Friday, February 12, 2016

Friday was a major adventure for Chase and Nanaw, too -- it was Chase's Valentine's party at pre-school. And Nanaw got to help with the party. There were about 10 parents and grandparents there to help with the party. The principal, Mr. Kish, came in to visit and made a joke about how many adults are needed to have a pre-school Valentine's party. The party was wonderful, and everyone had fun. The first job for the parents was peeling the backing off clear contact paper so the boys and girls could make heart-shaped sun-catchers. It was funny trying to peel the paper and watching everyone have the same problem. Each child needed two sheets of clear contact paper, and eventually the parents achieved their goal. Brady's mom was there, along with Sienna's mom, Will's grandparents and other moms that Nanaw didn't know. The children had pink iced cookies, cuties and apple juice for their treat. The table was set with treats waiting for when the children returned from gym. They sat down and began to enjoy their treats. Nanaw was impressed by how well-behaved they were -- nobody got up and ran around the room. After treats, they made their sun-catchers. Then it was time for a musical hearts game where they walked around a circle of hearts. When the music stopped, Sienna's mom (she's the head room mother) would read one of the hearts and the children had to do what it said. (For example, clap your hands, rub your head, hop on one foot, hop like a bunny, etc. Next, the children played a child's version of Bingo, using the Valentine conversation hearts as markers. It was a really cute game, with letters, numbers, shapes and pictures on the cards. Lastly, the children walked around the row of paper bags they'd decorated and put a Valentine in each bag. Chase insisted on putting one in his own bag, and Nanaw had to go back and retrieve it so that he had enough Valentines to give to everyone. When the party was over, the teachers told the boys and girls to get their coats and backpacks. They were supposed to put their "important papers" in their folders and put them in their backpacks. They were also supposed to put their Valentines and sun-catchers in the backpack. Once again, Nanaw was impressed by how well-behaved they were and how they did what they were told. All in all, it was a perfect party, and Nanaw was so happy she could be there to help out. In the evening, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to Merz on Main (the restaurant owned by Chase's teacher's parents) for dinner. But things didn't go well because Chase got sick to his stomach, and they had to pack up their dinners and go home.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

First thing Thursday morning, Chase and Nanaw signed his Valentines for the Valentine's party tomorrow at school. He enjoyed putting the little heart stickers all over the Valentines. Then they played downstairs for a long while, with Chase spending time on the keyboard. He likes to play "pretend piano." Chase had a special treat to eat after his lunch -- popcorn! One of his all-time favorites. After lunch, Chase and Nanaw went to Dollar Tree where Chase got an Angry Bird car with a clear plastic stand to put it on. Next, they went to Telegraph Road Walmart where Chase got -- wait for it -- another color-changing car. This one is named Boost, and it turns from purple to white -- very cute. After Walmart, they went to the Grant's View library to return and pick up books. Unfortunately, the automated return chute was out of order. Chase loves to put the books on the chute. May be next time he'll be able to do it. When Chase got home, he got out all his color-changing cars and lined them up on the table. Daddy said it was bath night so he'd be able to play with all the cars in the bathtub.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

First thing on Wednesday morning, Daddy took Chase to church for Mass and then to school. Daddy said Chase wiped the ashes off his forehead right away so Daddy didn't get a chance to take a picture of him for Mama. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he hid inside the door again, just like on Monday. Nanaw isn't sure what's going on with that - -he was fine when he finally came out of the school. Nanaw and Chase went to Waterloo Walmart to get gingko for Mama and another color-changing car for Chase. Unfortunately, that Walmart was out of gingko also. And Chase had a difficult time deciding what color-changing car he wanted or if he even wanted one. It took forever and finally Nanaw said she was making an executive decision and getting the sheriff color-changing car. Chase cried and said, "No, don't make exec decision." Very funny. As soon as they got to the car, Chase asked for sheriff and said he wanted to open it so all was well. When they got home, Chase played with the hot water, ice water and sheriff for a long while. He was very excited to show sheriff to Mama and Daddy.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

It was snowy outside on Tuesday, so Nanaw decided that she and Chase would stay home for the day, inside where it was warm and safe. Chase played in his room for a long time, putting stickers on his workbench -- it was very funny. He played on abcmouse and told Nanaw he wanted to buy a Dalmatian and name it Pongo, like in 101 Dalmatians. But a Dalmatian costs 400 tickets and Chase only had 48 tickets so he has a long way to go. Then Chase and Nanaw went downstairs, and Chase played with his trains and then played in the school room. Chase fell asleep in his high chair while he was having lunch so Nanaw put him down for his nap but without Tee Tee. Tee Tee is lost somewhere in Nanaw's house, and Nanaw has been frantically searching for him. The adventure for Tuesday for Chase was going to the hockey game at the ScottTrade Center with Mama, Daddy and Nanaw. They all had a really good time, and Chase was perfectly behaved. Nanaw bought a bottomless popcorn, and she and Chase ate two whole containers - yummy. Chase also had a pretzel and some lemonade. They left after the second intermission because it was late for Chase -- and then the Blues lost -- so sad. It was miserably cold outside, and they had a long walk from Union Station to the ScottTrade Center and back -- Nanaw is looking forward to warm weather.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Nanaw set her alarm for 6 p.m. instead of 6 a.m. on Monday morning so she didn't get to go with Mama to take Chase to school. After Mama dropped him off, she came to pick up Nanaw. First, they went to Mocha Cafe for coffee and then to Walmart. Next, they went to Chase's house so Mama could take Sam for a short walk. It was very cold and windy outside so Nanaw didn't go on the walk. When Mama and Nanaw picked up Chase, they all went to McDonald's for lunch. Then they went to the new Grant's View Library. Chase was very cute at the library, taking his Mama on a tour. Chase checked out a Biscuit book and Mama checked out a Nicholas Sparks book. Nanaw picked up one of her books on tape that she had on request. Mama really liked the new library, saying it was cool and that it made you want to go to the library.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Sunday was Mama and Daddy's Super Bowl party. Nanaw was a little late getting there because she was working on Mama's Sam blanket. Nanaw finally brought it along with her to finish the hand sewing at Chase's house. Attending the party, were Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky, Nichole, John-John and Uncle Will-Bill. Everyone was downstairs watching the football game, even Sam. But Mama said Sam was only downstairs because everybody had food and were giving him bites. Chase and Nichole played with chase's trains for a long while in the blue room; Nanaw was in there too, hemming the Sam blanket. For food, Mama served ham sandwich fixings, Little Smokies in crescent rolls and also bacon-wrapped, meatballs, shrimp, a big football cookie and lots of chips and dips. Nanaw helped Mama give Chase a bath and got to see how he plays with the color-changing cars in the bathtub. Nanaw also got to lie down on Chase's bed while he fell asleep -- and she had to try very hard to stay awake.

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Saturday morning, Nanaw went to visit Chase. They played with his toys in the living room for awhile. Then they went into his room to play with his mega blocks. As usual, he dumped the blocks out all over the floor. That seems to be one of his favorite things to do when playing with the blocks. Nanaw made all kinds of towers out of the blocks, and Chase took great delight in knocking them all down. Mama and Nanaw went shopping to buy fleece for the backing of Mama's Sam blanket. They went to JoAnn's Fabrics and bought black fuzzy material and orange fleece. Then Mama and Nanaw went to Party City so Mama could buy things for her Super Bowl party and St. Patrick's Day decorations for her desk at work. Mama always does a fabulous job of decorating her desk for holidays. When Mama and Nanaw got home, Daddy said he and Chase had been playing outside, and Chase had a great time. Daddy said he drove his little green Jeep for awhile. Then he raced some of his little cars down the slide. He spent the longest time playing in the sandbox, one of his favorite things to do outside.