Thursday, November 9, 2017

On Thursday morning, Chase took his "amamals" out of the Thomas bag and put them in his room in a "hurricane shelter" he made. Unfortunately, he and Nanaw forgot to put them back in the Thomas bag. So in the evening, Mama had to come over to Nanaw's house to get the "amamals." When Nanaw took Chase to school, they discovered that the big table switcheroo had taken place. That means the boys and girls were sitting at different tables. Chase is now at a table with Cole, Drew and Stella. Chase and the rest of the class seemed to be fine with the change -- it was only Nanaw who felt sad that Chase was no longer at a table with Sami, Henry and Joey. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, they went to Dollar Tree and Big Lots. They bought mittens, a dart game, a basketball game, two Thanksgiving figurines, slime, artificial flowers and Snoopy Christmas lights. It was a major shopping trip, and Chase had a great time.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Chase and Nanaw were both excited that it was Wednesday; that meant that Nanaw was coming to volunteer in Chase's class. Nanaw's assignment was to work with the groups on making flags for Veterans' Day. They had blue pieces of paper on which they put 50 dabs of paint, five rows of 10 dabs each. The boys and girls did a really good job with the numbers. Once a group was finished with their flag project, they worked on the pattern blocks. They also did a really good job with the blocks. Then came the excitement. Mrs. Hermann announced that they were going outside to have a parade with musical instruments. First, they'd have the parade and play their musical instruments. Then they'd eat the cupcakes for Andrew's birthday outside, then they'd have recess. Nanaw went along on the parade and had a wonderful time. They walked all the way around the school and on the Main Street sidewalk. It was great and Nanaw was excited to go along. After school, Chase played in his room and set up a barricade in the corner for his stuffed amamals to protect them from an oncoming hurricane. It was absolutely precious.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Chase and Nanaw saw Brady and his mom on the way into school on Tuesday morning. The boys walked across the street together, then raced to the school door. Chase had lost one of his black gloves, and Nanaw looked for it in his locker and then in the Lost and found. But she couldn't find it. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, they went to Dollar Tree. Nanaw bought a Pilgrim girl figurine that moves in the light for herself. Chase got several interesting toys: a pair of numchucks, a turtle shell, and a Ninja mini winebag. Chase played with his toys when they got back to Nanaw's house; then they did Chase's sight words. He knew everything except to and with. Nanaw forgot to take any pictures of Chase so she texted Mama and asked her to take a picture of Chase, which Mama did.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Chase was happy to go back to school on Monday morning and see all his friends. It turned out that Mrs. Hermann was not at school on Friday; she went to Chicago for a Gibault soccer event. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he was wearing an L headband with a cool picture of a lion on the front. So the class is almost halfway through the alphabet with their headbands. At Nanaw's house, Chase did his usual playing thing -- he got out an assortment of toys, place them on the kitchen counter and proceeded to make up pretend games with them, complete with voices and dialogue.

Rockbridge Weekend: November 3-5, 2017

Chase had an exciting weekend at Rockbridge with Mama, Daddy, Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky and Nanaw. He had been really looking forward to the adventure and was so happy when Friday morning finally got here. On the drive down to Rockbridge, Chase watched a Richard Scarry video and played with Daddy's iPad. As soon as he arrived at Rockbridge, Chase wanted to put on his new waders and go fishing. Of course,, he only stayed in the water about five minutes. Daddy helped him with the fishing rod but Chase didn't catch anything. The first time Daddy fished, he caught six huge fish in 20 minutes. It was quite the big fishing weekend for Daddy, Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky. They caught a total of 34 large trout. Mama bought Chase a stuffed red bird, and Chase named it Cardinal Bird. Nanaw bought Chase a stuffed baby trout, and Chase named it Freddy Trout Baby. Chase behaved excellently and said he had a great time. He was sad that the flood destroyed the playground. Chase and Nanaw had a super time watching the three kitties and their Mama. Chase said one of the gray kitties looks just like Sidney Crosby the Cat. Chase met a friend, a seven-year-old girl named Jenna. Her grandmother is Sandy, one of the owners of Rockbridge. He only got to play with her for a little while but he had fun. Maybe he can see her again next year.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

When Chase got to Nanaw's house on Thursday morning, he helped Nanaw put out the Thanksgiving decorations. It was very cute how he put several of them on the fireplace hearth all by himself. Then he played abcmouse on Nanaw's laptop. He seems to like abcmouse more and more, probably because he does it at computer class at school. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, Mrs. Herrmann told him and Nanaw to have a good time on their fishing trip. On the way home, they first went to Dollar Tree where Chase got three more mini winebags. Then they went to the library where Chase played in the children's room. On the way out of the library, Nanaw bought Chase a bag of Ritz chips out of the vending machine. He fell asleep on the way home -- Nanaw thinks school must really wear him out. They have three recesses during the day, and Chase runs around the playground the whole time.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Daddy took Chase to church for Mass on Wednesday morning, then took him to school. At church, Chase sat next to Brady. On the way to school, Chase told Daddy he was glad it was Wednesday. Daddy asked why, and Chase said because Nanaw comes to school on Wednesday. Nanaw thought that was the coolest thing. When Nanaw went to work in Chase's class, she got hugs from several of the children -- so sweet. Her job was to help the boys and girls make J headbands. They had to write upper and lower case J's on the headband and also cut out a jar and paste five jelly beans on the jar. It was great fun. The boys and girls were calling Nanaw by her name so Chase called her by her name also. Very funny. At recess, Chase once again was playing with the big boys. After school, Chase had popcorn and played abcmouse.