Friday, May 3, 2019

Chase brought a huge amount of stuffed "amamals" with him on Friday morning. Nanaw hadn't been feeling too well during the night but she was able to take Chase to school in the morning. However, she had to have Mama pick him up from school. Fortunately, Mama was working at home on Friday and was able to pick Chase up easily and have him play while she finished working. When Mama was done, she and Chase came over to Nanaw's house to pick up Chase's stuffed "amamals." He told Mama and Nanaw all about the carnival they'd had at school Friday afternoon, as the conclusion to Builders' Week. Chase said he bought popcorn and soda and played lots of games, including ring toss. Mama suggested that they make a carnival when they got home, and Chase liked that idea. Mama said that Daddy had taken Grandma Pat to the doctor out in Wentzville and that they wouldn't be home for awhile. Mama had errands to run: Dick's for a baseball glove for Daddy's birthday, Dollar Tree for cards and wrapping paper and something for dinner. She asked Chase what he wanted and he said Pizza Hut. So Mama said they would go pick up pizza there and eat at home because Pizza doesn't have a place to eat inside. In the evening, Nanaw texted Mama asking her to send a picture of Chase because Nanaw forgot to take any. So Mama sent a picture of Chase with a rally towel Mama bought at Dick's and a picture of him playing at their carnival downstairs.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Chase was finally well on Thursday morning and able to go to school -- Yay! Chase, Mama and Nanaw were very happy about that. Today was dress like a celebrity day in Builders' Week, and Chase wore his Yadi jersey -- very cool. Mrs. Neff was happy to see Chase back at school. The seating at tables got switched around, and Chase wasn’t too happy about his new table. Nanaw told Mrs. Neff she had to take Mama to the doctor and wouldn’t be able to volunteer Thursday morning. Mama and Nanaw went to St. Mary's and stayed there until about 12:30. Mama is fine. On the way home, they stopped at White Castle because Mama hadn't anything to eat since Tuesday night. She bought onion rings for Nanaw. Nanaw stayed at Chase's house when she took Mama home because the cleaning lady was at her house. Mama took a nap, and it was raining when Nanaw went to pick up Chase so she took the Paw Patrol umbrella. Chase told Nanaw he got the sucker for star behavior today, and he was very happy about it. On the way home, after telling Nanaw about some of the things he did at school, Chase said, "I don't tell you the bad things." And Nanaw asked, "What bad things?" And Chase told her about getting into trouble with some of the boys. When they got to Chase's house, Chase told Nanaw he was going to go kiss Mama, who was napping in her bedroom, and he did. Chase and Nanaw sat on the love seat and played on their tablet and iPad for awhile. Then Chase went downstairs to play hockey, and Nanaw went home.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Poor bug! Still sick and unable to go to school. That makes four days of school that he missed. He played Roblox games on the laptop and watched hockey videos for awhile. Nanaw wanted to identify one of the songs that played on a hockey game, so she downloaded an app that identifies music . But by the time she got the app ready to go, Chase had moved on to another game so she couldn't try to figure what the music was. Chase said he couldn’t go back to the music but Nanaw didn't know whether he meant he was unable to do it or that he didn’t want to do it. Chase just doesn’t seem like himself. He's tired and listless and quiet and not in a good mood. If he doesn't go to school tomorrow, he'll stay at his house with Grandma Pat. Nanaw is taking Mama to St. Mary's for her colonoscopy. After Nanaw took Chase home, she saw neighbor Dan outside with his two grandsons, and she went over to visit with them. The oldest, Danny, seemed to like Nanaw, and Dan said that was unusual for Danny because he's shy and reserved. So Nanaw was happy to make a friend.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Unfortunately, the bug was still sick on Tuesday and missed another day of school. That makes three days he's missed. So Chase watched some Roblox videos and played some Roblox games on the laptop. By the way, Chase has decided that the laptop is his -- very cute. Nanaw selected two books for Chase to read for his homework: If You Take a Mouse to School and Rabbit Rescue. The idea for the homework was to determine the setting of the book. Chase correctly said the setting for If You Take a Mouse to School was school, and the setting for Rabbit Rescue was the woods. After Chase finished reading the two books to Nanaw, Chase and Nanaw played hockey in the hall. When Nanaw took Chase home, they got caught in traffic and were late, as usual. Nanaw is always late, always doing one last thing. Silly Nanaw.

Monday, April 29, 2019

Mama texted Nanaw Monday morning to say that Chase was still sick and wasn't going to school. Nanaw offered to take him to the doctor but he told Mama he didn't want to go. Nanaw went to pick Chase up, and he fell asleep on the way over to her house. He seemed really tired and listless, and Mama and Nanaw were worried about him. So Nanaw took him to the doctor's office. They had Dr. Matt who is Dr. Charles' son. Dr. Charles was Chase's first pediatrician but he's now retired. Dr. Matt gave Nanaw lots of information but the bottom line is there isn't much you can do about a stomach bug or gastroenteritis. Chase also has an ear infection, and Dr. Matt prescribed amoxicillin for that. Chase was tired and without energy all day. He spent time on the futon watching the weather channel with his stuffed "amamals." He also watched some videos on Roblox. Then he crawled onto Pawpaw's bed and took a 3 1/2 hour nap -- amazing. When he woke up, he was almost his old self, and Nanaw was very happy about that. Daddy caught what Chase has and stayed home from work today.

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Chase slept well at Nanaw's house Saturday night. They both awoke at 8 a.m. when the alarm went off. Chase ate the chocolate mini donuts Mama sent for his breakfast but not the powdered sugar mini donuts. Mama came to pick Chase up at 9:30 a.m. and right before they were leaving, Chase ran to the bathroom to throw up so he's not well yet. They were supposed to go to Helping Strays on Sunday afternoon to do Rescue Readers and read to Koda if she was still there, but they didn't go because Chase wasn't feeling well. Nanaw came over for steak dinner, and she brought two of Chase's chapter books to have him choose which one to read. He chose the Chicken Squad book, and Nanaw read several chapters. Then Chase and Nanaw went to his room to play with his stuffed "amamals" on his bed.

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Nanaw was so excited about Chase's sleepover on Saturday night. It's been awhile since he spent the night with her. Nanaw went to pick up Chase at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. One the way home, they went to the Telegraph Road library to return a book. Chase waited in the car, and on her way out of the library, Nanaw saw William, one of the boys from Chase's class. His Mama was returning a big basket of books for William and his brother. Nanaw told William how Chase had deleted one of his Roblox usernames, and all the games Daddy had purchased for him along with it. Daddy was not happy about that. In the afternoon and part of the evening, they watched the three Toy Story movies that were on the Freeform channel. For dinner, Chase and Nanaw went to McDonald's and had a great time. Next, they went to Dollar Tree and bought some color by number and painting pictures. On their way home, Nanaw drove by Chase's new school and took a picture of it. Chase is very excited about going to his new school next year. When they got home, Chase and Nanaw played baseball in the front yard. Chase got lots of hits, as usual, but Nanaw only got one, also as usual. In the evening, Chase watched Roblox videos for awhile, and then he and Nanaw played hockey in the hall. Chase took a long bath in the garden tub, and then went to bed.