Thursday, January 7, 2021

Thursday's Zooming day was a little different than the others. Nanaw's cleaning lady was coming so she and Chase would have to go downstairs while the cleaning lady was there. The first thing Chase had on Thursday morning was the all-class mass. The smart little fellow went to the ICS website and found the streaming link for the mass and opened the link and watched the mass. Nanaw was so proud of Chase. When it was time for recess, Chase and Nanaw carried the laptop, all his books and papers, and everything for lunch (plus Tee Tee and Creeper, of course) downstairs. Once again, Chase was very self-sufficient with the Zoom links and the papers he needed. For Physical Education, Chase walked on Nanaw's treadmill and rode on the exercise bike. It was very cute to watch, and Chase had a great time. At lunchtime, he came to sit with Nanaw and eat his ham and cheese sandwich. After lunch, Chase played with the toys in the playpen, one of his favorite activities when he was a little boy. Music class didn't work out very well for the Zoomers (Chase, his friend Will and Amelie). They were supposed to play their recorders (Chase has a beautiful blue one) but the Zoom link didn't work so they're going to try again tomorrow. After school, Chase and Nanaw tried again to make a ROBLOX game for Mama but again their games would not work. So tonight Nanaw is going to read the ROBLOX books and do the ROBLOX tutorial and figure out what they're doing wrong.

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Nanaw is liking having Chase Zooming at her house. He'd probably rather be back in school with his friends but Nanaw is happy to have him with her. They ran into a Zoom issue in the morning. Nanaw wanted to put in a multiple outlet so she unplugged the laptop, thinking the laptop would use its battery. But it didn't. It turned off. Then it took a long time to get it up and running and Zooming again. Chase is very self-sufficient with the Zooming and remote school. He goes into the email with the Zoom links and finds the right one. He and Nanaw look through the papers to find the ones he needs. He watches the clock and knows when each new Zoom starts -- very impressive. Chase and Nanaw keep trying to make Mama's birthday ROBLOX game but so far no luck. They'll keep trying.  

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Chase and Nanaw had a good day on Tuesday doing Chase's Zooming. At first, they were in the dining room but the sunshine kept getting in their eyes. So they moved the laptop back into the computer lab. Chase had vocabulary review in Spanish. In Science, they're studying ecosystems. In Social Studies, they learned about American symbols, like the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, the American flag, the Statue of Liberty and the White House. He had Fundations, which Nanaw doesn't understand and then PE. For PE, Chase and Nanaw did some touching the toes, picking up the Mario guys. Then they tossed the Mario guys down the stairs and went down to get them. Lastly, they jogged around the house. Then he did a multiplication worksheet in Math. He also colored a multiplication design for Math. In the middle of Math, Chase was supposed to print out the multiplication worksheet, and the printer ran out of ink. Nanaw changed the ink cartridge but had some problems with it so it took a couple of minutes. Chase asked the teacher and the class to wait for him while his Nanaw fixed the printer. Nanaw thought it was sort of funny. At the end of the day, Chase started to work on the Roblox game for his Mama as his birthday present to her (Mama's birthday is Friday, January 8). He named it Shy guy and the dogworld (EARLY RELEASE). He put lots of dogs in the game, along with Shy Guy from Mario's guys, Jack Skellington, Pepsi, and a book. In the evening, Nanaw tried to play the game but couldn't get it to open. 

Monday, January 4, 2021

Today was Chase's first day of his week of Zooming for school. Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house at the regular time. Then she went to Chase's school to pick up all his books that he'll need this week. She brought the books back to Nanaw's house. Chase's Zooming didn't start until 9 a.m. because his class had mass first thing this morning. First came reading/spelling/English. They had their weekly spelling test, and Chase got all the words right. Ya, Chase! Next came reading and vocabulary words. Recess was next, and Chase played with Nanaw's tablet. Computer class came next; Mama came back to Nanaw's house in the middle of computer class. She was going to stay with Chase while Nanaw went to have a biopsy. Nanaw got back home about 3 p.m. Mama said things went well, except for the chaos the children in the schoolroom were causing. Ms. Kennedy had to keep telling them to sit down, to put their masks back on, to quit talking. Mama said it was really bad. She said the teachers have huge amounts of patience. Mama went home and Chase stayed till 5. In the evening, Mama called to ask if Tee Tee was at Nanaw's house. Nanaw found him on the floor of the car and took him home.

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Chase didn't go to baseball practice or hockey practice on Sunday because he and Mama and Daddy are quarantining until Saturday. Mama picked up her Walmart order and was very happy about it. Later, she picked up her Schnuck's order, two days late. Nanaw went over to visit Chase in the afternoon. Chase was downstairs when Nanaw got there so she went downstairs to see what he was doing. He was playing his new Mario game on the Switch. He showed Nanaw how to play it. After awhile, they went upstairs when Mama called down that it was time to make bouncy balls. Chase got a kit for Christmas that makes bouncy balls. Mama spread newspaper on the kitchen table, and gave everybody a container with water in it. Everybody chose a mold and a certain color ingredients. Chase chose blue, of course. Nana chose lavender. Mama chose green and orange for a multicolor bouncy ball. They poured the ingredients in the molds and then held them in the water for two minutes. Then they put them on a tray for fifteen minutes. When the fifteen minutes was up, they peeled the molds off and voila -- they had bouncy balls. While Mama took the pups for a walk, Chase and Nanaw bounced the bouncy balls all over the house and downstairs too. It was great fun.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Mama, Daddy, Grandma Pat and Chase went to Walgreen's in Belleville on Saturday morning to be tested for Covid. They stayed in the car and did nose swabs. Chase was scared about it, and Mama said he was shaking and crying. She had difficulty doing the nose swab on him but eventually it worked. An hour an a half later, Mama got emails saying they were all negative. Yay! Daddy says they're going to quarantine until next Saturday. That means that instead of going back to in-person school on Monday, Chase will come to Nanaw's house to do school on Zoom. The one time that he did that earlier in the school year went well so Nanaw is hopeful that this will work out well also. Chase and Nanaw played with his massive collection of Hot Wheels and other small cars on the dining room table. They had races and other contests. Next, Chase wanted to pay in the water at the kitchen with the Mario figures again. (He'd brought them with him again; this time, they stayed at Nanaw's -- no sleepover.) After the water play, Chase and Nanaw went to the computer lab to play on the computers. Chase was playing a Mario game on Roblox -- of course, he was combining his two obsessions. Mama came to pick up Chase at four. She told Nanaw that InstaCart had postponed her order again, another whole day, to 5 p.m. Sunday. So she was going to order some stuff  she needed right away from Walmart and go pick it up. Mama emailed Chase's teacher and the school secretary bout Chase Zooming next week. He's be in quarantine until Saturday, January 9. Mama can pick up his books any time after 8 on Monday.

Friday, January 1, 2021

Happy 2021! Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house for a visit. Nanaw thought she was bringing him before she went to pick up her Schnuck's grocery order, but it turned out that InstaCart had postponed her order until Saturday at 5 p.m. -- a whole day's postponement. What a bummer! Chase brought his guys (stuffed animals) with him, along the Mario figures Nanaw bought for him from Amazon. They had had a sleepover with Chase. Unfortunately, Chase lost one of the figures at his house but Nanaw can't remember which one it was. Nanaw was excited to see that Chase was wearing his jammies, rather than being dressed. When Chase first got to Nanaw's, he played the keyboard for awhile. Then he decided he wanted to play with the kinetic sand. Nanaw got out all the kinetic sand things. Chase played with the kinetic sand for a while and then decided he wanted to play in the water at the kitchen sink with the Mario figures. He had great fun playing in the water. The figures did a lot of jumping in the water and floating on the boats from the Jurassic Volcano game. After the water play, Chase and Nanaw went into the computer lab and played on the computers. At 4:30, Chase and Nanaw went to the cemetery; then Nanaw took Chase home.