Monday, August 23, 2021

When Chase came to Nanaw's house, she showed him the Baseball Rocket she bought for him at Menard's yesterday. He was very excited and Nanaw promised that he could play with it after school today. When Nanaw picked him up from school, at first he wanted to go to the park to play with Brady but then he was thundering and lightning so he decided he wanted to go home. They took the Baseball Rocket outside to the front yard, and Chase and Nanaw played with it for a long while. It worked perfectly, and Chase got lots of hits. Nanaw got several also. Chase gave the Baseball Rocket a five-star rating. When they went in the house, Nanaw read one of the Answers book stories to Chase about why the earth is round. He also did multiplication flashcards and did a good job on them. Chase was supposed to have soccer practice tonight but it was cancelled because of the heat and the storm.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

On Sunday, Mama picked up Nanaw a little after noon so they could meet cousin Heide at her storage unit in Florissant. Mama was going to pick up an entry hall table that belonged to Grandma Ruth. Nanaw took along the multiplication and division flash cards and the Answers book. Chases did fairly well on the division flash cards. Nanaw read the story about how mountains are formed. Mama told Nanaw that on Saturday evening, they went to see the Columbia Days parade and then went back to the little park for rides and games and food. Chase brought along the stuffed penguin that he got at Columbia Days and named Wainwright. Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky came to the storage unit also. They took a chair, a rug and a card table. Nanaw took some artificial flower arrangements. On the way home, Nanaw had to sit in the front seat because the flowers and the table took up the back seat and the trunk. Chase might have gone with Daddy to O'Fallon, Illinois to watch cousin Elias play soccer. Nanaw will have to ask Mama tomorrow if he went.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Nanaw went over to Chase's house to play with him on Saturday morning instead of him coming over to Nanaw's house. He had a soccer game at 11 so Mama didn't go to the grocery store. Chase showed Nanaw what he got at Columbia Days on Friday evening. He had a butterfly, two stuffed pieces of pizza, and two blow up things like a bat and sword. Mama said he had fun with Brady and Hunter. They went on rides and played on the little park's playground. Nanaw brought over the light board and the Minecraft Legos to play with Chase. He and Nanaw played for awhile with the light board. Chase said they would to do the Minecraft Legos some other time. He went to get his Light Brite and his roll-up piano. They only played with the roll-up piano. Chase had fun playing Mary Had a Little Lamb. Chase is very musical and likes anything to do with music. Nanaw thinks he might be good with the clarinet -- but only if he likes it. No forcing him to do it. Mama said the soccer game didn't go well but that Daddy said Chase played well. 

Friday, August 20, 2021

Nanaw made sure to not leave the house too early on Friday morning so that he wouldn't have to go to the gym before class. On Thursday, he got to school at 7:45 p.m. and had to go to the gym. When Chase got in Nanaw's car after school, he said, "That was a good first week of school." Even though it was only three days, LOL.  After school, Chase wanted to go to the little park to play with Brady so Nanaw and Chase went to the park. But Brady wasn't there. Chase had us wait a few minutes in case he came but he didn't so they went home. At Nanaw's house, Chase wanted to play baseball in the front yard. So Nanaw got out the strike zone for Chase and he practiced his pitching. Then the sun went in and it got cooler, so Nanaw pitched to Chase for awhile. When the sun came out, Nanaw went to sit on the front porch and to watch Chase pitch and hit the ball. Chase was happy that he and Mama and Daddy were going to Columbia Days tonight because he would get to play with Brady. In the evening, Will and Bryce came to Nanaw's house to see Chase. Of course, he wasn't here, but Nanaw had a nice chat with the boys.

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Second day of fourth grade for Chase! He says he likes school and he likes his teacher. No homework again, much to Nanaw's dismay. Mama said Nanaw could help Chase with homework after school but so far there hasn't been any homework. After-school pick-up went much better on Thursday than on Wednesday. Parents got out of their cars and went up to the front part of the parking lot to pick up their children. Nanaw got to talk to Cole's mom -- it's been awhile. Chase found Nanaw easily and both of them were very happy about that. Nanaw forgot to include in yesterday's Days entry that after school, Chase wanted to play with the kinetic sand. Nanaw spread it out on the kitchen counter, and Chase got his monster trucks so they could have a demo derby in the kinetic sand. Chase said Mrs. Donjon told the class that she's not much for homework. She said they have study time in class to do their school work and shouldn't have much if any homework most days. Mama said Nanaw could help Chase with his AR reading and spelling words so that made Nanaw happy. She also said they could continue working in the summer study books, which is a great idea.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Today was Chase's first day of fourth grade. His backpack was really heavy because it had his Chrome computer in it. Mama had Nanaw take pictures of Chase on the deck, like Mama did every year. Chase was rally good about eating his breakfast, getting dressed and brushing his teeth. There was a long line of cars on the road to the school so Nanaw was happy she left early. The drop-off went well, much better than the pick-up. It turns out that parents were supposed to get out of their cars and go to find their children. Mr. Gregson forgot to tell people that. So it was sort of chaotic with people staying in their cars, and the kids frantically searching for their parents' cars. Hopefully tomorrow will go more smoothly. Chase said it was a good day, with some ups and downs. The up was that he blew a note on his clarinet's mouthpiece; the down was that they only get one recess -- at lunchtime. He said they do get one or two breaks, though. He didn't have any homework and was happy about that. Nanaw is going to do homework with him after school and she's looking forward to that. Chase had a soccer game, and Mama sent Nanaw a picture of him in his uniform.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Mama took the day off Tuesday to spend with Chase on his last day of summer vacation before school starts tomorrow. First, they went to Dupo Park so Chase could play on the playground. He did some ninja treks with Mama timing him. Then he ran lots of laps around the playground, again with Mama timing him. After the park, they went to Suson Park to see the animals. They had great fun, especially with feeding the goats, sheep and chickens. That was the first time they'd fed the animals, and Chase said he had a great time feeding the animals, and he wants to do it again. They also visited the horses, ponies, cows, calves and bull. After Suson Park, they went to Popeye's to get chicken sandwiches. They drove to Sylvan Springs park and parked in the shade to eat their lunch. The chicken sandwiches were delicious, and they win the prize for best chicken sandwich. After lunch at the park, they went to Shoe Carnival to get new school shoes and new church shoes for Chase. (When Mama got home, she found out that she'd already bought church shoes for Chase so she'll have to return the ones she bought today.) After Shoe Carnival, they went to Telegraph Road Walmart. Mama bought Chase a Shy Guy toy, and Nanaw bought him two Hot Wheels Monster Trucks. It was a wonderful day. Nanaw is really going to miss Chase when he goes back to school. They had a great summer.