Thursday, September 7, 2017

Before Nanaw and Chase left for school on Thursday morning, Nanaw asked Chase to read his sight words and he did so, instantly and perfectly. When they got to school, Nanaw took Chase's blue jacket out of his locker to take home so he wouldn't have two jackets at school. She reminded Chase to bring his Batman jacket home with him. (Update: He forgot his Batman jacket and his water bottle.) Chase likes the new Smart Board sign-in in his class. All the students have an apple on the screen with their names on the apples. You touch the apple to indicate that you're there and the apple disappears -- very cute. After school, Chase and Nanaw went to the library to drop off and pick up books and movies. Chase fell asleep in the car again but woke up when they got home. He watched TV for a little while before it was time to go home. When they got there, Chase played a game with Mama. Then he told Mama and Daddy he wanted ice cream that night, and Mama and Daddy were very excited about that idea because they love ice cream. Once again, Nanaw forgot to take pictures of Chase; but she took pictures of Sam and Tyler when she went to Chase's house in the afternoon.

 

 

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

When Nanaw picked Chase up on Wednesday morning, he and Mama told Nanaw about their adventure the night before. Daddy and Chase built an obstacle course in the back yard, and then Chase and Daddy played Ninja Warrior. (It's a good thing that Nanaw watched a little of the Ninja Warrior TV show Monday night or she wouldn't have known what they were talking about.) So Chase and Nanaw decided they would make an obstacle course in Nanaw's front yard when Chase got home from school. But when Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he said his tummy hurt and he wanted to lie down when they got home. Then he fell asleep in the car on the way home. When they got home, Chase went to his room and laid down on his futon and fell asleep. So there was no playing with Nanaw and no obstacle course -- maybe on Thursday. Nanaw forgot to take any pictures of Chase so she included a previous one of Chase sleeping in the car, wearing his uniform. In the evening, Nanaw went to the library headquarters to see Tess Gerritsen. She wanted Mama to go along but Daddy was golfing so Mama stayed with Chase. Mama and Nanaw went to see Tess five years ago exactly, September 6, 2012, at the Schafly branch of the St. Louis Public Library -- what a coincidence.

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.