Thursday, July 7, 2016

Nanaw had planned an adventure at the Train House for Chase on Thursday but when Chase and Mama got to Nanaw's house, Mama said Chase was saying he felt sick. So Chase and Nanaw stayed home to play. They spent a lot of time playing in Chase's room, playing with the marbles, the farm, the monster trucks, and the new and old dinosaurs. They also went downstairs to play with trains. After Chase's nap, they played in his room again, and Chase kept climbing on the rails of the bed, and Nanaw was worried that he'd fall and hurt himself. So Nanaw lowered the railing and brought in a step stool to put next to the bed for Chase to climb in. He was delighted with the new arrangement and kept climbing in and out of bed -- very funny. When Nanaw was leaving from taking Chase home, he and Mama came running outside after Nanaw. Mama said Chase wanted to show Nanaw that he had his swimming suit on and was wearing his shark shoes. Nanaw was properly complimentary.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Chase and Nanaw had two adventures on Wednesday. Before their adventures, they played in Chase's room with his monster trucks (and Nanaw promised to take him to Dollar Tree later in the day to buy ore monster trucks.) After they finished playing, they went to Powder Valley. The skies were dark with rain clouds. While Chase and Nanaw looked at the displays, it started to pour down rain. Chase's favorite new display is the big birdhouse. He lay down inside and pretended to go to sleep. Then he said, "Cock-a-doodle-do, time to wake up." Nanaw had to feed him worms, then he fed Nanaw some worms. Then they went for a walk on the Tanglewood Trail even though it was still raining a little -- so they had to use umbrellas, much to Chase's delight. After Chase's nap, Chase and Nanaw went to Dollar Tree and bought a big monster truck, four small monster trucks, two new dinosaurs, a Nemo and new Play Dough. Next, they went to Schnucks where Chase was very happy to ride in the car cart.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

On Tuesday, Chase and Nanaw played with the marbles and the race tracks, shooting the marbles down the ramps. Around noon, Chase and Nanaw went to the Grant's View Library. Chase's favorite thing there is to return Nanaw's books in the automated book return. He likes to watch the lights light up and then watch the books travel on the conveyor belt and drop into bins. He played in the tunnel area, and as usual, didn't want to leave when it was time to go. In the afternoon, Chase and Nanaw played in his room. They set up a town with the playhouse, the farm, the school, the Ferris wheel and the carnival. They had a grand time playing with the farm animals and also shooting the marbles down the slides.

Monday, July 4, 2016

Chase had a major adventure on Monday, the fourth of July with Daddy, mama and Nanaw: They all went to the Chesterfield Mall AMC Cinema to see "Finding Dory." Chase had a wonderful time and ate lots of popcorn. He sat next to Daddy, and halfway through the movie, he laid his head down on Daddy so he could rest against him -- it was very cute to see. During the exciting times of the movie, he would sit up straight on the edge of his seat and wave his hands back and forth. He was incredibly good the whole time of the movie and will now go to lots of movies. In the evening Nanaw came over for a dinner of grilled chicken wings and corn on the cob. Chase had Dino nuggets and corn that Mama cut off the cob. After dinner, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went outside, and Chase did the pops things that make a loud noise when you throw them down on the concrete. He also did some snakes, some smoke bombs and some confetti poppers. He did a lot of digging in the mud, also, but no swimming. It was a great holiday. Mama and Daddy said Chase had a great time at Uncle Chris's party on Sunday, playing with his cousins Cessie, Mallory, Elias and Wesley. Chase especially liked all the fireworks.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Nanaw went to visit Chase early Sunday morning before she went out to Aspenhof. They sat in the living room, playing with his toys and watching TV. First, they watched a lot of SpongeBob, which is Chase’s newest favorite program. Then they watched Peppa Pig, one of Chase’s all-time favorites. Mama took Sam for a walk, and Nanaw said she’d wait to leave till Mama returned. When Mama got back from the walk, she started baking the bundt cake for the 4^th of July celebration at Uncle Chris’s house on Sunday afternoon. It was a red, white and blue cake with red, white and blue icing. Chase was very excited to see all the colors, and he helped Mama put the food coloring in the cake mix. Daddy and Chase got to lick the cake batter bowls, something they really like to do. Mama sent Nanaw a picture of the finished cake, and it was very pretty and festive.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Nanaw went to visit Chase early on Saturday morning. Nanaw sat with him while he had breakfast in the kitchen – he had butter bread and chocolate milk. Mama wanted to fix toast or cinnamon toast for him but he said he wanted butter bread. After breakfast, Chase and Nanaw played with his toys in the living room. Mama was going grocery shopping but before she left, she invited Nanaw to join them for dinner at Outback, and Nanaw of course said yes, thank you very much. Chase and Daddy went to church in the early evening, and Daddy said Chase was very good. They all left for Outback a little after six, and when they got there, they learned that it would be a 50-minute wait so they waited. Mama and Nanaw sat out on the porch to wait, and so did Daddy and chase at first – then they went inside to wait. Dinner was delicious. They started out with a blooming onion mixed with Aussie loaded fries – totally awesome. Nanaw had a New York strip steak; Chase had grilled cheese; Mama had a sirloin steak; and Daddy had stuffed shrimp. It was a wonderful dinner, and Chase was such a good boy, despite having to wait a really long time for his dinner.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Chase and Nanaw had an enjoyable day at home on Friday. Nanaw wanted to take Chase to Powder Valley or Suson Park but Chase said he wanted to stay home at Nanaw’s house and play with his toys. Nanaw decided that would be absolutely fine because Chase was going to have an exciting adventure in the evening: Jackson and his mom and dad were coming over for dinner. First thing in the morning, Nanaw fixed a breakfast tray for Chase and took it to him in his room where he was watching TV. Nanaw sent a photo to Mama and labeled it "A breakfast tray for the little prince." Then Chase decided he wanted to play with all his mega blocks in the living room. He and Nanaw took them to the living room and Chase dumped them all out. He and Nanaw built towers and had fun knocking them down. Next, Chase and Nanaw went to the vet to pick up food for the kitties. After his nap, Chase and Nanaw went to his house to see Jackson. Jackson and Chase went swimming and had a great time jumping into Chase’s pool. Nanaw played ball with them and took their picture. Dinner was steak, mac and cheese and salad. For dessert, Aunt Jen brought Rice Krispy treats and brownies. After dinner, Nanaw had a great time playing with the boys in Chase’s room, in the living room and with the trains downstairs. It was a great evening for everyone.