Tuesday, July 8, 2025

When Chase over to Nanaw's house on Tuesday morning, he was so excited about his afternoon adventure -- going to the Rawlings Experience with Elias and Daddy. For lunch, Chase had stir fry, homemade by Mama and leftover from last night's dinner. Chase and Nanaw love the unborn corn or baby corn as Chase calls it, in the stir fry. Nanaw had a bite, and it was delicious. Nanaw realized today that a lot of the Chinese food has lots of vegetables so it's a good thing that Chase likes it so much. Because Daddy was picking Chase up at 3, Nanaw and Chase reorganized their school schedule to noon to 1 p.m. and 2 to 2:30. They listened to the Mastermind book and did 15 algebra equations. Then Chase did several worksheets. Nanaw forgot to take a picture of Chase, and he said he'd make sure she got one. The second picture below is one that someone took of Chase and Elias at the Rawlings experience. Before he left, Chase put in his contacts because he said it would help him in the testing for his batting. The first picture is one from Facebook 10 years ago of precious Chase.

Monday, July 7, 2025

Chase had run club on Monday morning, and he was in a better mood about it than last week. He was happy that two of his friends from the crew were there: Joey and Hunter. Chase was in a goofy mood when Nanaw picked him up from Run Club. This always happens when he's with his friends, and it's really funny. For lunch, Chase chose to have chicken lo mein and he ate every bite. He told Nanaw that Daddy was taking him and Elias and Elias's dad to the Rawlings Experience tomorrow afternoon, and Chase is really excited about Elias going. Elias was supposed to go last week when Chase and Daddy went but they couldn't make it work out. Nanaw unfortunately gave Chase too much of a snack in the afternoon during school, and he threw up. So they didn't have school; they just listened to the Masterminds book while Chase lay down. Finally, he felt better, which was a good thing but Nanaw felt so bad for him. She'll be really careful not to give him too much to eat at one time. He has sort of a delicate stomach and doesn't handle overeating well. Chase and Daddy had planned to go to the driving range after Chase got home from Nanaw's but his friend Hunter came over to play so they postponed it to Wednesday. Mama took the second picture below of her solar dog paws wind chime on the patio. Mama and Nanaw decided they were precious Sam's paw prints.

Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6, 2025

Chase had two baseball games Saturday out in St. Peters, and his team won both -- 12 to 0 and 19 to 0/ That meant they would play in the championship tournament on Sunday. For lunch, they had chinese food at Panda, and that made Chase very happy. He and Mama had orange chicken, which he thought was better than sweet and sour chicken. In the evening, they went to Aunt Becca's for a huge fireworks display. Chase said he lit most of the fireworks he and Daddy and Mama brought. He also said they still had some left. Mama brought brownies for dessert even though she knew Aunt Becca would have lots of food, especially desserts. Unfortunately, Elias didn't come, but Noelle, the daughter of a friend of Aunt Becca's did so Chase someone around his age there. On Sunday, Chase's team played one inning of the championship game until they got rained out by a torrential downpour, and they came home. Chase wanted Chinese food again for lunch but Mama said she couldn’t eat the same thing two days in a row so they went to Jimmy John's. Chase was very happy that Mama bought him one of their little loaves of bread. Chase does love him bread. Nanaw came over to visit for about an hour before it was device time for Chase. She took along her Truman, which made Chase happy.

Happy 4th of July, Friday, 2025

On 4th of July ?Chase, Mama and Daddy went to Arnold to buy fireworks to take to Aunt Becca's house on Saturday. They also went to Arby's for lunch. Mama invited Nanaw to come to visit and have dinner. At Dollar Tree, Nanaw bought little 4th of July hats for the guys and a balloon for Chase. Chase and Nanaw went downstairs for a while, with Chase playing knee hockey, and Nanaw playing with Tyler the cat, her good friend. Mama and Daddy fixed burger dogs, which are hamburgers shaped like hot dogs, that they had at one of the concession stands where Chase plays baseball. Nanaw brought cupcakes for dessert and also Caesar salad. After dinner, they went out in the back yard to watch Chase do fireworks. He did smoke bombs, snap its, confetti bombs, sparklers, snakes, and sparking things. He had great fun and did things very safely. Nanaw particularly liked the snakes and the sparklers. She also did the confetti bombs and the snap its. Mama, Daddy and Chase were going to come back outside later when it was dark to do more fireworks. At about 9 p.m., Nanaw started driving around, looking for a place where she would be able to see the Columbia fireworks. She thought Chase's school parking lot might have a good view, and it certainly did. It had a panoramic view of four different places shooting off awesome fireworks. She's going to do that every 4th of July from now on.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Chase had Run Club on Thursday morning and wasn't too happy about it. He hasn't been very happy about Run Club since it started, which is sad. He was a little bit happy that two of his friends, members of the crew, Joey and Hunter, were at Run Club.  Chase told Nanaw about the Rawlings Experience and how much he liked it. He said it's a store, and sports museum and a place where you can test out bats. He hit baseballs at 66 miles an hour. He thought it might be faster and said maybe it will be the next time he goes. Chase and Nanaw had a good day together, playing with the guys and having fun conversations. When Nanaw went to Schnuck's to get her newspaper, Chase asked her to see if they had Chicken Lo Mein for Chicken Teriyaki. They had Chicken Lo Mein so Nanaw bought three of them. Chase really liked it and ate every bite. Nanaw is going to suggest to Mama that she make some Chinese dishes for her little Chinese boy. For school, they listened to the Masterminds book first for about 45 minutes. Then Nanaw began giving Chase worksheets to do, including: five algebra problems, two four-digit multiplication problems, finding the circumference of 10 circles, a reading comprehension assignment about rocks, plus some miscellaneous English and math problems. Mama came to pick Chase up at 4:15 to go get a haircut. Nanaw lobbied for short hair on the sides and in the back but Chase was not in favor of that so it's probably not going to happen. 

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Nanaw had only a half day with Chase on Wednesday because of the afternoon adventure Chase was going to have with Daddy. In the morning, Nanaw used her new hose for the first time to water the flowers. Uncle Mike got this super -duper, easy to us, very light hose at Home Depot. Nanaw doesn't have to curl it up (which was very hard to do with the old hose) -- she can just put it in a pile. Later in the morning, Chase and Nanaw went to Dollar General to get a $30 Robux gift card for Chase's half birthday. For lunch, Chase had a new kind of Michaelina's frozen dinner -- lasagna. He must have really liked it because he ate every bite. He put his Robux gift card into Roblox but Nanaw doesn't know if he used any of it yet. He went outside to hit balls in the front yard for awhile. They didn't have any school today because the day was so short but Chase did his daily crossword puzzle and that's educational. Daddy picked Chase up at 1 p.m., and they went to the Rawlings Experience. It's a place at Westport Plaza where they have a Rawlings Sporting Goods Store, a sports museum, and a testing place where you can try out bats and find out how fast you can hit a baseball. Chase was so excited about going but Nanaw hasn't talked to him about it yet. She'll find out all about it tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Today was cleaning lady day so Nanaw had Chase put away all his toys and things he was playing with in the living room and dining room. After Nanaw got the stuff sitting around the house put away, Chase and Nanaw and the cats went downstairs. Nanaw packed up their lunched and the materials for school. Chase had a pizza Lunchable for lunch, one of his favorites. After lunch they started school and listened to the Masterminds Payback book. Chase also did his daily online crossword puzzle. Then Chase and Nanaw did five algebra problems and two three-digit multiplication problems. Chase played on the treadmill and the exercise bike while Nanaw watched one of her soap operas. After the cleaning lady left, they went back upstairs and finished school. Chase did one of the reading exercises where you answer question about what you read. He also did a worksheet where you have to pick out the silent letters in a list of spelling words. The final thing was telling Nanaw the capitals of five states, something they do daily. Chase and Daddy are going an adventure tomorrow afternoon. Daddy has the afternoon off and is going to pick Chase up at 1 p.m.