Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Chase and Nanaw stayed at home on Wednesday and did a lot of playing. On Tuesday night, Mama bought popsicle holders for her house and Nanaw's house, so Nanaw made cherry popsicles for Chase Wednesday morning. Chase was very excited about making popsicles and then eating them. When they were frozen he ate two of them and really liked them. For awhile, Chase and Nanaw played with Chase's Angry Bird Legos. Chase invented a baseball game using the Legos -- he's very creative. Chase and Nanaw also played for awhile in his room with his Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage. After lunch, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs. He had Nanaw get his Thomas house out, and he played with it for a long time. He had Nanaw go upstairs to get all the stuffed "amamals" he brought with him from home. After Chase's nap, when it was time to go home, Nanaw couldn't find his MyOBrace. She searched everywhere in his room but still couldn't find it. Mama volunteered to come help look for it, and when she was on her way over to Nanaw's house, Nanaw found it in the comforter that hangs over the back of Chase's futon. Yay!!!!

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Chase and Nanaw had a big adventure on Tuesday. They took Nanaw's next door neighbors and their grandsons to the Train House. The two boys, Danny and Benjy, are here from Florida visiting their grandparents for a couple of weeks. Nanaw's Train House membership allows her to take guests for free so that's what they did. Chase had a great time with the boys, especially Danny who's three years old. Benjy is only 18 months old. and Chase didn't pay much attention to him. But Chase and Danny ran around together and had fun. Chase kept saying, "Danny, follow me, follow me." It was very cute. First they looked at all the displays in the main lobby -- everybody especially liked the stuffed zebras pulling the wagon. Next, they went for a train ride, which made Nanaw very happy because Chase hasn't been willing to go on a train ride for almost a year. But he seemed to enjoy himself and counted the bones, which is a good sign. Next, Danny and Chase rode on the handcars; Benjy is too little for that. Then they walked up the hill to see the cars and trains. They went in the car building and liked seeing all the historical cars. Next, they went to look at the trains -- those were a great hit with everyone. They only had time to look at a few of the trains rather than all of them. It was time to go to the Creation Station. That was the great hit of the day for Danny and Benjy. All three boys had a super time playing with the trains. Chase also spent a long time playing in the kitchen and then playing with the magnet blocks. Miss Linda was so happy to see Chase and Nanaw -- it's been more than three weeks since they were last there -- May 11.

Monday, June 5, 2017

Chase still wasn't feeling well when Nanaw picked him up Monday morning. He had a slight temperature -- 99.1. Mama sent Pedialyte along with Nanaw. Chase spent most of the morning lying around. Then for awhile he played with his box of cars, then with his swimming fish in the bowl, and then with the goo / slime. He also played with his Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage, and it was cute to watch him trying to figure out which way to connect the tracks. He took a long nap in the afternoon and seemed to feel a lot better when he woke up. When Nanaw took him home, Mama and Daddy asked him if he felt well enough to play T-ball. He finally decided that he did. So everyone went to the T-ball game. Chase seemed to have a good time playing and there was no drama for him. Nanaw had fun playing with baby Emma. She had fun playing with the picture of Chase on Nanaw's key ring. She kept trying to say Chase's name and mostly it sounded like Cheese -- very fun.

Saturday, June 3, 2017 and Sunday, June 4, 2017

Nanaw was very excited that Chase was going to have a sleepover at the little house on Saturday night. Mama and Daddy were going out with Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky for Kathleen's birthday so Chase got to go with Nanaw. First thing in the morning, Chase had a T-ball game. His friend from pre-school, Chase N., was on the other team so it was nice for Chase to see her again. After the game, Nanaw went home to pack and then went to pick Chase up. He slept part of the drive out to the little house. At the little house, they had lunch, then went for a walk with their walking sticks. When Nanaw first handed his walking stick to him, Chase held it like it was a bat and was swinging it. Chase played with the box of cars Nanaw brought along, plus the toy construction vehicles that live at the little house. Chase decided he wanted to sleep upstairs, a first, so that's what they did. There was a horrible storm during the night but Chase slept right through it. In the morning, Chase was very quiet and mostly lay around on the sofa bed. He did get up when Nanaw was making ice. She let him get ice out of the freezer container for his glass of water. Then she let him put water in an ice tray. He was fascinated with the idea of making ice. He's only experienced ice makers in refrigerators so he didn't know there was a way to make ice -- it was funny. Nanaw took a picture and sent it to Mama, and she texted back a promise to buy Popsicle makers for Chase. Chase felt really warm and was really quiet so Nanaw thought he was sick. He slept a little on the way home. Nanaw came back for steak dinner, and Mama said he'd been quiet all afternoon, and they ga e him Tylenol. Nanaw hopes he feels better tomorrow.

Friday, June 2, 2017

On Friday morning, Nanaw put Chase's tent outside in the front yard, along with all the stuffed "amamals" that Chase brought from home. Chase and Nanaw played outside in the tent and also played baseball in the front yard. Then neighbor Dan showed Chase and Nanaw the six baby chicks he bought at Rural King for the visit of his grandsons, Danny and Benjy. (Note: Nanaw arranged with neighbor Dan to take his grandsons to the Train House next Tuesday.) Chase and Nanaw started out for Powder Valley when Nanaw discovered that her air conditioning was once again not working. She went to Dobbs and told them she was taking the car to Ford to see if they could figure out what was wrong. She went and talked to Ford and made an appointment for next Wednesday. Chase and Nanaw went to Dollar Tree on the way home and bought Chase another launching car, a light up bouncing ball and a stuffed Nemo to keep Dory company because she's lonely. In the evening Chase, Mama and Daddy went to Aunt Becca's house to visit her friends who have a little girl named Noelle.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Chase and Nanaw had to spend the day at home on Thursday because Nanaw's car was at Dobb's getting fixed. (The problem turned out to be the water pump. The mechanic said that was what was causing the problem with the air conditioner also. The water pump was leaking and the engine was overheating and that caused the air conditioning to stop working to protect the engine. What a smart little Escape!) Chase and Nanaw did lots and lots of things together. They played downstairs in the tent, with Chase pretending there was a tornado and a storm outside -- it was so very cute. They also played with the Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage, the color-changing cars, the swimming fish, and Chase's box of Hot Wheels and other cars. At the end of the day, Chase made what he called a "card" for Nanaw: he used his little stamps and drew pictures and wrote his name on it. He also made one for Mama. It was very cute. Mama came to Nanaw's house on her way home from work to take Nanaw to Dobb's to pick up her car. On the drive there, Chase told Nanaw she had to make a card for him tonight and give it to him tomorrow. Nanaw told him she would, then told him was going to Walmart Thursday night and would buy a Woody/Buzz mini winebag for him.