Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house at 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning because she had to get to work early. Chase decided to play abcmouse, and he had a great time with it. Chase told Nanaw that he's the weather person for his class this week. He gets to use Mrs. Herrmann's phone. He says, "Siri, what's the currrent temperature," and then Chase announces it to the class. When Nanaw took Chase to school, she asked Mrs. Herrmann about the bird and the chart, and she explained that it's a behavior thing and that Chase got rewarded for his good behavior. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, they stopped at Chase's house so he could go to the bathroom. While Nanaw was letting Sam back in the house, Tyler escaped. Chase, Sam and Nanaw ran outside after him. Chase was the one who caught Tyler, and Nanaw was very proud of him. Next, Chase and Nanaw went to the big Dollar Tree on Telegraph Road. Chase got an Army hat, a cowboy set, some battling plastic figures, another bag of marbles and a pool table game. Once again, Nanaw forgot to take pictures and once again, she had to ask Mama to take a picture.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house at 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning because she had to get to work early. Chase decided to play abcmouse, and he had a great time with it. Chase told Nanaw that he's the weather person for his class this week. He gets to use Mrs. Herrmann's phone. He says, "Siri, what's the currrent temperature," and then Chase announces it to the class. When Nanaw took Chase to school, she asked Mrs. Herrmann about the bird and the chart, and she explained that it's a behavior thing and that Chase got rewarded for his good behavior. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, they stopped at Chase's house so he could go to the bathroom. While Nanaw was letting Sam back in the house, Tyler escaped. Chase, Sam and Nanaw ran outside after him. Chase was the one who caught Tyler, and Nanaw was very proud of him. Next, Chase and Nanaw went to the big Dollar Tree on Telegraph Road. Chase got an Army hat, a cowboy set, some battling plastic figures, another bag of marbles and a pool table game. Once again, Nanaw forgot to take pictures and once again, she had to ask Mama to take a picture.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Chase's classroom was still a little confusing on Monday morning because of everybody being moved to a new table. No one was sure where anyone was sitting. But Chase seems fine with his new buddies: Cole, Drew and Stella. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he had a little stuffed bird with him that he says he gets to keep. The story Nanaw eventually got out of Chase was that he got to move his clip up three levels on the chart so that meant he could pick something out of the treasure box. He picked out the bird. It's a Secret Life of Pets pet, and Mama looked it up online while she was on the phone with Nanaw and Chase. The bird's name is Sweet Pea, and Chase is very happy with it. After school, Chase and Nanaw went to the Science Center for an adventure. Chase was happy to be there and took a lot of interest in the displays. It seemed to Nanaw that he was more interested in the scientific displays than before. It was a successful visit, although it was a short one. The Science Center closes at 4:30 p.m., and Chase and Nanaw didn't get there until 3:35 p.m. In the evening, Mama went to the Parents & Friends meeting at Chase's school with Brady's mom.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Nanaw took Chase's two water bottles with the chewed-up lids over to his house so that she and Mama could have a conversation with him about chewing on the lids. It turns out that he uses his teeth to open the lid of the container to drink out of it. Mama explained to him that he can't do it that way. Before dinner, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs to play with the Thomas Bridge High Sky Jump. Thomas did much better than yesterday so Nanaw thinks it was probably a different Thomas -- Chase had four identical Thomases. Dinner was delicious steak and southwest salad. After dinner, Chase and Nanaw played soccer in the hallway and also played on his bed with his many stuffed "amamals." Mama baked a chocolate chip cookie pan and gave chocolate chips to Chase and cookie dough to Daddy. Mama and Nanaw sat at the kitchen table playing their new addictive game, Word Connect. Mama told Nanaw about a new game, Wordscapes, that's sort of like a crossword puzzle, and about a website that helps with Word Connect, allscrabblewords.com.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Nanaw went to visit Chase on Saturday morning. He was still wearing the Mario pajamas Nanaw bought for him. He told Nanaw that Daddy was downstairs putting together the Thomas Sky High Bridge Jump. So Chase and Nanaw went downstairs to play with it. They played with it for a long time, while Mama went to the grocery store and Daddy had breakfast. Chase and Nanaw also played hockey and mini trains. Nanaw brought a Richard Scarry book over to read to Chase but only got to read a few pages to him. He wanted to go play rather than read. Mama was going to spend the day with Aunt Becca, and Chase and Daddy went out to Wentzville to visit Grandma Pat. They were going to church when they got home.

Friday, November 10, 2017

Mama had the day off from work on Friday, and Chase was off from school, so they and Nanaw had an adventure-filled day. First, they went to Dunkin Donuts, at Chase's request. Next, they went to the library where Mama selected five books for herself. Next, they went to Handi Man Hardware to see the Christmas decorations. Chase was very excited about the nutcracker, Woodstock Snoopy, the Minion, Rudolph, baby Jesus, and the big penguin plus lots more. Then they went to the Train House. Miss Linda was very happy to see them and told Mama how much she likes Chase and Nanaw. Chase did the scavenger hunt and then got to make a sock snowman out of a white sock. He also did the craft -- a mail truck. After the Train House, they went to Powder Valley, where Chase found the answers to the questions in the newsletter. On their way home from Powder Valley, Mama suggested that they check out Laumeier Sculpture Park, which is on the other side of Watson Road from Powder Valley. They got out and walked around when Chase saw what he said was an eyeball. And he was right. It was a huge eyeball. They walked on a trail and looked at lots of sculptures. It was a wonderful day of adventures. In the evening, Chase went out to dinner at Tequila's with Mama and Daddy.