Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The first picture below is one that Mama took last night at Chase's baseball game and sent to Nanaw. Nanaw is hoping to go to another of Chase's baseball games soon. Chase and Nanaw spent a lot of time downstairs today because of the cleaning lady coming. They did some school before going upstairs and then finished school upstairs. Nanaw thinks Chase sort of likes doing school, which makes her very happy. Nanaw forgot to remind Chase to do his AR reading today. She'll definitely remember to remind him tomorrow. After school was finished, Chase wanted to play in the water with the new sprinklers Nanaw bought on Saturday. He set up the little yellow round one first, all by himself, and turned on the water. He ran through it a couple of times, then decided to try out the oscillating sprinkler. He decided he liked the round sprinkler the best. Nanaw was so proud of how self-sufficient he was in setting up the sprinklers and turning on the water. He's getting so grown-up. He played water baseball in the sprinkler until it was time for Daddy to come pick Chase up. Daddy was in the office today, and Mama had a hair appointment so that's why Nanaw didn't take Chase home like she usually does. In the evening, Mama sent Nanaw a picture of Chase playing in his swimming pool in the backyard. It's the last picture below.

Monday, June 6, 2022

Nanaw had a doctor's appointment at 11:15 Monday morning so she took Chase over to his house while she went to the appointment. Mama said he had a snack while he was there -- that boy loves his snacks. He told Nanaw that he played on his tablet while she was gone. Nanaw asked him if Mama had used her Roblox gift card Sunday night, and Chase said she bought an Arenado jersey for her avatar. For lunch, Chase had a ham and cheese sandwich and a Granny Smith apple. School went well today, even though they didn't get all the workbooks done; this was because they had Spanish, social studies and science, which involved identifying the seashells that Mama and Chase got for Nanaw in Florida. They didn’t get the multiplication and division problems done; Chase said they should start with those tomorrow so that's what they'll do. First, Chase is going to take a bath because he has an eight o'clock baseball game tonight and won't get home in time for his bath. So he'll take it tomorrow morning at Nanaw's house. Nanaw is loving school and having so much fun with it. Hopefully, it will continue to go well.

Sunday, June 5, 2022

When she left the little house on Sunday, Nanaw had to sit and wait at the gate for about 20 minutes before someone came along. Two nice young men came to the gate and let Nanaw go through. Yay! Nanaw went to Chase's house for dinner. They had grilled wings and grilled chicken legs and baked beans. Chase had a Lunchable. Mama told Nanaw that Chase and Daddy went to church in the morning, and then Chase played computer games during the day. He also played baseball with Mama and Daddy out in the back yard. He didn't have baseball practice. Daddy put up Chase's pool in the back yard but Chase hadn't gotten in it yet because the water was so cold. After dinner, Chase decided he wanted to get in the pool. He put on his swim clothes, got his goggles and found his water bat and ball. Nanaw pulled up a chair by the pool so she could watch Chase play in the pool. She had him demonstrate all his swimming strokes, including floating, a non-jumping breaststroke and a side stroke. He also did freestyle and the backstroke. It was very impressive. He played baseball in the pool with Nanaw being the one to fetch the ball. She also got wet when he splashed in the pool. Nanaw told Chase she bought two new sprinklers: a circle one and an oscillating one and Chase said he wanted to use them tomorrow to play in the water. After Nanaw left, Chase and Mama were going to play Roblox. Chase wanted Mama to use her Roblox gift card on her avatar.

Saturday, June 4, 2022

On Saturday morning, Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house while she went grocery shopping. When they got there, Mama told Nanaw that in addition to rating the movie a 10 out of 10, Chase thanked Mama for his breakfast and then put his cereal bowl and milk glass in the sink on his own without having to be reminded. Mama wondered what was going on with him. Nanaw was out in the front yard watering the plants and bushes when Chase and Mama arrived. Chase decided he wanted to play in the water so Nanaw got out his swimming clothes and towels. She tried to hook up the sprinkler but it was upside down and didn't work. So Chase set up the thing on the hose to make it like a sprinkler. Nanaw promised Chase she would buy a new sprinkler when she went to Walmart that afternoon. He played water baseball while Nanaw watched. He made it like a World Series of two 3-inning games. He played the part of all the players and did a play-play-play announcement as he played. It was an absolute hoot to watch and listen to. He's so creative and so sports-minded. In the afternoon, he had a hockey game and his team won 8 to 2. After Chase left, Nanaw went out to the little house. Someone was at the gate, so she got to drive in without getting out to unlock the gate. As she drove through the gate, she realized that she forgot to bring the new gate key with her. So when she left on Sunday, she would have to sit and wait at the gate until someone let her out. Silly Nanaw!

Friday, June 3, 2022

Chase and Nanaw went on a bunch of errands on Friday morning. Chase gave Nanaw a bit of attitude about going on errands but then was fine when she promised to buy him a toy and candy at Walmart. First they went to the health food store near the Magic House. Next, they stopped for gas, then went to the library to pick up a movie for Nanaw. Chase checked out a Stonehenge book and a Nate book. Chase got some fruit treats from the vending machine; he did it all by himself. Nanaw got her refund from a couple of weeks ago when the vending machine didn't give her what she put money in for. Then they went to Telegraph Road Walmart. At Walmart, Nanaw bought a bunch of stuff for Chase: two miniature cars, caramel fudge-striped cookies, Lay's potato chips, Sour Patch candy, and sliced baby Swiss cheese. He also got a Granny Smith apple and a Honey Crisp apple. Nanaw taught him how to ring up the apples at the self-checkout. School went very well; Nanaw is having so much fun with it. Nanaw logged Chase's reading in the library's summer reading program. In the evening, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to the Waterloo show to see Bad Guys. At first, Chase said he didn't want to go but then changed his mind when he thought about movie popcorn. The movie was great and so was the popcorn. Chase rated the movie 10 out 10 so the evening was a success. On Tuesday evenings, the show has movies for $5.00. On Tuesday morning, movies are $4.50. So Nanaw has plans to take Chase to the movies lots this summer.

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Chase brought his own tablet with him on Thursday, and that was all he wanted to do. In the morning, Chase and Nanaw both did their 30 minutes of reading on the bed in the computer lab. Nanaw had a bit of trouble getting him to start school but eventually, it all worked out. School turned out fine. They had their first hour on the upstairs deck But it was cut short by a wasp that stung Nanaw. Chase tried to get it with a fly swatter but that didn't work. Nanaw got out the Raid, and Chase sprayed it and that took care of the wasp. For the second hour of school, Chase and Nanaw went down to the lower deck and sat on the swing. They did the division flashcards, long division problems with remainders, multiplication problems, reading comprehension, and a worksheet on relative pronouns. They didn't do Spanish today because Chase wants to do it tomorrow. He wants to do Spanish on Mondays and Fridays, just like he did in school. When school was over, Chase and Nanaw played with the Velcro catcher things in the driveway. Mama and Daddy picked Chase up at 4:30 for hockey practice. 

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

On Wednesday morning, Mama called the pediatrician's office and made an appointment at 11 a.m. for Nanaw to take Chase because of his earache. The office only had two doctors there today so Chase and Nanaw had to wait an hour to see the doctor. She said Chase had an ear infection but she wasn't sure whether it was swimmer's ear or not. She prescribed an antibiotic and asked Chase if he wanted pills or liquid medicine. He said liquid, and Nanaw told the doctor that earlier he had said he hoped he get the bubble gum flavored medicine. The doctor said that was exactly what he was going to get. On the way home from the doctor, they stopped at Sonic to get lunch for Chase. This was part of Nanaw's summer lunch plan: Once a week,  probably on Wednesdays, Chase and Nanaw will go out to lunch. Today, Chase got two orders of pretzel twists and a Sonic Blast with M&M's. Nanaw doesn't really like Sonic's food so she didn't get anything. Chase said the pretzel twists were the best ever, especially with the cheese sauce. Today, school was from 1:30 to 2:30 and from 3:30 to 4:30. Chase suggested that for the second hour, they should go downstairs to the schoolroom so that's what they did. Once again, school went wonderfully, despite Chase's earache. They did lots of math: long division flash cards (starting with the easiest ones first), long division problems and multiplication problems. They also did reading comprehension, parts of speech and punctuation. They didn't do any Spanish today but will do it tomorrow, and maybe they'll do some social studies using the online program Chase studied in fourth grade. Chase had baseball practice tonight, and Nanaw hoped that the antibiotic would make him feel better.