Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Tuesday was the first day that Chase wore one of his white uniform shirts, and he looked so cool and grown-up. Unfortunately, Nanaw forgot to take a picture of him in the shirt in the morning. But she did get a picture in the afternoon -- however, he was sitting in basket of amamals so he didn't look quite as grown-up. Nanaw enjoyed taking him to school and accompanying him to his assigned seat at the table. Nanaw likes the idea of Chase having an assigned place to go each day. In Pre-K, the boys and girls were always sitting in different places. Nanaw thinks that the boys and girls having an assigned seat is good for them and helps them to feel comfortable in the classroom. Chase still didn't bring home any homework. He brought home a paper he worked on today about the letter A. When Nanaw and Chase got home from school, they played with his slime, Zoo rocks and marbles on the kitchen counter. Then they went outside to play baseball. Nanaw is very impressed with what a good hitter Chase is becoming. When Nanaw took Chase home, she learned that Chase knows how to do rock, paper, scissors, which she didn't know and was very excited about. Daddy warned her that sometimes or most times, Chase waits to see what his opponent has thrown and then throws whatever will win. What a tricky little fellow he is!

Monday, August 21, 2017

Today was a major day of excitement with the total eclipse of the sun. Chase wore his eclipse tee shirt to school, very cute. When Nanaw took Chase to school on Monday morning, she wasn't sure what she was supposed to do about several things: his water bottle, signing in, notifying the teacher about whether he was buying his lunch and signing up for milk. But together, Chase and Nanaw figured everything out. Nanaw stayed for a few minutes to watch Chase and the other children at his table work on puzzles. In the afternoon, Mama and Nanaw went to school to help with the boys and girls going out to see the eclipse. It was very exciting. The first time they went outside and put on their eclipse glasses, only a tiny sliver of the sun was covered by the moon. The next time they went out, it was a bigger sliver. The final time they went outside, they stayed till the whole sun was covered by the moon. It got dark outside. The street lights came on, and the night time insects started making their noises. The birds were flying around, going back to their nests. They were very confused, thinking it was night time. In the morning, the class had made 2017 eclipse hats. Then during one of the times between their times outside, they worked on a project that had the earth, the sun and the moon, and you could move the sun and the moon to make the eclipse. All in all, it was a great experience for everyone, and Mama and Nanaw had a super time.

Sunday, August 20, 2018

On Sunday, Mama and Nanaw went to a birthday party for Aunt Karen at Aunt Joan's house. Nanaw took the first picture below of Mama and Chase's cousin Max. Nanaw spent a lot of time holding baby Max. Chase and Daddy went out to Wentzville to visit Grandma Pat. Mama and Daddy were proud of Chase for eating half a ham and cheese sandwich. When Mama and Nanaw returned from the birthday party, Nanaw stayed to visit and play with Chase. Chase set up his Magic Track in the living room and pretended that it was a baseball stadium. Then he got out all kinds of figures and toys and pretended that they were baseball players. It was very cute to watch. Then Chase decided he wanted the golden guys but Mama and Daddy didn't know what he was talking about. Chase went downstairs to show them but he wasn't quite sure what he was looking for. Finally, they all figured out that Chase was talking about the Cardinals Monopoly game, and that the golden guys were the silver figures that are the playing pieces in the game -- very funny. You have to love Chase for his imagination. Chase and Mama had a great time playing Cardinals Monopoly, and Nanaw had a great time watching them play.

 



 

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Saturday was an exciting day for Chase. It was his first day of soccer practice. First, they took individual pictures of the soccer players, and then they took the team photo. Chase and the other kindergartners wore their first day of school tee shirts instead of uniforms -- that's what they'll wear during the season. Chase wore his soccer socks, soccer shoes and shin guards. He brought along his new soccer ball. He's very much the sports enthusiast. Thirty-two of the 44 kindergartners were there to play soccer. The coaches divided the boys and girls into small groups for practice and pretend games. Chase mostly had a good time although a couple of times during the pretend game, he reacted to the other team getting a goal. Daddy talked to him and convinced him to go back on the field. All in all, it was a good first day, and it looks like Chase is going to enjoy soccer. In the afternoon, Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Uncle Mike's house to go swimming. Chase, of course, did not want to get out of the pool.

Friday, August 18, 2017

Mama and Daddy had the day off to celebrate Uncle Joe's 20th anniversary at Wells so they took Chase to school and Nanaw slept in. Mama sent Nanaw a picture of Chase in his school uniform -- so cute. When Nanaw went to pick Chase up at school, she sat on the bench right next to the door to wait for him. Now Chase says I have to sit there all the time to pick him. Nanaw figures that's because he wants to know where to expect her and to not have to look around for her -- very cute. We saw Brady's grandma and his sister Emma at school and his Grandma said they were going to the little library park after Brady changed clothes. So Nanaw said they would come too. First, they went to Chase's house for him to change clothes and to pick up Tee Tee and his other stuffed "amamals." When they got to the park, Brady wasn't there. Chase played on the slides and the climbing bars for awhile, but then decided he wanted to go back to Nanaw's house because there were no children for him to play with. Just as they were in the car getting ready to leave, Brady came running over to the car and gave Nanaw a hug. So Chase got out of the park and played with Brady and Emma for a long time. At the park, Chase found one of the painted rocks that people are leaving around the region. Chase said he would give it to his Mama. Back at Nanaw's house, Chase had Nanaw bring up the Lincoln Logs for him to play with. For the first time ever, he built a house. Nanaw doesn't know where he learned how to do that -- maybe at school last year. Mama and Daddy picked Chase up at about six, and he had Daddy play baseball with him for awhile.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Thursday was one of the biggest days in Chase's life: It was his first day of kindergarten. Even though he'd gone to Pre-School and Pre-K, kindergarten marks the official start of his real educational life. Nanaw came over to Chase's house and went with Mama and Daddy to take him to school. At school, Chase hung his backpack in his locker, then everybody went into the kindergarten room to do the scavenger hunt. Mrs. Hermann had containers all over the room for the children to put the supplies they'd brought (like Kleenex, glue, markers, etc.) Mrs. Hermann took pictures of the boys and girls with their families. Mama had a few tears in her eyes, as did Audrey's mother. Mama and Nanaw took Sam for a walk and then went shopping after coming back from school. They went to Walmart, IKEA, Macy's and Penney's. Mama, Daddy and Nanaw went to pick Chase up from school. He said he had a good day at school and that he had cheese pizza for lunch. He played baseball with Daddy and Mama and told Nanaw she could be the audience.