Monday, June 21, 2021

 Chase was very excited about going to Jam camp on Monday morning, especially about the water slides. Chase and Nanaw had to wait in a really long line for a really long time to get Chase into camp. Tomorrow they'll go earlier. When Nanaw picked Chase up, she went into the church. They directed her to a big auditorium but Nanaw had a bit of trouble finding Chase because she didn't know what color arm band he would be wearing. After looking and looking, she finally found him; she also got to see Brady. Chase told Nanaw that the first thing they did in the morning was art. They made something with salt and glue and water paint. He said he had a snow-cone, and he went on most of the water slides. He said he had a really good time and was excited about going back again on Tuesday. 

Sunday, June 20, 2021

 Before Chase came over to Nanaw's house for Father's Day, he played outside and swam in his pool. He and Mama and Daddy got there abut 5 p.m. Mama brought party potatoes, chocolate pudding pie and peach dump cake. Uncle Mike barbecued pork steaks, hamburgers, chicken and hot dogs -- it was quite a feast. For a long time, Chase played in his room on the floor with lots of toys. Mama wouldn't let him have any devices. Sometimes Daddy was in there with him. Then Daddy and Chase went outside to play baseball. Cousin Joe came outside too, and Chase had a great time playing baseball with him. Chase didn't want to stop playing. Chase had his chocolate pudding pie for dessert, which is what he'd been waiting for. At the end of the evening, they used Nanaw's selfie stick to take a picture of everybody -- Kris had requested a picture. Robbie sent it to everybody.

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Saturday morning while she went to the grocery store. Nanaw had put all of Chase's unopened and unplayed with Dollar Tree items on the kitchen counter so Chase went through them, looking at everything. Then they went outside so Nanaw could water everything. It was very dry and the grass was dying. Chase decided he wanted to practice his pitching so Nanaw  set up the strike zone. Eventually she moved her car out in the street and shut the garage door so that the whiffle ball wasn't hitting the back of her car. Chase told Nanaw that neighbor Dan told him he had a good arm. Chase was very happy about that. Chase had quite an exciting day after he left Nanaw's house. Mama, Daddy, Chase, Sam and Sylvester went over to Jackson's house. They went swimming in Jackson's subdivision swimming pool, then had dinner. Mama said Sam was very happy to see his friend Mellow, and Sylvester made himself at home on the dog bed. 

Friday, June 18, 2021

Chase had quite the camp adventure on his last day at Camp Invention. Interestingly enough, Chase misunderstood about Nanaw coming early to see all that they'd done. Somehow he got the idea that Nanaw was the only one coming early and not that all the parents and grandparents had been invited. Once Nanaw explained that, Chase was fine with Nanaw coming. He even gave her a wave when his group finally came into the gymnasium. The boys and girls used recycled items to make all kinds of interesting things. Chase made a cricket and a car. He says he had a great time and thinks he wants to go back next year. Nanaw missed him while he was at camp but was glad he had a good time. Chase has another camp next week. This one is sponsored by one of the churches in Columbia and it has lots of water activities, including a big water slide. Three of his friends are going also, and he's happy about that.

Thursday, June 17, 2021

On the way to Camp Invention on Thursday morning, Chase told Nanaw she could drive faster. Nanaw guessed he wanted to get to camp as soon as possible. Nanaw took another beginning of camp day photo of Chase. Mama also sent a photo of Chase to Nanaw from the Camp Invention Facebook page. Mama also sent Nanaw information about the last day of camp tomorrow. Parents and grandparents can go in at 3:15 and sit on the bleachers and hear about what the boys and girls did during camp week. Chase told Nanaw she didn't have to come but Nanaw is certainly coming. She wants to hear all about camp. On the way home from camp, Chase and Nanaw stopped at the bank and Chase got two suckers. Then they went to get gas and to pick up books at the library. Chase checked out a Switch game and a Playstation 2 game. Uncle Mike was at Nanaw's house when they got home. Nanaw talked to Uncle Mike for awhile and was late taking Chase home. Brady's Mom was at Chase's house when they got there. Nanaw went to the cemetery to have the 61st wedding anniversary dinner with PawPaw. She planned on getting a Popeye's chicken sandwich to go along with her CrunchWrap Supreme but the line at Popeye's was too long. 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Once again, Chase was excited about going to Camp Invention. Today, everybody wore hats. Chase wore his Cardinals hat. Once again, Nanaw took a picture of Chase when she dropped him off. She also talked to the registration lady about the photo permission, Mama was sure she'd checked the box giving permission so Nanaw asked the lady to make sure. She said yes. In the Camp Invention newsletter for day three, they talked about the boys and girls challenging their thoughts and thinking of new ways to do things. For Collaboration, the newsletters says that through teamwork, they’re learning to show empathy and acceptance of people and ideas. After camp, despite Chase's protests, Chase and Nanaw went to the new Telegraph Road Dollar Tree. They really liked it. Chase especially liked that they had ice cream. He selected cookies and cream and birthday cake. Nanaw tasted the birthday cake ice cream and it really did taste like birthday cake. They bought a Snickers and a Reese's peanut butter cup.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Chase was once again excited to go to Camp Invention and happy to see his friends. Today, he wore one of his Cardinals' shirts, as instructed by the camp counselors. Nanaw took the pictures below of Chase playing with his friends. The counselors sent out a newsletter that told about camp activities. Day One activities included: Road Rally, Solar Bot, Duck Chuck and Open Mic. When Nanaw picked Chase up from camp, she got to see Brady and his Dad. Chase was playing Duck, Duck, Goose when Nanaw got there. On the way home, Chase told Nanaw that Camp Invention gets better every day. Chase and Nanaw talked about what he did in camp. He said he got wet when they were outside but that it felt good because it was hot outside. Chase postponed the visit to the new Telegraph Road Dollar Tree again. So Nanaw will try for tomorrow. Chase left Tee Tee on the couch at Nanaw's house so Nanaw made a special trip to take him back home. Chase had an 8 o'clock baseball game on Tuesday night -- a late game so Nanaw didn't go.