Friday, July 29, 2016

Friday was an adventurous day for Chase and Nanaw. In the morning, they went to the Train House. They were fortunate enough to get there in time for the 9:15 Creation Station session -- it wasn't sold out when they got their tickets. Chase had a good time, as usual, He played for a long time at the big table with the wooden vehicles and buildings. He and Nanaw and the stuffed animals (puppy and elephant) spent time in the reading area, and Nanaw read half of the Chugga Choo Choo book -- Chase lost interest in the reading area after the first half of the book. (Interesting note: In her speech introducing her mother at the Democratic National Convention, Chelsea Clinton mentioned that the Chugga Choo Choo book was one that her mother Hillary Clinton reads to her daughter Charlotte all the time.) Chase got his popcorn and visited the caboose but there was no train ride. Next week Nanaw will try to make a train ride happen. After the Train House, Chase and Nanaw went to Dollar Tree to get surprises for Jackson's visit Friday evening. They bought two stuffed snakes, two stuffed frogs, two pool skimmers, two baseball bats and balls, and Chase's favorite, two cans of silly string. Chase was very happy that his friend Jackson and his family were coming over for a sleepover. The boys played with their new dollar Tree toys (the silly string was the greatest hit of all, of course, and the messiest), swam in Chase's pool and had make your own Papa Murphy's pizza for dinner. Jackson slept on his blow-up mattress on the floor of Chase's room -- he preferred that to sleeping in Chase's bed.