Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Chase had the day off from school so that they could clean up from yesterday's school picnic. So Chase and Nanaw had a day filled with three major adventures. First, they went to the Train House, where Miss Linda was happy to see Chase and Nanaw. The weather was beautiful and cool so to Chase's delight, they went up the hill to see the cars and to climb on the trains. Chase got his popcorn, and they also visited the caboose. Next, they went to the Magic House. The Clifford room has been disassembled to make room for the Dinosaur Train room, which starts October 7. They visited the construction zone and the hockey area but spent the most time with the trains. There was a man there controlling the trains with a laptop so he ran several trains all over the place just for Chase. They went outside and even though it was cool, Chase took off his shoes and socks and waded in the water. Their final adventure was going to Powder Valley. Chase had an exceptionally good time there. He got newsletters for him and Nanaw and they did a scavenger hunt to answer the questions. They visited all of Chase's favorite places. All in all, it was a perfect day. The weather was great and there were very few people at all three places, so Chase and Nanaw mostly had the places to themselves.

Monday, September 4, 2017

Monday was Labor Day, the day of Chase's church and school picnic at the school. Mama worked in one of the booths with her good friend Michele, Brady's Mama. Daddy and Chase came up to the picnic when Mama was finished working. They went around playing games, and Chase went into the bounce house with Brady. Mama said that for some reason, after an hour at the picnic, Chase wanted to go home so they did. Mama was a little disappointed because she wanted to stay longer. Chase got an invitation to Henry's birthday party on September 24. It's going to be a Lego party at Henry's house so Chase will love that. Nanaw came to visit Chase in the evening. When she got there, everyone was outside. They played kickball for awhile, then came inside. Chase wouldn't eat his dinner so his Mama and Daddy told him he had to go to bed. Nanaw brought along the new pictures of cousin Mike, Mama, Daddy and Chase and put them in the picture frames she got at Walmart on her way to Chase's house. Nanaw also sewed Chase's Mario pajama shirt and the holes in the Madagascar chair. Chase fell asleep but then got up so Nanaw got to see him for awhile. Tomorrow, Chase doesn't have school so they're going to the Train House, the Magic House and Powder Valley.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Sunday was Mama and Daddy's annual pre-Labor Day party. When Nanaw got there, most of Daddy's family was already there. Chase was out in the back yard, playing baseball with his cousin Nicholas. Nicholas was doing a great job of coaching Chase, telling him how to stand, what position to take at home plate, and most importantly, to keep his eye on the ball. It was great to watch. And it helped Chase with his hitting. He's a good hitter already but Nick's coaching helped make him even better. Chase had so much fun playing with his cousins. Part of the time, they were all in Chase's room, throwing all his stuffed animals everywhere and taking the covers and sheets off his bed. His next adventure was downstairs playing with Elias and Cesi. Cesi invented a game with Chase's grocery store checkout setup, and the three of them had a great time buying things from all around the downstairs, like books, CDs, blankets, pillows, purses, R2D2 and lots of other things. It was very cute to watch. After that, Nanaw played baseball with Chase outside and then so did Elias, Uncle Chris and Cesi. Just before Nanaw left, Daddy and Chase were playing with Chase's rocket helicopters. Chase showed Nanaw how to shoot them up high in the air -- very fun.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Nanaw went to visit Chase early on Saturday morning. At first, he was looking at videos on Daddy's iPad. Then Mama went to the grocery store, and Daddy was going to vacuum and mop in preparation for Mama and Daddy's pre-Labor Day party on Sunday. So Nanaw helped Chase get dressed in a baseball shirt so they could go outside and play baseball. They played for about an hour; Chase is becoming a really good hitter. Unfortunately, he blames the pitcher (that would be Nanaw in this instance) when he doesn't hit the ball. When Mama got home from the grocery store, she told Chase that she and Daddy had lots of work to do to clean the house and get ready for the party on Sunday. Mama said Chase could help her clean, especially in cleaning the bathrooms, which he's really good at. She promised Chase that once all the cleaning and getting ready was done, then she and Daddy could play with Chase. And they did. They played baseball for a long time, which of course made Chase very happy. Mama told Nanaw that Chase was unhappy when Mama homered, even though Chase had told her to do it. He's a very confusing little fella.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Chase was very excited about field Day at school today. He wore his black ICS shirt (he was on the black team, along with Joey and his church buddy). Nanaw took pictures of him in his shirt and later in the day, Mrs. Hermann sent Mama a picture of Chase and his church buddy (we still don't know his name) at the Field Day. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, she asked him what he had for lunch but he didn't know. She also asked him what his church buddy's name was, and Chase answered, "No idea!" Chase and Nanaw went home after school instead of going somewhere or running errands. Chase watched part of Bad New Bears, then watched Wall-E again. Once again, he played with his mega blocks on Pawpaw's bed while he watched TV. A little while before Mama and Daddy came to pick him up, Chase and Nanaw went out in the front yard to play baseball. Mama, Daddy and Chase were going to Fairview Heights to meet Jackson, Aunt Jen and Uncle Joe to go to Wingfest.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

When Nanaw took Chase to school on Thursday morning, he didn't want to turn in his homework to Mrs. Hermann -- he wanted Nanaw to do it so she did. Once again, Sami didn't want her Daddy to leave -- it was very cute. Nanaw is thinking about volunteering at school -- the kids are so cute and so much fun. Uncle Mike and cousin Joey sent a picture of cousin Mike from San Diego -- cousin Mike has lost 47 pounds and Mama says he's unrecognizable. Nanaw took Charlie to the vet and took pictures of the kittens there for adoption. One of them looks like TJ when he was a baby. Nanaw forgot to take pictures of Chase on Thursday so she only has pictures of kittens and cousin Mike. She's going to include the haircut photo from yesterday because Chase looks so cute with his new short haircut. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, the first thing he told her was that he didn’t have to wear his uniform on Friday. Nanaw asked him what he was supposed to wear, he said, "You'll see!" Then he told Nanaw he didn't have to stay at school all day, that he was going someplace where he would play games -- Friday is their Field Day. When they got to the car, Chase wouldn't let Nanaw open his R2D2 backpack -- he said he wanted to do it himself. That's because he wanted to get out the Field Day tee shirt himself -- it's very cute and Nanaw will include a picture of it on Friday. At 5 o'clock, Mama and Daddy picked up Chase and Nanaw, and they went to Culver's for dinner. Then they went to CostCo to buy food for Mama and Daddy's Labor Day party on Sunday -- lots of fun.

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

When Nanaw took Chase to school on Wednesday morning, the first-thing-activity was coloring a paper about the color orange. Nanaw noticed that Sami and Henry, two of the children at Chase's table, were doing a great job of coloring in the lines and she mentioned it. So Chase, the little competitive one, showed Nanaw that he too could color in the lines. Nanaw took pictures of Chase and Henry and Sami. She also took pictures of Chase and Joey's locker with the pictures of each boy with his church buddy -- Joey and Chase share the same church buddy. When Nanaw picked Chase up at school, he fell asleep almost the minute he got in the car. Kindergarten is wearing the little fellow out. Nanaw ran some errands to give him a chance to sleep, and then they went home to play. They played with the Ultimate Garage and then went outside to play baseball. Mama took Chase to get a haircut, and he was happy to get a sucker. They had Imo's pizza for dinner -- it was a special fund raising night for ICS.