Sunday, August 6, 2017

Nanaw went to visit Chase Sunday evening when she got home from the little house. Mama was making chicken noodle soup for dinner but Nanaw didn't want to eat the noodles. Chase and Nanaw went downstairs to play with the Fisher Price toys that belonged to his Mama when she was a little girl. They set up the McDonald's, the village, the house and the school. Chase was so excited to play with everything. He had the pre-school children go outside from school for recess. When they came in, he had the older children go outside. He filled up all the cars with gas at the garage. He had the mailman deliver mail to everybody. The excitement of the evening was when Sam the dog got up on the roof and the fireman had to rescue him. Also, lots of people went to eat at McDonald's. When it was time for dinner, Nanaw went upstairs and sat with them. Amazingly enough, Chase ate two bowls (small ones, of course) of chicken noodle soup and two pieces of garlic bread. Nanaw was very impressed. Chase asked Mama and Daddy if they would come downstairs to play with the village with him. Mama says they did and Sam got on the roof again and had to be rescued. She also said that one of the little boys was Jackson and the other dog was Dolly Dog.

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Nanaw went to visit Chase first thing on Saturday morning. Chase wanted to play a game called Mashin Max that Auntie LaLa bought for him at TJMaxx. Mama told Nanaw to read the directions, which Nanaw did – she always obeys her baby girl. But Chase decided he wanted to play by his own rules. Mama says that’s what Chase always wants to do. So they played by Chase’s rules. Chase’s rules involved Max doing a lot of mashing and Chase doing a lot of yelling. Chase had a lot of fun, and Nanaw had fun watching him. When Mama went to the grocery store, Chase and Nanaw put the Mashin Max away and went to play in the living room. They played with Chase’s cash register, then Chase got the idea that they would go in his room to get paper and crayons to make McDonald's menus. They did that and Chase had Daddy make a menu for "my Nanaw" – Nanaw like hearing Chase say that. Daddy brought the Happy Meal box filled with McDonald’s toys into Chase’s room a couple of times, and Chase got a big kick out of that. In the afternoon, Mama and Chase took Dolly back home to Jackson’s house. Chase and Jackson went swimming in the community pool but Mama said it was too cold for her to get in the pool.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Friday's adventure for Chase and Nanaw was a visit to Powder Valley. It had been several months since their last visit so they were happy to see all their favorite things. Chase and his Captain America Tsum Tsum posed for a picture on the big frog outside. Inside, they visited the huge snakes, the puppet area, and the feeding area. Then they went to the bee hive, the birdhouse and the tree house. They went downstairs to see the fish and were excited to see their friend Mr. Turtle in the aquarium, buried in the gravel but with his head out and part of his shell visible. Chase showed the turtle to a couple of little boys, and they liked seeing it. Next, they went to the bear area, and Chase pushed the button to make it huff and snuff. Next, they went outside and went for a walk on the trail with the walking bridge. They took the short walk of a mile. Then they went to the Tanglevine Trail that's half a mile. Chase wanted to go on that walk to try to find the a puzzle tree. That means a stump of a tree that has a trunk that sort of looks like a puzzle. On the way home, Chase and Nanaw went to Walmart where Nanaw bought Chase a pink Cars car named Red Meeker, a Green Lantern figure and a Mine Craft figure. Chase was very happy about his new toys. When Nanaw took Chase home, Aunt Becca was there. They were going to order Chinese and have a fire in the fire pit. The first picture is one of Chase from Thursday night playing in the hall with his stuffed "amamals" that Mama sent to Nanaw.

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Chase and Nanaw had a major Magic House adventure on Thursday. They stayed for two and a half hours, the longest they've ever been there. Their previous record was two hours. They even visited some of Nanaw's favorite places like the attic and the train. Chase was the main selector of places to visit, including the Clifford room, the electric company, the shadow wall, the construction area, airballs, and the loopy balls area. Chase's favorite thing to do on Thursday was wading in the wading pool. He made friends (of course!) with two little girls, and they ran around in the water together. Chase held his shorts up, trying to keep them dry, but unfortunately it didn't work. So for awhile he was walking around with wet shorts. Fortunately, the shorts were black so the fact that they were wet didn't show. When it was time to go home, for the first time ever, Chase didn't cry about having to leave. Evidently, two and a half hours is the right amount of time for him -- what a kid. The first pictures are of Chase on Tuesday evening at the Magic House with Mama and Daddy, and also pictures of Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky, Nichole and Timmy on TV at the Brewers/Cardinals game in Milwaukee.

 

 

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Chase and Nanaw visited the Train House on Wednesday. Miss Lynn was back from her two-week driving vacation in Maine and was happy to see Chase and Nanaw. Miss Linda was also very happy to see them. Chase made friends with little twin girls wearing hot pink tee-shorts. They played together in the kitchen and the playhouse and on the school bus. It's very cute the way Chase always tries to make friends. He also played with the wooden village while Nanaw worked on a craft -- an ice cream truck picture. On the way out, Chase got his popcorn, and then Chase and Nanaw went to visit the caboose. For the first time, Chase investigated the caboose, looking around at everything and opening various doors. In the afternoon, the phone man from HTC came to fix Nanaw's Wi-Fi, which wasn't working. Chase was so cute about the man being there. He watched the man work inside, then stood at the window to see the man work outside. So now Nanaw's Wi-Fi is fixed and faster than ever.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Chase and Nanaw spent most of Tuesday at home, playing lots of different things. They played with Chase's Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage for awhile, one of Chase's favorite things to do. They also played with the slime / goo. Nanaw had Chase write his name, something she tries to do most days, so that he gets better at writing his name before kindergarten starts. Chase also played McDonald's with Nanaw. He took her order and then delivered her food -- it was very cute. Later, he decided to make hot dogs out of Silly Putty, and he delivered those to Nanaw. Later in the day, Chase and Nanaw went to the Columbia Library so Nanaw could straighten out the problem with her library card. Chase had Nanaw check out a book for him -- one that he already has at home -- "Pete the Cat -- I Love My White Shoes." Next, Chase and Nanaw went to the Telegraph Road library to pick up books for Mama. Chase played in the children's play room but wasn't happy because some of the boys and girls had moved all the trains and train track from the train table to the big open seating area. He said to Nanaw, "Let's go home," so they did. Mama and Daddy picked Chase up from Nanaw's house at 5 p.m. for an evening of adventure. First, they were going to Cane's for dinner, then to the Magic House with the tickets Chase earned for the library reading program.