Thursday, June 22, 2017

On Thursday, Chase asked Nanaw if they could go to the Magic House again, even though they'd just been there two days ago on Tuesday. Nanaw knows how much Chase loves the Magic House so she said yes of course they could. When they got there, to Nanaw's amazement, Chase agreed to go to the Sandcastle Beach even though he'd always before refused to go. For awhile, he seemed to have a good time. But then when he went to get a bucket, he came back to Nanaw crying. Nanaw didn't see what happened but Chase told her that he had asked a lady if he could have a bucket but she said no because her child was playing with it. So Chase started crying and insisted on leaving the sand area. Inside the Magic House, he went to the craft area first and played with the Lego mazes. Then he wanted to go to the hockey area. While he was playing there, Nanaw saw her friend Cathy there, with her granddaughter Lizzie. So funny to see them twice in one week, first at the Science Center and then at the Magic House. After the hockey area, Chase and Nanaw went to the Clifford room, and Chase played there for quite awhile. Chase got to stay at Nanaw's a little later than usual on Thursday because Mama and Daddy went to a friend's birthday happy hour. Uncle Mike was there cutting the grass so Chase got to see his Uncle Mike.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

For the past week or two, Chase has been playing with his Angry Bird Legos on Nanaw's kitchen counter. It's fascinating to watch him play with them an hour or so at a time. He has such an imagination and he thinks of all kinds of different things to do with them. He played with the Legos for awhile on Wednesday morning before the day's adventure: a trip to the Transportation Museum or the Train house as Chase calls it. Miss Lynn and Miss Linda were both happy to see Chase and Nanaw. Chase took along Tee Tee and Mr. Fish, something he hadn't done before. Chase and Nanaw played in the reading area, and Nanaw read a couple of books to Chase. They also played with the trains and with the magnetic blocks. They went over to the craft table and asked Miss Linda for the makings of the stick people so they could make a Chase and a Nanaw at home. After the Creation Station, Chase got his usual popcorn; but he also got a special treat -- a flag inspired fidget spinner. In the evening Chase had his final T-ball game of the season but Nanaw couldn't go because she had a church board meeting. Chase and the other players all got two trophies. And he was very excited about his trophies.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

First thing on Tuesday morning, Chase and Nanaw played with his dinosaurs and tsums tsums on the kitchen counter. As usual, Chase did some of his launching tricks with them and then put them all on the kitchen floor to have a hockey game. The little fellow has quite the imagination. Tuesday's adventure was a trip to the Magic House. Chase's first stop was the hockey area. He played for a long time in the ice barrels and then played with the goalie gloves -- he wanted Nanaw to take pictures of him with the gloves on -- it was very cute. Next, they went to the air ball area and then to the water works. It's been awhile since Chase played in the water works so he stayed there for quite awhile. Next, they went to the Lego cars race track. Next, they went downstairs to the craft area. Chase played with the painting on glass and then he made a Lego maze. They saw the lady who is their friend who knows Chase's name and who works in Future Play. Nanaw asked her what her name is, and she said Marcia. When Chase and Nanaw got home, they played baseball in the front yard. Chase loves to play baseball. Chase also played abcmouse for awhile before his night-night nap.

Monday, June 19, 2017

First thing Monday morning, Chase and Nanaw had story time. Next, they had writing time, where Chase wrote his name -- Nanaw is going to have him practice writing his name every day he's at her house for the summer so he doesn't forget how. Then, they did some painting -- and Chase managed to get paint everywhere but it was washable so it was okay with Nanaw. Chase's adventure for Monday was a trip to the Science Center. Of course, Chase's first stop there was his new favorite place: the outdoor water area. He spent quite awhile playing with the buckets of water and the water pumps. Then he visited the farm building and especially liked seeing the bees in the hive making honey. He told Nanaw that the big bee was the king. Nanaw and the Science Center volunteer told Chase it was really a queen, not a king -- very funny. They also visited the sand area, and the dinosaurs. On the way out of the Science Center, they saw Cathy, a friend of Nanaw's from Edward Jones with her little six-year-old granddaughter named Lizzie. Cathy told Chase she knew who he is because of so many pictures of him on Facebook.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Happy Father's Day! Mama said Chase was really good about keeping all of Daddy's Father's Day presents a secret from Daddy. Chase and Daddy went to church together on Sunday morning, then for lunch, they went to Hooter's. In the evening, they came to Nanaw's house for Father's Day dinner. Nanaw made mostacciolli and Uncle Mike grilled chicken. Nanaw also made a cherry chip cake for Mama to make up for the Mother's Day dessert of yellow cake with chocolate frosting. After dinner, they took the German Shepherds -- Cheyenne and Apache -- for a walk in Nanaw's neighborhood. Unfortunately, Nanaw tripped over Apache and fell down and scraped her knee on the street. But it's okay, and Chase has been very solicitous about it. Chase had a great time chasing after the dogs and having them chase after him -- Chase's name is most appropriate.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Nanaw went to visit chase first thing on Saturday morning before she went out to the little house. He had on his new Sidney Crosby hockey jersey that Mama bought for him. Crosby is Chase's favorite Pittsburgh Penguin player. Chase is quite the hockey fan. Chase and Nanaw went downstairs to play hockey with all of his balls. They played for awhile, then Chase had Daddy come down to play with them. This time, they used only one ball rather than all of them. While Daddy, Chase and Nanaw were playing hockey, Mama went to Schnuck's for her weekly grocery shopping. She brought the ingredients to make Rice Krispy Treats with Chase. After Nanaw left, Daddy went to play golf, and Mama and Chase went to have lunch with Aunt Becca at Tequila's. It was Chase's second Saturday in a row to have lunch with Aunt Becca. In the evening, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to a Grizzlies baseball game in Sauget. Chase wore his Tarasenko shirt. Mama tried to get him to wear his Yadi shirt but he didn't want to.