Tuesday, November 3, 2026

On Tuesday morning, when Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw’s house, she reminded them that Chase has an ortho appointment at 4:30 this afternoon. She also said that Chase has a 6 p.m. workout session so they should come home right after the ortho appointment. Nanaw said she would make sure they had the guys and the clothes backpack with them. It was pouring down rain when Nanaw picked Chase up from school so she didn’t get to get out of her car and talk to Brady’s Grandma Debbie. Maybe the weather will be better tomorrow. Chase took an umbrella to school with him but he walked out of school without it. Fortunately, the rain had slowed down a lot. Mama had texted that she’d call when she finished voting. . Mama took off work early at 3 p.m. to go vote this afternoon. She told Nanaw that it only took about five minutes, and it wasn’t crowded at all. Mama said she picked the perfect time to vote. On the drive home, Nanaw got all kinds of information to pass along to Mama. Still no lunch menu; Chase said he had a chicken taco today. He said he had some Math homework that he would do at home tonight. Nanaw asked him if he was going to miss the Bears baseball team, and he said yes. Bears baseball won’t start up again until next June, when all high school baseball is finished.  Nanaw asked how Chase felt about hockey, and his answer sounded like it wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad – just sort of in the middle. He’s happy about the two games they’ve won, and said he’s happy to be on a winning hockey team. Chase told Nanaw he’d emailed his Friday teachers to tell them he wouldn’t be at school on Friday. He got information from them about Friday’s homework and when to turn it in. Chase’s ortho appointment only took about a half an hour, and the technician said he’d already scheduled his next appointment in the first week in December. Chase told Nanaw that the technician told him his braces would be coming off in February. When Nanaw took Chase home, Mama gave her two fall-smelling candles: apple-pumpkin and kitchen spice. Mama was only going to give her one candle but Nanaw liked them both so much she couldn’t choose. So Mama gave her both candles.

 

Monday, November 2, 2026

When Chase came over to Nanaw’s house on Monday morning, she congratulated him on his hockey team winning their game yesterday. That makes it two games in a row that they’ve won. Nanaw thinks it’s great that he’s finally playing on a winning hockey team. Nanaw also told Chase that Mama said he said he had fun at Tucker’s sleepover on Halloween night. Brady had basketball after school so Nanaw didn’t get to visit with his Grandma Debbie. On the pick-up call to Mama, Chase said he had a steak sandwich for lunch, and it was pretty good and sort of like a roast beef sandwich. There’s still no lunch menu on the school website so lunch is a surprise. Chase had Math and Biology homework that he worked on after school at Nanaw’s house. He had a workout session at 6 p.m. Then after that, he was going to finish his homework. Tomorrow he has an ortho appointment at 4:30 so Daddy may cancel or reschedule Tuesday’s workout session. The second picture below of Chase and Mama shows that they’re pretty much the same height. The third picture is one Mama saw on Facebook with the cute little building at the intersection of Columbia Lakes and Lakeshore that Nanaw is fascinated with.

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Mama sent Nanaw a picture of Chase wearing the number 95 on the field for today’s Bears baseball game. Someone on his hockey team had already taken the number 95 so for hockey, Chase is number 87. Mama said they were losing 14 to 0. Yesterday Nanaw realized that on Thursday she’d left her winter coat at the ice rink. So today after church she went there to see if it was there, and it was. A very nice young man found it in the ice rink office. Nanaw was very happy to have it back — it’s her favorite coat, and she wears it all the time. Mama reported that she thinks Chase had a good time at Tucker’s sleepover. Mama, Nanaw and Uncle were texting about what time to leave for Rockbridge on Friday morning. It’s going to be sometime between 8 and 9. Mama told Chase about that, and he said thanks for the reminder. He has to remember to email his teachers that he won’t be at school on Friday. At ICS Mama notified the office when Chase wasn’t going to be at school. Now Chase does it. Here’s the report Nanaw got from Mama for the baseball and hockey game scores. Baseball games they lost 10-2, 7-6, 18-0 😢. For the hockey game they won 9-2 🥰 Yay!

Happy Halloween!! Saturday, October 31, 2026

Saturday was Chase’s second to last day of baseball with the Bears till next June. Nanaw thinks they lost both games but she will check with Mama for sure. At 4 p.m., Mama went to Marshay’s 60th birthday party at WestPort so she missed the second game. Nanaw went over to Chase’s house about six to help give out Halloween candy. Daddy and Chase got back from baseball, and Chase got ready to go to the sleepover at Tucker’s house. He wore his Fredbird hat he got at a baseball game he went to a couple of years ago. It turned out that the other five members of the crew – Cole, Brady, Hunter, Joey and Drew – were having a sleepover at Cole’s house. Hunter, Joey and Drew came by for a delightful few minutes of trick or treating. Mama was back from Marshay’s party, and she was happy to see the guys. Mama asked where Cole and Brady were, and Hunter said they said they were too old to go trick or treating. LOL. 167 trick or treaters came to Mama, Daddy and Chase’s house, more than Nanaw remembers ever coming anywhere. There were lots of groups of kids, and lots of older kids trick or treating. Mama and Daddy’s neighborhood has a lot of houses giving out candy, and it seems like kids from other places come to trick or treat there. Sweet Mama left a bag of Payday candy bars (Nanaw’s favorite) for Nanaw. Nanaw saw some people handing out candy using their golf cart parked by an apartment complex. Another house had set up a tent all brightly lit to give out candy. Below are a collection of photos from today and tonight, at Chase’s baseball game, at Marshay’s birthday party, of Chase at Tucker’s sleepover, and Hunter, Drew and Joey trick or treating.

Friday, October 30, 2026

On Friday, Mama had the day off and was going to bring Chase over to Nanaw’s house about 10. Nanaw called her and said she was going to Schnuck’s for her newspaper and then to Walgreen’s to pick up a prescription. She offered to come pick Chase up rather than having Mama bring Chase over, and Mama agreed. Nanaw had bought a pumpkin bread box at Schnuck’s and had high hopes for it but it didn’t work out. Chase didn’t want to help with baking so Nanaw did it by herself. Unfortunately, the pumpkin bread was a disappointment. It was dry and not very sweet so Nanaw gave it to the animals that live in the little woods behind Nanaw’s house. For lunch, Chase and Nanaw went to Sonic. Chase got two pretzel twists and cheddar bites. Nanaw got one pretzel twist and a hot fudge sundae. Everything was very good. Chase played in his room for a while with the chess pieces. Nanaw is so proud of him for knowing how to play chess. In the evening, Chase went to Outback with Mama and Daddy for their 16th wedding anniversary dinner. Chase had French onion soup for dinner, and Mama said he said it was very good.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Still no lunch menu from Gibault so lunch will be a surprise. (Note: On the way home from school, Chase revealed that they had pizza for lunch – with pepperoni.) At Chase’s house he gathered up his hockey gear so Nanaw could take him to practice. Mama and Daddy were going to a parent/teacher with Mr. Skaer, Chase’s homeroom teacher and also the baseball coach. Mama reported that Mr. S said Chase was a good kid and Mr. S. had no issues with him. Daddy asked Mr. S. about the baseball program and learned that the varsity team practices six days a week. Junior varsity practices less. Chase wants to play on the Gibaulr baseball team, which will start in the spring and end at the end of the school year. Bears baseball will start after that. Nanaw stayed at Chase’s hockey practice because Mama and Daddy were at the parent/teacher conference and couldn’t pick him up. Nanaw was happy about staying at practice. She likes to watch Chase skate. Unfortunately, she never did figure out which one was Chase, no matter how closely she looked. So she just enjoyed all of the skaters. She especially liked it when the players skated backwards, really fast. It’s great to watch. Tomorrow is Chase’s Enrichment Day, which means he has the day off. Nanaw is happy that she gets to spend time with him tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

On Wednesday morning, Chase told Nanaw they had a dress down day today. Then he told her they were having another one tomorrow. The one tomorrow is a Halloween one. Chase didn’t know much about it so Nanaw said she do some research about it. She found out that Google AI knows a lot about Gibault. Here’s what it says about the Halloween costume contest: “Dress Down Day: This Thursday, we have a free dress down day in celebration of Halloween. You may wear a costume to school. If you don’t wear a costume, you may wear black and orange clothes. Student Council is having a costume contest with prizes in categories including solo costumes, couple/duo, group costume, funniest, scariest and best. Costumes must follow the school's appropriateness guidelines.” Chase got out of school at 12:30 today. Nanaw was a few minutes late and Chase and Brady waited in Drew’s parent’s car till she got there. For lunch, Chase has turkey soup, Bosco Sticks, and garlic cheese stuffed sticks. Chase said he liked the new garlic ones better. After lunch, Chase did his homework. He had a math assignment and an English assignment about another Edgar Allan Poe short story titled The Casket of Amontillado. This is the third Poe story they’re studying. The first one was The Necklace; the second one was The Tell-Take Heart. After he finished his homework, Chase played on his phone for a while. He had to be home before 4 p.m. because he had an eye doctor’s appointment. Then Daddy, Mama and Chase had an adventure. They went to a client appreciation event given by Daddy and Mama’s brokers. It’s at a place called 9 Mile Garden. According to their website, “It’s a family-focused entertainment district and home to Affton's only Outdoor Event Center and Missouri's First Food Garden. It’s the only place you’ll find a feast of everyone’s favorite local food and drinks alongside outdoor movies, live music and performances, community events, and more.” The third picture below is one Nanaw took for Mama of a car on the Walmart parking lot with a skeleton in the passenger seat of the car parked next to Nanaw.