Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Chase and Nanaw went for an early morning walk, and then ran errands – to pick up Nanaw’s shoes at the shoe repair shop and to return books to the library. Once again, Chase brought his Thomas pillow over to Nanaw’s house and on the errands. He also watched his Thomas DVD again – he would watch it all day if Nanaw let him. Mama and Chase had an exciting mother/ son adventure in the evening while Daddy golfed. They went shopping at Target and then had pizza at Fortel’s. Mama said Chase was very entertaining at dinner – saying Come in whenever he heard the doorbell sound, saying Hello and Bye to the other diners, putting his hand to his ear for a pretend phone so he could talk to Daddy on the phone and singing Jingle Bells. Nanaw showed Mama a photo of Uncle Mike with a buzz cut because Chase looks so much like him.

 

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Chase brought his Thomas pillow over to Nanaw’s house, and Thomas got to go on Chase and Nanaw’s adventures. Chase and Nanaw went for a walk and then to get gas. Then they went to Nanaw’s dentist. After the dentist, Nanaw bought a Thomas app for Chase for the iPod, and Chase seemed to really enjoy playing with it. He also spent some time watching one of the Thomas DVDs Nanaw checked out of the library.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Daddy took the day off work on Monday for his birthday, so Nanaw didn’t see Chase till dinnertime. During the day, Daddy took Chase on errands, including Sports Authority and Home Depot. Daddy bought Chase two blue balls from Sports Authority and said Chase was bouncing them all over the store. Nanaw came over for dinner – a delicious meal of KFC. Before dinner, Nanaw went outside to play with Chase and his new balls. Next, Mama, Daddy, Sam, Chase and Nanaw went for a walk, with Chase wearing his sunglasses and riding in his wagon with an assortment of his tools. Then Mama and Nanaw went to KFC to pick up dinner.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Mama sent Nanaw a picture from Jackson’s third birthday party, with Chase, Jackson and Emily, Jackson’s girlfriend from daycare. Mama said Chase seemed to have a really good time at the party and only had one meltdown – when he was swinging and Jackson wanted to get in the swing. Chase did a lot of "digging in the dirt" with some other children, and Mama said he seemed to have fun doing that. When Chase got home from the party, his Thomas pillow was waiting for him on the front porch. Mama sent pictures of Chase and the pillow to Nanaw – very cute. In the evening, Mama, Daddy and Chase went with Nanaw and the rest of the family to Cici’s for Joey’s 19th birthday celebration. Daddy’s birthday is the same day – May 5 – so everyone celebrated Daddy’s birthday also. After dinner, Chase played outside for awhile with Thomas the bubble blower.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Nanaw went to visit Chase first thing in the morning, before going out to the A-frame. Chase was eating waffles, syrup and fruit for breakfast and seemed to enjoy it all. Nanaw asked Chase to say "muffin" because he says it so cutely – he sticks out his tongue and curls his upper lip and says it with a lisp. After Nanaw left, Chase and Daddy went out in the back yard to run around. Then Mama and Daddy’s new washer and dryer were delivered, making Mama very happy. After Chase’s nap, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Jackson’s third birthday party in Fairview Heights. Nanaw bought a present for Chase at Goodwill: a wagon full of mega blocks.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Chase’s first adventure of the day (not counting an early morning shopping trip to Walmart) was lunch at California Pizza Kitchen with three of Nanaw’s friends (and Nanaw, of course): Kate, Kelly and Peggy. Chase was an absolute charmer at lunch – saying Hi, giving the ladies high fives, smiling the whole time, singing, coloring – all in all, being the cutest baby ever. He had a sausage and mushroom pizza and two glasses of lemonade – the lemonade was his favorite. In the evening, Chase got to run around the back yard while Mama and Daddy had a Friday night at home happy hour with Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

When Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw’s house in the morning, Mama told Nanaw and Chase that she’d ordered a Thomas board book and a Thomas pillow from Amazon. Nanaw said she and Chase were going to the library today and would look for Thomas DVDs to check out. At the library, Chase played with the computer, especially playing with Dora the Explorer; Nanaw checked out four Thomas the Train DVDs. After the library, Chase and Nanaw went to Walmart, where Chase rode on the school bus. Nanaw put two quarters in but nothing happened. Then Chase reached over and pressed the yellow Start button to make it go. What a smart little boy he is. Then they went home and Chase took a long nap. In the afternoon, he watched the Thomas Christmas DVD on Nanaw’s little DVD player. The player hadn’t been working but Nanaw messed with it and got it to work again. Chase is very much into trains at the moment, most especially Thomas and his friends.