Monday, August 31, 2015

Monday, August 31, 2015

Chase was excited to go to school Monday morning, and Nanaw took her first school room picture of him when he went to play with the kitchen. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, they walked out with the other Chase and his mother and Nanaw got to find out that they'd had Oreo cookies and "cow milk" for their snack. Chase and Nanaw went on an adventure right from school -- they went to Suson Park. Chase was mostly interested in playing on the playground but Nanaw took him to see the animals first, then the playground. It was terribly hot outside so they didn't stay long at the playground. After Suson, they ran a few errands -- the library and picking the CD up at church.
















Sunday, August 30, 2015

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Sunday was a day of a major adventure for Chase, Daddy, Mama and Nanaw. Daddy's employer had a special day for employees at the St. Louis Zoo. Chase, Daddy, Mama and Nanaw arrived at the zoo around 11 a.m. Daddy went to stand in line to get registered and get tickets for lunch and the rides. Everyone rode on the merry go round, and for the first time ever, Chase rode on one of the animals -- a big brown bear. Usually, Chase insists on sitting on one of the benches on the merry go round. But his time he agreed to ride on an animal. Mama, Daddy and Nanaw were happy about that. For lunch, Chase and Nanaw had chicken strips and Mama and Daddy had hamburgers -- everyone had French fries. Some of the animals they visited included the penguins, the puffins, the polar bear, and the birds. They waited in line for a long while to ride the train but finally had to give up because the train was so crowded. Miraculously, Chase was all right with that. On the way out of the zoo, they bought two big bags of kettle corn -- to Nanaw's great delight. Nanaw came for dinner -- steak and corn on the cob -- and then went for a walk with Mama, Daddy, Chase and Sam.





Saturday, August 29, 2015

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Nanaw went to visit Chase early Saturday morning before she went to Aspenhof. Chase and Nanaw spent a long time in the living room playing with R2D2. They got him to dance and to shake his head violently when asked about Darth Vader – very cute. Chase loves playing with the R2D2 robot, and it’s very sweet and kind of Mama to let Chase play with her treasured R2D2. After awhile, Chase and Nanaw went to play in Chase’s room with Tee Tee, and the two backups. Later that morning, Chase was going shopping with Mama and Daddy to buy school shirts for Chase at Once Upon a Child and then to Home Depot. In the evening, Chase had a major adventure – he went to his first Rams football game. First, they were going to tailgate with Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan and other members of Daddy’s family. The first two photos below are at the Rams game.












Friday, August 28, 2015

Friday, August 28, 2015

Chase was once again happy to go to school on Friday – he wanted to go straight there when Nanaw picked him up at his house. When they turned to go to Nanaw’s house, he said "Not again!" Nanaw explained that school wasn’t open yet but it would be open soon. On the way home from school, Chase and Nanaw stopped by Chase’s house to pick up Tee Tee from Mama. Nanaw had brought lunch and snacks along for Chase because they were going to Dobb’s to get the brakes on Nanaw’s car worked on. Chase had a great time in the waiting room at Dobb’s. He played with his Leap Pad, then with Nanaw’s iPod, and then with her iPad. Chase and Nanaw had to wait about an hour and a half for the brakes to be done so they took a nice, long walk outside in the beautiful weather. Chase was such a delightful waiting companion and very well behaved.







Thursday, August 27, 2015

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Nanaw had a short day with Chase on Thursday because she was going to the retirees’ lunch at Edward Jones. When Nanaw picked Chase up from his house, they ran lots of errands: they went to the car wash, which delighted Chase – he loved the colored soap. They went to the post office and the library and got gas. Then they went home and played down the basement until it was time to go. TJ got loose in the garage, but Nanaw finally got him back in the house. Then Taylor got under Nanaw’s bed and wouldn’t come out –Nanaw had to put the cats downstairs because the cleaning ladies were coming. Finally, Nanaw used lunch meat to lure Taylor out from under the bed. In the evening, Nanaw came over to Chase’s house for a delicious Salisbury steak dinner. Then Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to Chase’s school for Open House. Daddy got to see Chase’s locker, his name stick and the slot for his "portant" papers folder. After the Open House, they went to the Dairy Queen drive through to get yummy ice cream. Chase’s biggest excitement came at the end of the day when Mama let him play with her R2D2 robot – Chase was over the moon to play with R2D2.