Sunday night was a wonderful fun-filled night. First, Mama made delicious pot roast and sent lots home for Nanaw to give Chase for lunch on Tuesday (Mama sent leftover Pizza Hut pizza from Saturday night with the Stines for him to have for Monday's lunch) and for Nanaw to have for dinner Monday and Tuesday. After dinner, Will drove everybody around to see the Christmas lights in Columbia. They didn't go by the Cornish's house but they'll do that sometime. The most special thing was that Sunday night was Chase's sleepover with Nanaw -- Nanaw was so excited about it. Mama and Daddy suggested it, and Nanaw felt like it was the best Christmas present they could have given her. Nanaw loves when Chase has a sleepover at her house. He was supposed to take a shower Sunday night but he postponed it till Monday morning. They found a recipe online Monday for homemade Cheez-Its and made some with American cheese. They turned out pretty well but Chase and Nanaw decided they would be better with cheddar and/or Colby Jack. Chase didn't want to go to Dick's to find more Christmas presents for him on Monday -- he wanted to go Tuesday so that's what they did. At Dick's he found another knee hockey stick -- this one was in a mystery bag so he didn’t know what it looked like till Christmas morning. He also got miniature basket ball and a couple of other hockey-related things. Later in the day on Tuesday, they did the crystal experiment in the science lab Christmas gift Mama's friend Teresa gave Chase. Nanaw was so impressed and proud that Chase read all the directions and put everything together by himself. Then he worked very hard on understanding the crystal experiment and doing it all by himself. The crystal experiment turned out perfectly, and Chase and Nanaw were proud of what he'd done. Wednesday was Christmas Eve, and Nanaw bought KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) for their dinner. Then they watched the hilarious movie Christmas Vacation and laughed a lot. On Thursday, Christmas morning, Nanaw went over to Chase's house while he and Daddy were at Mass (Chase served) and she and Mama went to Walgreen's, their regular Christmas tradition for lots of years. When the boy and man got home from church, they opened presents, and Chase showed Nanaw the presents he got from Mama and Daddy. When presents were done, Nanaw went home and Mama, Daddy, and Chase went to Aunt Becca's house for their Christmas celebration. Later in the afternoon, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to Uncle Mike's for Christmas dinner. Everything was almost perfect there. The house was very much decorated -- it looked like a Hallmark movie. The food was delicious -- ribs, brisket, salad, mac and cheese, lots more side dishes, and a counter full of desserts. The whole week of Christmas was a wonderful celebration of the season.
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