Monday: Jackson's mom Jen gave Mama and Nanaw a super duper idea about stuffed animals. Amazon sells unstuffed bean bag chairs that you gently and lovingly put stuffed animals in. As soon as the chair comes, Chase and Mama are going to work on the chair. Mama sent Chase and Nanaw a Facebook post from trainer Tom's wife that is a holiday lights scavenger hunt for them to use on Christmas Eve when they drive around to look at lights. Chase spent Monday with Nanaw for his Christmas break. Mama sent Nanaw a text about her and Chase needing dip bowls, and Nanaw told she'd guessed one of her Christmas gifts -- ramekins. Chase and Nanaw went shopping looking for puppy calendars for Mama but couldn’t find any. Nanaw will look on Amazon. At noon on Monday, Nanaw dropped Chase off while she went to the second Dollar Tree looking for calendars. When she got home, he was sitting at the dining room table eating. It was so cool, He got out a place mat, his lunchable lunch, his Premier Protein drink, and was eating lunch. Nanaw was so proud and so impressed. Tuesday: On Christmas Eve, Chase and Daddy went to Pure Hockey, where Chase brought some rd and white hockey stick tape so he could make his hockey stick look Christmassy. Nanaw thought he was going to use his $100 gift card from Uncle George but he didn't. Daddy bought the red and white tape for him. Later, Daddy went to KFC in Waterloo to get dinner -- Nanaw's treat. It was delicious. After dinner, they went to drive around Columbia to look at Christmas lights. The scavenger hunt sheets made it more fun and interesting. Wednesday -- Merry Christmas! On Christmas morning, Chase and Daddy went to 9 o'clock mass. Chase had opened his presents before church and was very excited to get so many hockey-related presents. While Chase and Daddy were at church, Mama made cherry turnovers. Pillsbury stopped making the ones in the can so Mama found a recipe for them. Mama said they tasted delicious even though the puff pastry acted up. At Uncle Mike's for Christmas dinner, their oven wouldn't work, so Nyeal had to take the party potatoes over to Nichole's to bake them. Fortunately, they hadn't planned to fix a turkey. They grilled pork loin and turkey legs, and Joey brought wo hams that he smoked. So everything worked out fine. There was a huge amount of delicious food, and everybody ate lots. After dinner, they exchanged gifts, which was fun and rewarding. It was a great celebration, and Nanaw was completely stress-free, which was her goal. Thursday: Nanaw went over to Chase's house to pick him up for their Train House adventure. Mama wasn't quite ready for him to go - they were changing the sheets on his bed and arranging the stuffed animals. Chase and Nanaw left about 10 a.m. and had a super great time at the Christmas train display. They found about seven skating displays, more than ever. Nanaw wants one like the penguin skating rink Aunt Becky got from Menard's, and so she may go to Menard's to look for one. Mama brought lunch for them from Sonic and Taco Bell and stayed a while to read while Nanaw fell asleep on the sofa and Chase played with the cicadas. They also played a new baseball board game Mama brought over. It was a fun day.
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