Thursday, July 6, 2017

Once again, Chase fell asleep after Mama brought him to Nanaw's house on Thursday morning. And once again, he slept till 9 o'clock. After breakfast, Chase and Nanaw set off on their Thursday adventure: a trip to the Magic House. They were interested to see that the Sandcastle Beach was gone and the parking lot was back. First, the visited the Clifford Room, and Chase played in the video area for awhile, playing the music and dancing around. Then Nanaw took him to find the new Forts and Clubhouses area. But when they got there, Chase didn't want to play in it so they went to one of his all-time favorites, the Water Works. He had a good time squirting water and splashing with the boats. Then he played in the garage, working on the little red car. Finally, he decided he wanted to go back to the Forts and Clubhouses area so they did. This time he wanted to play there. He and two little girls worked on building a clubhouse with big pieces of material, which they hooked over chairs. Then they put lots of cushions inside and lay down and pretended to go to sleep. It was very cute. Chase's last activity was his favorite one. They went outside and Chase found a little pond that children were wading in. He asked Nanaw if he could wade in it, and she said yes. He had the most fun there, splashing around and playing with the boats. Of course, he didn't want to leave but Nanaw promised they would come back next week. After Chase's nap, Uncle Mike came over to cut Nanaw's grass, and Chase was happy to see him.

 

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

On Wednesday morning when Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house, he fell asleep on the couch and slept until 9 o'clock -- what a sleepyhead. After Chase got up and had breakfast, he and Nanaw went to Walmart to do Nanaw's grocery shopping and to get her oil changed. Their first stop (after the oil change place) was the toy department. Nanaw had promised Chase she would buy him a Cars 3 car. She ended up buying him six Cars 3 cars but it's only money. She also bought Fidget Cubes for Mama, Chase and Nanaw -- very funny. When Chase and Nanaw got home, they got out all his cars, Hot Wheels and Cars cars and others. Chase spread them all over the living floor and had a great time playing with them. Nanaw brought up his three loopy race tracks from downstairs and his garage -- he pretended that the garage was Radiator Springs. It was quite the production.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Happy 4th of July! The adventure for 4th of July was going to see Cars 3 at the AMC Theater at Chesterfield Mall. Chase was very excited about it. Mama, Daddy, Chase, Alexander and Nanaw got there an hour early because Nanaw had looked up the times for Sunday. So they walked around Chesterfield Mall for an hour (and Mama did some shopping, of course). First, they went to a sports memorabilia store that was very interesting. They had autographed things from various baseball and hockey players. Mama bought a picture of Yadier Molina for Chase and a picture of Chris Carpenter for herself. In the candle store, Mama bought a candle that was on sale and felt very proud of herself for getting such a bargain. Everybody really liked the Cars 3 movie and the popcorn and candy. After the movie, Nanaw went home to take a nap -- she missed eating dinner with the family but ate hers when she returned to her house. Mama and Chase decided they didn't want to go see fireworks at the Legion Hall. Nanaw went to the hill by the entrance to her subdivision to watch the fireworks and they were spectacular.

Monday, July 3, 2017

Mama had the day off on Monday, and she took Chase to the eye doctor for his first ever eye examination. He needed it for kindergarten, and he passed with flying colors. Yay! Mama told the doctor Chase was obsessed with eyeballs, and they got a good laugh out of that. After the eye doctor appointment, Nanaw came over to Chase's house. Then Mama, Chase and Nanaw went to the Columbia McDonald's for lunch. Alexander didn't want to go but Mama said she'd bring back food for him. Chase and Nanaw got Happy Meals so Chase got two purple Minion toys. After lunch, Mama, Chase and Nanaw went to visit the Science Center. Because of the VP Fair in Forest Park, the regular parking was blocked off, and Mama had to park in the lot on Oakland, which cost $12.00. Nanaw is glad she always parks in the lot by the Planetarium, which is free. Chase had a grand time showing Mama all his favorite places at the Science Center: the dinosaurs, the dinosaur dig, the air balls, an the outdoor Grow area. He visited the chickens, then went to the water pumps to show Mama how they work. It was a great day for all.

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Nanaw came to visit Chase on Sunday evening. Mama, Daddy and Chase were out in the back yard playing baseball when Nanaw got there so she went to play with them. Chase and Nanaw played ping pong on the outdoor table for awhile. Chase's cousin Alexander was there visiting for a week. Chase is very excited to have Alexander there. Nanaw stayed for dinner --delicious spaghetti and cheese garlic bread. After dinner, Chase and Nanaw played with his new little action figures and his Jackson Storm Cars car. Then Chase went downstairs to play video games with Daddy and cousin Alexander. Next, they all went for a walk. Daddy wanted to show cousin Alexander where the Columbia Market is so he can walk there next week if he wants anything. Chase decided after a short while that his feet hurt and he wanted to go back home. So Mama, Sam, Chase and Nanaw turned around and went home. On Monday, Mama has the day off and Chase has an eye doctor appointment. He has to have an eye exam for kindergarten. Then they might go to McDonald's for lunch and then to the Science Center. Cousin Alexander is going to go with them if he wants.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Nanaw went to visit Chase first thing on Saturday morning. Daddy was out running and when he came back he was going to go to Ace Hardware. Mama told Chase he could go with Daddy to the hardware store or with Mama and Nanaw to Walmart. Of course, he chose Walmart because of all the toys there. At Walmart, Mama bought him two super hero mini winebags (he got two adorable ones -- Captain America and Spiderman). Nanaw bought him one of the new characters in Cars 3: Jackson Storm. In the afternoon, Mama, Daddy and Chase went out to Silex to Uncle Chris's 4th of July party. Mama made a 4th of July cake with strawberries and blueberries -- Chase thought it was cool. Mama said that at first Chase didn't want to go swimming in Uncle Chris's pool but finally he did and had a good time playing with his cousins, Cessie, Elias and Mallory. In the evening, there were lots of fireworks, and Mama said Chase especially liked that.