Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Daddy had the day off work so he spent the morning with Chase. They tried to go to the Columbia Fishermens' Club that Daddy joined but they were unable to get in. So next they went to the big park and rollerbladed. Then they went to Taco Bell to bring lunch for Nanaw and Chase. Daddy took Taco Bell home to Mama. There was a little delay to lunch because the cleaning lady didn't leave till 12:45 p.m. Chase and Nanaw watched the replay of yesterday's Cardinals game, which they lost. Chase and Nanaw talked about the adventure at the lake yesterday, and Chase said he had a really good time. He really liked swimming in the lake and shooting off the fireworks. Nanaw didn't tell Chase how worried she was about him and the other kids lighting the fireworks and standing so close. One of the things they shot off veered sideways and almost hit Coach Tim before ending up in the woods. It could have caused serious injuries. Chase did his AR reading before school. He only did it on Friday, just one day of the three days he wasn't with Nanaw. Chase asked Nanaw if they could just have an hour of school, and Nanaw said yes. They did division flash cards, state capitals, telling time, subtraction problems, two and three-digit multiplication problems, reading about bats, bobolinks and fish in the Xplor magazine, and words with Greek and Roman prefixes and suffixes. In the evening, Chase was going to go swimming in his pool. He has a baseball game at eight tomorrow night, and Nanaw might go. His last baseball game of the season is next Monday night, also at eight, and Nanaw might go to that one also. He starts his hockey Learn to Play practice this Sunday at 2:55 p.m.

Monday, July 4, 2022

Chase and Nanaw had a major adventure on 4th of July, along with other friends and family. They went out to Brady's grandma's lake to spend the day. Nanaw followed Mama, Daddy and Chase out there because she only planned to stay a few hours but she ended up spending the whole ten hours out there. Brady's grandma has a really pretty house, a private lake and ten acres. Pawpaw would have really liked it. Nanaw texted Uncle Mike that she's found the perfect place for his retirement. Daddy and Brady's dad, and Mason went fishing. Chase spent most of the day swimming in the lake. Brady's sister Emma didn’t have any friends there to play with so Chase spent lots of time with her, swimming together and shooting off fireworks. Chase has a sweet, kind heart and he's good to people. Coach Tim brought an inflatable canoe/kayak and the kids had lots of fun in it. Brady's grandpa grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and brats. Brady's grandma made mostaccioli, and Mama brought her party potatoes. Nanaw went on the swing and walked around exploring everything. The last picture is of Brady, Chase, Hunter, Mason and Emma all crowded into the inflatable boat. They all decided not to go to the Columbia fireworks, and when it got dark, they shot off fireworks, which were beautiful and exciting. It was a wonderful day and everybody had a good time.

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Mama came to pick up Sam and Sylvester around noon on Sunday. They missed their Mama and their Mama missed them. They were very good boys for Nanaw. Later in the afternoon, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to cousin Ryan's graduation party in Ballwin. Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky and cousin Joey came to the party also. Mama told Nanaw that Chase had a great time playing with Elias yesterday. They didn't get to swim much because of the cool, rainy weather. But they played baseball and video games. Chase slept on an air mattress in Elias's room. At Ryan's party, Chase played baseball outside with Daddy. He also played cornhole with Daddy. He had some Cheetos and blue GatorAde and a piece of delicious Costco cake. Nanaw asked whether he wanted to go to the Science Center to see the virtual reality thing on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, and he said Wednesday. Tomorrow he's going to Brady's grandma's house, and he'll have fun with Brady, swimming in her lake.

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Of course, on Friday when Nanaw turned on the TV at the little house, it was working. The Dish technician came out on Saturday morning and found water in the satellite dish connector under the house. He emptied the water, and the picture was much better. Nanaw came home and stopped at Chase's house on the way. They were going out to Uncle Chris's house in Silex for a 4th of July party, with swimming and fireworks and spending the night. Mama had brought Sam and Sylvester over to Nanaw's house to spend the night with her. Chase told Nanaw all about his swimming party Friday night at Connor's house. He was so excited about everything. Most of his baseball team came. They had Papa John's pizza. Chase said he swam for more than three hours and had a great time. The boys went inside and played video games and with the virtual reality system that Connor and his brother Knox have. Chase told Nanaw all about the VR system and said he really liked it. Chase and Daddy really want one, and Daddy said they might get one for Christmas. Nanaw told Chase that they'd seen some virtual reality things at the Science Center a couple of years ago. Maybe they'll go there this week and take a look at them. The first photo below is from the swimming party. Mama said the boys lined up two or three times and fell backwards into the pool. LOL

Friday, July 1, 2022

Mama and Daddy were both off work on Friday so Nanaw won't get to spend the day with Chase. Mama and Daddy went to Soulard in the morning and dropped Chase off at Nanaw's house at 9 o'clock. Chase and Nanaw played baseball in the front yard, pitching and batting. They used the batting tee and the rocket launcher, and the strike zone. Chase thinks he batted one of the balls into the gutter so the next time Uncle Mike comes over, Nanaw will have him look for the ball in the gutter. When Mama and Daddy came back from Soulard, they went to Fitz's for lunch. After Chase left, Nanaw went out to the little house. The Dish technician is coming Saturday morning at 9 a.m. or thereabouts. Mama sent Nanaw Chase's class list for 5th grade, and everybody was happy about it and about the fact that one of the bullies was in the other class. Unfortunately, so are Connor, Cole and Hunter, three of Chase's best friends. But Brady, Will and Joey are in Chase's class so that's good. In the evening, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Connor's house for a pool party for his baseball team. Mama sent a picture to Nanaw of the boys swimming. More about the pool party tomorrow when Nanaw gets the details from Mama.

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Chase had Nanaw get out the four back-ups on Thursday morning because he'd brought all of Tee Tee's family. Chase and Nanaw had lunch on the upper deck, something Nanaw keeps intending for them to do but she forgets to do. Mama and Daddy are both off work on Friday so Nanaw won't get to spend the day with Chase. Mama and Daddy are going to Soulard in the morning and are going to drop Chase off at Nanaw's house at 9 o'clock. After Chase goes home, Nanaw is going out to the little house. The Dish technician is coming tomorrow morning at 9a.m. or thereabouts. Nanaw will come back from the little house after the technician leaves so that she can be home to take care of Sam and Chihuahua. Chase and Nanaw had a good time having school. They did multiplication flashcards, division flashcards, division problems, multiplication problems, a vocabulary worksheet, spelling words, and reading about butterflies and timber rattlesnakes in the Xplor magazine they got from Powder Valley.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Brady's grandma texted Nanaw Wednesday morning, saying Brady wanted to know if Chase wanted to do something with him. Nanaw texted back that they had plans for the day. (The plans were to go to the library and to the bank, plus two hours of school and thirty minutes of AR reading for the County Library Summer Reading Program.) Both Chase and Mama laughed at Brady wanting to do something with Chase, both of them saying Brady had just seen Chase yesterday when they went to the water park. Chase forgot to bring Clayton the Coyote and Fredbird today so Mama promised to have him spend the day in her office with her, and she sent a picture of the two of them snuggled with other stuffed animals that live in Mama's office. At noon, Chase and Nanaw went to the bank to get money, and the teller gave Chase two green suckers instead of just one. Then they went to the library to register Chase for being halfway in the reading program. He got a free book: Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure, plus a blue beach ball, some coupons and tickets to the Magic House. They had a good time at school: They did state capitals, division flashcards, multiplication problems, multiplication equations, reading the Xplor magazine from Powder Valley about putting bait on your fishing rod, and a worksheet about prepositions. It was a good day!