Wednesday, October 7, 2020

When Nanaw picked Chase up from school on Wednesday, he told her he had lots of good news. Ms. Kennedy gave him a sticker for having a neat desk. He took another reading test, got a 100% score and moved up to reading level 3.5. After school, they went to the little library park. Brady, Olivia and Andrew were there. Brady and Olivia played basketball; Andrew roller bladed; Chase and Nanaw played baseball. Tomorrow, Chase is going to bring his roller blades and skate with Andrew. After awhile, Nanaw asked Andrew to show her and Chase how to make the rubber band bracelets on your fingers so he did. Nanaw will practice with Chase again tomorrow so he can really learn how to do the bracelets. Mama texted Nanaw that she was having trouble getting Chase to do his homework. He doesn’t seem to be able to focus. Mama says she's trying not to lose her patience. 

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Chase is hoping he gets Robux for his organization efforts. He didn't get a sticker today; he said he didn't know that it started to day. Ms. Kennedy put a chart on the front of his binder where she'll put the stickers if he keeps his desk neat and organized. (It's the first picture below.) After school, Chase and Nanaw went to the park but nobody was there; both the basketball court and the tennis court had people on them so Nanaw and Chase couldn't play baseball there. They went home, and Nanaw helped Chase with his homework. (Mama was going out to dinner with Brady's mom and Hunter's mom.) They did his 15 minutes of reading and then finished up his energy questions. Daddy was going to help him write the Hail Mary in cursive. Chase played a lot of baseball on Roblox; he pretended he was he Cardinals player Kolton Wong.

 

Monday, October 5, 2020

Chase's cough was pretty much gone on Monday so he was able to go to school. Mama didn't want him to go to the park after school, so when they got back to Nanaw's house, Nanaw and Chase played baseball for a long while and had lots of fun. Then they decided to go inside and get Chase's Robux for him. Mama said he could have $10 worth of Robux at Nanaw's house. So Nanaw ordered the Robux, printed out the email with the code, and read the code to Chase, who typed it into Roblox. Quite the team effort! Chase has already spent half of the 800 Robux. But at least he didn't spend it all at one sitting like he did with the 4800 Robux he got from Grandma Pat. Mama sent Nanaw an email that Ms. Kennedy sent to her about Chase's lack of organization. She said his desk is incredibly messy, and she's going to encourage him to be neater and more organized. He's going to have a chart and if he keeps his desk neat during the day, he gets a sticker. Mama told him about the organization thing, and then told him if he puts his shoes away, she'll give him a point each day. 

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Mama and Daddy decided that Chase wouldn't be going to the birthday party next Saturday because of his cough. Nanaw was happy about that. Mama invited Nanaw over for Italian beef and Caesar salad for Sunday dinner. It was all yummy. After dinner, Chase and Nanaw went outside to play baseball. It was rather chilly out there so Nanaw went to her car to get her fleece jacket. She didn't zip it up because of her phone pouch on her belt. Chase asked Nanaw if that was her jacket, and she said yes. He asked her if she wanted him to zip it up. Nanaw said no, thank you. It was so funny and so cute. Chase is the most delightful person there is! Mama came outside after she finished the dishes and played baseball with Chase and Nanaw. After outside baseball, they went inside and played Chase's new table top baseball game that Daddy bought for Chase for remembering to bring his reading book home for a week. Nanaw is not very good at he game but Mama was on her team so they only lost 7 to 6 instead of 7 to 0. After table top baseball, they all went into the living room. Chase got out Mama's puppy massagers (neck and feet), and Mama, Nanaw and Chase all played with them. It was lots of fun.

Saturday, October 3, 2020

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Saturday morning while she went to the grocery store. His cough was a lot better so that was good. Chase and Nanaw played baseball outside for a long time and had a really good time. Nanaw took pictures of Chase in various stages of his batting swing -- it was really funny. The little fellow is certainly obsessed with baseball. Chase and Nanaw put up Nanaw's Halloween decorations. Chase helped with setting up the train and village stuff on the coffee table. He liked having his Thomas trains there and Cranky the Crane and the lighthouse. When he was a little boy, he had so much fun with his Thomas trains. One of Chase's homework assignments was to make a 3 D rural community, and he said he was going to make a farm out of Legos. Nanaw can't wait to see it. When Chase went home, he played baseball with Daddy. Mama sent Nanaw the cutest picture of 3 1/2 year old Chase in a Buzz Lightyear costume that came from little Will. Chase was such a cutie-pie. Nanaw had forgotten how blond his hair was then. The Buzz picture is the last one below. 

Friday, October 2, 2020

When Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Friday morning, she said he had a cough and couldn't go to school today. It was a very deep, croupy cough. Mama emailed Chase's teacher and asked her to send the Zoom links so that Chase could do distance/e-learning. Nanaw and Chase finally got everything set up, and Chase was able to do remote learning. There were a few glitches: the wi-fi was slow or as Chase called it, lagging. Nanaw disconnected all her devices and then reset the modem and the router and that seemed to help. Chase did a wonderful job with the Zoom learning. He was very cute with everything. William, Hunter and Shawn were also online, at least part of the time. Nanaw really enjoyed watching Chase do everything. He even had art. When Chase and Nanaw got home, Daddy had the table top baseball game waiting for Chase on the kitchen table. He was so happy and excited about it. Chase and Daddy started putting it together. Mama was at the kitchen table putting together the battery-operated Halloween lights she bought from Amazon. It was a very busy scene. 

Thursday, October 1, 2020

The stingray family had a sleepover at Nanaw's last night. They accidentally got left on Pawpaw's bed and didn't go home with Chase. Azul the Hedgehog had a sleepover with Chase last night and tonight. This morning, Chase told Nanaw that he doesn't believe in Santa Claus. Nanaw told him that she and Mama believe in Santa Claus and that he has to also. Nanaw told Mama about it, and she said Chase hadn't said anything to her about Santa but Daddy said Chase told him the same thing. Chase's teacher helped him find his missing navy jacket so he didn't have to go to the lost and found. He brought home both jackets and his heavy book. So if he remembers his reading book tomorrow, Daddy is getting him the tabletop baseball game. After school, Chase and Nanaw went to the little library park. They played baseball with Andrew, Olivia and Brady. Next week, Nanaw is taking rubber bands to the park so that Andrew can show her and Chase how to use your fingers to make the rubber band bracelets.