Friday, April 19, 2019

Chase had another day off from school on Friday. He and Nanaw had a very special adventure. They drove to Florissant to go to the Florissant Library so Chase could play in their very special children's area. The library has two large TV screens with all kinds of games on them. When they went to visit last year, Chase really enjoyed playing Where's Waldo? And The Hungry Caterpillar. Those were the ones he enjoyed this year also. He also played with the light board and the air path just like the one at the Magic House. Nanaw showed Chase the playground where Mama and Uncle Mike played when they were little and the grade school that they went to. Next, Nanaw showed Chase the house on Allan Drive and the house on St. Edward where Uncle Mike and Mama lived when they were little. Mama picked Chase up from Nanaw's house at the end of the day so she could have some time with him before going out for the evening with Teresa and Kristen.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Chase had the day off from school, and Nanaw had plans for them. She thought they'd go to the Magic House first thing. Fortunately, she checked the hours online and discovered they didn't open to the general public until noon so that's when they went. Nanaw spent the morning cleaning up for the cleaning lady -- silly Nanaw. Chase fell asleep on the way over to the Magic House and was quite the grumpy grouch when he woke up. He told Nanaw he didn't want to go into the Magic House but she didn't pay any attention. Unfortunately, the Magic House was very crowded, which is one of Chase's least favorite things. He complained the whole time they visited. There were several new displays/exhibits including a science lab, a Splash and Bubbles display and a China display. Chase wasn't interested in any of them. Hopefully, at his next visit, he will be. Then a miracle happen. Chase and Nanaw went into the crafts area, and Nanaw started making something with cardboard and empty toilet paper rolls. And Chase engaged. He made a pair of binoculars with two empty toilet paper rolls. They had a great time with tape and scissors and glue sticks. So the day was salvaged after all.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

The boys and girls in Chase's class were very excited when Nanaw saw them Wednesday morning. Tomorrow is the first day of their spring break; they're off school Thursday, Friday and Monday. Nanaw has lots of plans for what she and Chase will do. They'll go to the Magic House, Powder Valley, the kids room at the Florissant Library and the Science Center on Monday. After school, Chase forgot his water bottle, and they had to go back and get it. Some of the other kids had forgotten their water bottles also. Mrs. Neff came back to the classroom and was surprised to see that so many kids had returned; she said they liked school so much they couldn't leave. And then she laughed. At Nanaw's house, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs. Chase played with toys there, and Nanaw walked on the treadmill. Then they went outside to play. Nanaw brought the big sports net out from the garage, and they played baseball. But Nanaw didn't get to bat so she gets to bat first tomorrow. Nanaw thought she saw buds on her grape vines (which she'd thought were dead); she took a picture and sent it to Uncle Mike for his opinion. Uncle Mike answered back, "Maybe."

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

When Chase got home from school, he and Nanaw went downstairs to the craft area and worked on a birthday card for Grandma Pat. Chase wrote Happy Birthday and I love you from Chase. He put stickers on the card and pasted beads on the front of the card. The paper was pink and Nanaw pasted pink pom-poms on the front. So it turned out well. After they finished the card, Chase played downstairs for awhile and played with the cool workbench Uncle Doug gave him. When Nanaw took Chase home, they had a birthday dinner with Grandma Pat, Mama and Daddy. Dinner was pizza and breadsticks from Pizza Hut. Then they had delicious ice cream cake for Grandma Pat's birthday. Chase gave Grandma Pat the birthday card he made for her, and Nanaw gave Grandma Pat a birthday card and an Amazon gift card. Mama, Daddy and Chase took Sam and Sylvester for a walk, and Nanaw went home. Narwahl and Jelly Jolt got left in the back seat of Nanaw's car with Love Hugs so Nanaw sent Mama a picture of that and one of them on Pawpaw's bed and told Mama to tell Chase they were having a sleepover.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Mama and Chase were pleased to show off Chase's new pencil box to Nanaw. Somehow, Chase lost his pencil box awhile ago and didn't tell anybody. Nanaw discovered that fact last Thursday during the volunteer groups when she asked Chase why he didn't bring his pencil box to group, like the other boys and girls did. That's when he told her he lost his pencil box a long time ago. Over the weekend, Mama went shopping and bought a pencil box, pencils, glue stick, scissors and markers. Nanaw had bought some erasers that you put on the end of pencils at Dollar Tree, and she gave some to Chase for his pencil box. When Nanaw left school this morning, she looked in the lost and found and saw a blue pencil box there that might have been Chase's. She'll show it to him tomorrow and see what he thinks. At home, Chase played with his new books from the book order; there was a Narwhal and a Jelly Jolt stuffed animals that he played with for a long time. Chase wanted to write a book with Nanaw so he stapled a stack of paper together. Then Chase and Nanaw each wrote stories and drew pictures. It was lots of fun. Chase said he and Nanaw were authors and illustrators -- he's quite the kid. Chase and Nanaw went downstairs; Nanaw walked on the treadmill, and Chase played with the toys down there. In the evening, Chase had his last skating lesson of this series. He didn't do quite as well on his final report as we'd expected.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Chase and Daddy went to church on Sunday morning. Usually, they go on Saturday evening but Chase had so many things on his schedule, they couldn't go then. Nanaw sent Mama a picture of the snow out at the little house. Then when Nanaw got home from the little house, she sent Mama a picture of the trampoline belonging to the next door neighbors, which was now in Nanaw's back yard. What excitement! In the evening, Nanaw went over to visit Chase. They played in the living room with his hockey game until it was time for dinner. Daddy grilled chicken wings, and they were delicious. Chase had a pizza lunchable, which he enjoyed very much. After dinner, Chase read a Biscuit story and did a subtraction page in the workbook. Then Chase and Nanaw played with Chase's hockey game on the living room floor again.

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Nanaw went to visit Chase on Saturday morning before his big, action-filled day. They played hockey, and Chase read a Biscuit story and did an addition page in the workbook. His first activity of the day was baseball practice. Mama s said he did much better than on Thursday. He listened to his Coach ( also known as Daddy) and was the best hitter of the team. His next activity was Whacky Ninja Warriors at his school. Moms and sons participated in a variety of fun games. Mama and Chase had matching Whacky Ninja Warriors tee shirts. They played games like Drinkola and Oreo cookies on the face. Mama said they both had a great time Chase's final activity was Jackson's birthday party. They had it at the Kirkwood skating rink; they rented out the whole place. The boys and girls had a wonderful time skating; Mama said a lot of the parents skated also. Mama said Andrew's mom was just skating all over, like a fancy figure skater. Mama also said Chase did a really good job at skating. Nobody wanted to get off the ice for pizza and cake; they wanted to keep skating.