Sunday, April 7, 2024

Chase got back from his weekend adventure with Hunter at about 2 p.m. on Sunday. Mama said he had a good time, and she gave a rundown of what he had to eat over the weekend. On Friday night, they had McDonald's; Chase had chicken nuggets. For breakfast on Saturday, they had the little chocolate-covered donuts. For lunch and dinner, they had grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. Mama didn't find out what they had for breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Mason brought his friend Lucas with him on the adventure. Mama sent Nanaw a picture of Hunter and Chase driving around on a four-wheeler; it looked like a lot of fun. Chase is having another sleepover over on Friday night at Drew's house for his birthday (which is Tuesday). In addition to Drew and Chase, the crew includes Brady, Cole, Hunter, and for the first time, Joey - very exciting to have Joey with them. Nanaw came over to visit Chase on Sunday evening. They went over questions for War Stories, which is the AR book he's been reading. He wants to take the AR test tomorrow. Mama was going to the new-to-Columbia Jimmy John's to get dinner. Nanaw rode along with her because she wanted to see what it was like. The last photo below shows how wonderfully Mama straightened up Chase's shelves while he was on his adventure.

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Hunter's dad Tim sent a text to Mama saying the signal might not be strong enough to send pictures but that he would try later. He eventually was able to send the first photo below of the pond by the cabin where they're staying. The second photo is a selfie that Chase took and texted to Mama. Tim said the boys had a good night last night. They woke up early and started fishing like early worms in the morning. They caught several bass out of the pond. They ate breakfast, walked on some of the trails and went to the creek. He said they all seem to be having a good time, and that Chase seems to be doing great. Mama and Daddy went for an early dinner at El Paso so Mama could watch the Battlehawks football tonight. She had two beef chimichangas. Mama, Daddy and Nanaw all missed Chase but were happy that he's having a good time. He should be home about 6 p.m. on Sunday evening.\

Friday, April 5, 2024

Mama had the day off from work so she took Chase to school. Nanaw missed seeing him in the morning and looked forward to seeing him at school pickup time in the afternoon. Nanaw had a fun, delicious lunch with Uncle Doug and Aunt Rita at the Corner Pub and Grill at the corner of Dougherty Ferry and Big Bend. Last night, Hunter and his dad invited Chase to go with them this weekend to a cabin about two hours away, down highway 44 past Rolla, Missouri and near Dixon, Missouri. Chase didn't think he wanted to go. Mama and Daddy came up with a plan that the next time Hunter and his dad went to the cabin, Daddy would go along with Chase to keep him company and make sure he was okay and having a good time. When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he told her he had news. He said he had talked to Hunter at school and had changed his mind about going to the cabin with Hunter. Whn Chase and Nanaw did the pickup call to Mama, Chase told her he had news and wanted to go on the trip with Hunter. Mama wanted to know if he was sure (she was worried that he would change his mind in the middle of the trip and want to come home). Chase told her he was sure and really wanted to go. Hunter and his dad pickde him up about 6:30, and they got to the cabin at about 9:30 p.m. The photo below is from the afternoon at Nanaw's house. Chase was lying on the floor playing with the car phone while it charged. The car phone was lost until Nanaw found it under a large calculator that was on the dining room table. 

Thursday, April 4, 2024

When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he said he thought he did okay on today's math test. Chase told Nanaw that in computer class they're learning the keyboard and how to type. Chase said he didn't understand why there is a QWERTY keyboard instead of the keys being in alphabetical order. Nanaw said she would look it up. She texted Chase with what she found: "The QWERTY layout was designed to prevent the keys on a typewriter from getting stuck when typing fast. The letters on the keyboard were arranged in a way that kept the most commonly used keys apart from each other, so that they would not get jammed together." At Nanaw's house, they studied for his two Friday tests -- DLR and vocabulary. He studied for the DLR test on his own. Then Nanaw went over the vocabulary words with him. First, they did it the easy way with Nanaw giving him the definitions and Chase giving the word. Then they did it the hard way with Nanaw giving Chase the word and Chase giving Nanaw the definition. He didn't do as well as he usually does so Nanaw will go over them again on Friday morning. They watched the Cardinals home opener with the TV muted. When Chase was finished studying, they went to his house to watch the baseball game with Uncle Mike, Mama and Daddy. The Cardinals won 8 to 5 but they're still in last place at 500. Chase had hockey practice at 6:30.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Nanaw was a little worried about Chase's Thursday math test because he was having trouble with the percent and decimal problems. He was getting about half of his problems on the worksheets wrong. Nanaw asked him if he was using equations to solve the problems, and he didn't rally know what she was talking about. Evidently, he didn't understand what the teacher taught and what was explained in his math book. So Nanaw taught him to do the equations to solve the percent and decimal problems. She set up some problems for him to do, and he got them all correct. Then he did the practice chapter test from the math book, and he got everything right on that. So Nanaw has great hopes for Thursday's math test. The picture below is a selfie Chase took and sent to Nanaw.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

It was back to school for Chase on Tuesday. Nanaw thinks he enjoyed his Easter break. For homework, he went over his persuasive essay again, and then printed it out. It's due in English tomorrow. He has a vocabulary worksheet and a quiz in AR on Friday. He also had math worksheets in preparation for the match test on Thursday. Chase had a project for Nanaw and him to do after school, when they were done with homework. He had watched a video on YouTube that showed how to make homemade Cheez-Its. They used slices of cheddar cheese that Chase cut up into pieces. They baked the cheese pieces in the oven for 20 minutes, then Chase sprinkled salt on them. They got crispy but they tasted good. Chase has more recipes to try so that's what Chase and Nanaw are going to do Friday after school. The pictures below demonstrate before and after of th \e Cheez-Its.

Monday, April 1, 2024

Chase had the day off from school on Monday, the last day of his Easter break. Daddy had the day off from work, and Nanaw decided to have Chase spend the day with Daddy, and she would rest up from Easter. Chase and Daddy went to the driving range and Chase used the new golf clubs that Daddy bought for him. Chase had his annual doctor's appointment, and Daddy took him. Chase now weighs 91 pounds, which means he gained back all the weight plus some that he lost from his stomach troubles.  He got a shot in his arm, and he said it made his shoulder hurt.