Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Chase's friend Brady was sick again today and not at school. When Chase and Nanaw got to Chase's classroom, Mrs. Meyer was rearranging the desks but hadn't decided where Chase was sitting. And when Nanaw picked him up from school, she forgot to ask him where she's sitting. So she’ll remember t do it tomorrow morning or she’ll see where his desk is when she takes him to school to morrow. After school, Chase and Nanaw went to Chase's house to let the dogs out. Chase waited in the car for a bit but then came in the house saying he wanted to see the dogs. Nanaw got a bag of Cheese-Its for him for his snack. Back at Nanaw's house, she had the kinetic sand out on the kitchen counter so she and Chase could play with it. He protested for awhile because he wanted to play Roblox on the laptop. But finally Nanaw made him come play with the kinetic sand. And eventually he had a really good time and so did Nanaw. After the kinetic sand, Nanaw planned a Story Time for the stuffed animals and Chase. They read Curious George Goes Skiing. Chase protested this activity also but Nanaw plowed ahead. And he had a good time with this also. Chase stayed a little late because Mama had a hair appointment and Daddy had to work late. Nanaw built a fire, lit the candles and fixed toasted ravioli and mixed vegetables for Chase. They ate at the dining room table and watched an episode of Arthur.

Monday, January 13, 2020

When Nanaw took Chase to school, she didn't see his friend Brady in class. It seems that he was out sick. His sister Emma was ill on Friday so she must have given it to him. After school, Chase asked Nanaw if they had to go anywhere or if they were going straight home. Nanaw said they were going straight home, and Chase was very excited about that. Nanaw asked why he was happy, and he said because he wanted to go Nanaw's house and play Roblox. When they got home, Chase played on the laptop. He asked for baby chippies (corn flakes) and penguin crackers so Nanaw provided them. They played hockey in the hall and had a great time. Nanaw set the timer for 15 minutes, and Chase liked that. He won, of course. Mama was going to the Parents and Friends meeting tonight so she and Chase did his reading right away. Nanaw has decided she needs to play things more with Chase so he isn't spending so much time on computer games. Tomorrow, she'll get out all the kinetic sand and put it on the kitchen counter. Then she and Chase can play with the sand and watch Chase TV.

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Nanaw went to Chase's house for dinner and to see Chase on Sunday evening. When she got there, Chase and Daddy were downstairs playing hockey in the blue room. Mama said Chase was going to lose the blue room for hockey soon because everything was going back in there eventually. Mama fixed delicious chili for dinner, along with gluten-free cornbread. Chase said he didn't want chili and cornbread so he had a ham and cheese Lunchable. There were tiny crackers and tiny pieces of ham and cheese. So Chase made cute little tiny ham and cheese on crackers -- very funny. He also had oyster crackers -- which he and Mama call palate cleansers -- and a piece of butter bread. After dinner, Mama and Nanaw went over the list of Mama-prepared meals that Nanaw used to keep. They're going to have to add a lot of meals because it hasn't been updated for two years, and Mama has made a lot of new, spectacular meals in two years. When Nanaw was finished with the list, she and Chase went downstairs and played hockey in the blue room. Daddy came down after awhile, and Chase and Nanaw were on the same team playing against Daddy.

Saturday. January 11, 2020

Nanaw went over to Chase's house to go with Mama, Daddy and Chase to Chase's soccer game. It was an exciting game, the most exciting one of the season. The other team had lots of boys from Chase's ICS second grade: Brady, Grady, Bryce, Henry, Connor S., Jackson D. and Will. In the first period, Chase's team was winning. They were playing their best game of the season. Then in the second period, they weren't playing so well. They ended up losing the game but Chase did really well so all was well. On the way home, Chase invited to stay over for some nuts. Mama bought a bag of pecans at Schnuck's when she went grocery shopping this morning. Nanaw happily said yes, she would stay over. So Nanaw and Chase cracked and ate lots of nuts. Chase can only crack filberts and almonds; walnuts and pecans are too hard for him to crack. After they finished eating nuts, they played Minecraft on Chase's tablet and Nanaw's iPhone. Mama took the dogs for a walk, and Daddy went to Home Depot.

Friday, January 10, 2020

On Friday morning, Chase told Nanaw that he wanted a Minecraft game for the PC. Nanaw looked it up on Amazon, and it costs $26.00. Nanaw told Chase she would ask Mama if it was all right for her to buy it for him. Chase asked her to do it on the drop-off call. So Nanaw did, and Mama said yes, it was okay because Nanaw told her she still owed Chase money for presents at his birthday and Christmas so he would be even with the other grandchildren. Chase had wanted Nanaw to buy the program during the day. But Nanaw thought it would be fun for Chase to watch her buy it and install it. That turned out not to be a good idea. Chase had no patience about the time it took to buy it and install it. When it was finally installed, Chase had difficulty playing it because he didn't know the cursor movements. So he had Nanaw Google the movements and he figured it out. It turned out fine. When Nanaw took Chase home, he had her come downstairs with him so he could show her his new air hockey gamed that his Daddy bought for him. It's really cool. Nanaw forgot to take a picture of it but maybe she will tomorrow.

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Mama gave Chase $5 to donate for St. Raymond's. But it turns out that it wasn't St. Raymond's day today so Chase brought the money home. Nanaw told Chase she would give it back to Mama, and Chase seemed disappointed -- Nanaw thinks Chase wanted to keep the money. Mama was in meeting during the afternoon so Nanaw couldn't do a pickup call to her. After school, Chase was playing on the laptop. He wanted to eat baby chippies (also known as cornflakes) and penguins (penguin-shaped crackers from Aldi's that taste like Goldfish crackers.) Chase wanted Nanaw to buy a Minecraft game for him but Nanaw said no. So Chase told her when he was big and had kids, he would buy games for them that they could all play together. Chase said he and Cole and Connor played Minecraft on the playground at recess again today and had lots of fun. Nanaw asked him how they did it, and he said they just pretended.

Happy Birthday, Mama! Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Today was Mama's birthday. She took the day off work so she took Chase to school, and Nanaw got to sleep late. Mama and Nanaw went shopping for an area rug for Mama to put downstairs in the blue room under her desk. Then they went to lunch at Gianino's; Daddy joined them. Nanaw went home, and Mama and Daddy went to the brewery to continue Mama's birthday celebration. Nanaw picked Chase up from school, and they sent Mama a text about pickup rather than calling her. When they got back to Nanaw's house, Chase worked on the hockey game he's creating in Roblox. He got it finished and then set it up for Nanaw to play when she got a chance. In the evening, Mama, Daddy, Chase, Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky and Nanaw went out to dinner for Mama's birthday at Joe Boccardi's. Chase had toasted ravioli, of course. Nanaw had fettuccini Alfredo. Mama and Daddy had pizza. Uncle Mike had fried chicken. Aunt Becky had chicken marsala. At Nanaw's house, they had Mama's favorite, cherry chip birthday care, and cookie dough ice cream. The first picture below is the gas fireplace at Gianino's.