sort of a weekly tradition for them after baseball. They had Wally’s stuff for dinner – Chase and Mama had pizza, and Chase had some junk food snacks. On Sunday, the Bears lost again, (Mama said they lost pretty badly) and all Chase had was just a walk. Nanaw has a theory that they may be playing baseball teams who are a level above them because they lose so many of their games. But Chase doesn’t seem to mind and seems to still really enjoy playing baseball, and that’s really all that matters.) Mama said that after they got home from baseball, Chase hadn’t done much. She said they talked about playing a card game later but that didn’t happen. For some reason, Chase didn’t want to play a game after dinner. 

Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, 2026

On Thursday, Chase had a special adventure at Gibault. His friend Hunter was going to shadow Chase at school. Shadowing is a program at Gibault where prospective students shadow existing students to get an idea of what the school is like. Last year when Chase was in 8th grade, he shadowed Dante, a Gibault student he’s known from ICS. From Chase’s shadowing experience, he decided he wanted to attend Gibault. Hunter is currently a student at Columbia High School, and no one seems to know if he’s interested in attending Gibault. Brady, Chase and Hunter’s friend from ICS, suggested that Hunter was doing the shadowing just to get out of a day at school, and chase and Brady laughed about that. Nanaw gave Hunter and Brady rides home from school Thursday with Chase. Hunter’s dad couldn’t come to pick him up, and Brady’s grandma wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t take him to the Columbia library. So Nanaw dropped Brady off at the library, then took Hunter and Chase to Chase’s house. Mama took Hunter home, then Nanaw took Chase to hockey practice. He also had baseball practice on Thursday. Nanaw dropped off his Minecraft clothes backpack just as he and Mama were leaving for baseball practice so Nanaw got to see him in his baseball uniform. Friday was an Enrichment Friday for Chase, and he didn’t have school. He and Daddy went golfing around 9:30 at River Lakes Golf Club. At about 11, Chase texted Nanaw asking her to come pick him up. She texted back that she wasn’t dressed yet and didn’t know where the golf course was. She said maybe Mama could come pick him up and then Nanaw would come to his house and get him. So that’s what they did. He told Nanaw that after 9 holes, he didn’t feel well, and that’s why he wanted to come home. On the the way back to Nanaw’s house, Chase showed her where River Lakes is so next time she’ll know where to go. It’s right across from Garden Place. Chase said he’d changed his mind about going to Taco Bell and then doing Pizza Bread because he still didn’t feel well. He just wanted to go back to Nanaw’s house and have something else for lunch. He had Ramen’s and then a snack later. He did his homework as Mama had instructed. He had a Math assignment where he had to turn formulas into equations. He also had to study an English assignment about nouns and also appositives; Nanaw learned about appositives, a new word and concept to her. Chase then helped Nanaw solve a set of algebra equations from his Math assignments. He played on the laptop and on his phone and did some pretend practice golf in his room with the plastic golf clubs from when he was little and his hockey net.

Wednesday, September 16, 2025

Today was Grandparents Day at Chase’s high school. Nanaw got a hug from Mr. G when she went into the gymnasium. Chase and his friend Brady came into the gym to find Brady’s grandparents and Chase’s Nanaw to sit with them during the mass. After the mass, Chase and Nanaw went out into the lobby for yummy donuts. Then they went back into the gym to have their picture taken. Gibault is going to mail the pictures to the grandparents as a special memento. Next, Chase took Nanaw on a tour of his classrooms, locker and also the library. Nanaw enjoyed seeing where Chase goes to class. On Nanaw’s way out of the school, she met up with Darlene, a friend she’d worked with at A. G Edwards. Darlene now volunteers as a math tutor at Gibault two days a week. Chase told Nanaw that his friend Hunter, who goes to Columbia High School, was coming to Gibault tomorrow to shadow Chase. That means that Hunter goes to class with Chase and learns how things work at Gibault. Chase doesn’t know if that means Hunter is interested in going to Gibault. Chase says he’s looking forward to seeing Hunter and doing the shadowing thing. After school, Chase studied for his Drivers’ Ed test by himself, and then he and Nanaw studied together for his Biology test. He promised to read over the Biology packet again in the evening. Chase and Nanaw’s plans for Enrichment Friday are changing because Chase and Daddy are going to play golf but they can do their lunch and pizza bread plans some other Enrichment Friday.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

On Tuesday, students were to be dropped off at the gym parking lot rather than the front lot because work was being done there. Chase and Nanaw weren’t sure about where to go but it all worked out. When Nanaw picked Chase up, she had parked next to Brady’s grandma, and they visited a while. Chase had texted to see if Nanaw was there, and she texted back, giving him her location. Evidently Life360 said she was still at home. Mama said she thought that was because Nanaw had Life360 on her iPad in addition to her iPhone, and the iPad was showing her at home. So Nanaw closed Life360 on her iPad, and hopefully that will solve the problem. Chase also texted Nanaw that he would get to show her around his classrooms tomorrow at the grandparents day after the mass. So Nanaw will be a little late to tomorrow’s church meeting. After school, Chase had an ortho appointment at 3:15, and they made it in plenty of time. Chase and Nanaw asked about when Chase would have his braces off, and Chase thinks they said next March. Chase did his math homework at Nanaw’s and was going to do his civics homework tonight at home. On the way, Chase and Nanaw saw huge double rainbows, and Chase took a bunch of photos. He sent two of them to her so she could include them on Days. On 9/11, Mama posted the Clydesdale 9/11 tribute video on her Facebook page, and she helped Nanaw figure out how to post it here:  Clydesdale Video

Monday, September 14, 2026

When Chase and Mama got to Nanaw’s house Monday morning, Mama said she wasn’t feeling good at all and was going to take the afternoon off to try to sleep and feel better. Then they told her that Mama had set up an Instagram account for Chase last night. Nanaw was a bit concerned about it because she believes social media accounts are not good for kids. Mama said it would be all right and that she would monitor it. Nanaw decided to follow Chase on Instagram, and he said he would help her do that after school. He also promised to show her how to look at his Schoology account after school. On the way home from school in the afternoon, Chase said he had Italian chicken for lunch and that it was good. Nanaw was surprised; the other entrée option was hot dogs, and Nanaw assumed that’s what he would choose. Mama texted Nanaw about parking at Gibault for Tuesday and Wednesday. They’re going to be doing some work on the front lot and driveways so everyone has to do the drop-offs and pick-ups at the gym lot. After school, Chase showed her how to log on to his Schoology account and how to see his courses. Right now, the only one Nanaw is interested in is Math. She wants to try to keep up with his Math assignments, quizzes and tests. After Schoology, Chase showed her how to do Instagram and how to follow other users. Chase had a workout tonight at 6 p.m. so they had to have Chase home by 5 p.m. so he had enough time to eat dinner. 

Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 13, 2026

On Saturday, Mama reported that Chase was sad that because of his pulled muscle, he didn’t get to go to Songs for Soldiers on Friday night. He was especially sorry he missed seeing his friends Brady, Drew and Hunter. On Friday, Mama posted a 9/11 video on her Facebook page featuring the Clydesdales commercial that honored 9/11 and was shown during the Super Bowl. It was beautiful and sad. Mama said Chase’s Bears team lost both of their games on Saturday, and he said it was really hot. Mama went to a surprise birthday party for her friend Theresa, and Theresa was so surprised and happy to see her friends. On Sunday, Chase’s team lost 13 to 0. On the way home, they stopped at Wally’s – sort of a tradition when they play in Fenton. When they got home, Chase started working on his homework. In the evening, Chase sent Nanaw a text saying Happy Grandparents Day. Nanaw assumed that Mama reminded him to do that but that’s okay. Nanaw enjoys getting texts from Chase even when they aren’t his idea. On Wednesday, Gibault is having a Grandparents’ mass at 10 a.m., and Nanaw plans to go. Last week, when Nanaw asked Chase to print some things from Schoology, Chase said it would be easier just to give her access to it, and he promised to show her on Monday. So Nanaw is looking forward to that. She thought he might eventually give her permission, and he did!