Sunday, January 3, 2021

Chase didn't go to baseball practice or hockey practice on Sunday because he and Mama and Daddy are quarantining until Saturday. Mama picked up her Walmart order and was very happy about it. Later, she picked up her Schnuck's order, two days late. Nanaw went over to visit Chase in the afternoon. Chase was downstairs when Nanaw got there so she went downstairs to see what he was doing. He was playing his new Mario game on the Switch. He showed Nanaw how to play it. After awhile, they went upstairs when Mama called down that it was time to make bouncy balls. Chase got a kit for Christmas that makes bouncy balls. Mama spread newspaper on the kitchen table, and gave everybody a container with water in it. Everybody chose a mold and a certain color ingredients. Chase chose blue, of course. Nana chose lavender. Mama chose green and orange for a multicolor bouncy ball. They poured the ingredients in the molds and then held them in the water for two minutes. Then they put them on a tray for fifteen minutes. When the fifteen minutes was up, they peeled the molds off and voila -- they had bouncy balls. While Mama took the pups for a walk, Chase and Nanaw bounced the bouncy balls all over the house and downstairs too. It was great fun.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Mama, Daddy, Grandma Pat and Chase went to Walgreen's in Belleville on Saturday morning to be tested for Covid. They stayed in the car and did nose swabs. Chase was scared about it, and Mama said he was shaking and crying. She had difficulty doing the nose swab on him but eventually it worked. An hour an a half later, Mama got emails saying they were all negative. Yay! Daddy says they're going to quarantine until next Saturday. That means that instead of going back to in-person school on Monday, Chase will come to Nanaw's house to do school on Zoom. The one time that he did that earlier in the school year went well so Nanaw is hopeful that this will work out well also. Chase and Nanaw played with his massive collection of Hot Wheels and other small cars on the dining room table. They had races and other contests. Next, Chase wanted to pay in the water at the kitchen with the Mario figures again. (He'd brought them with him again; this time, they stayed at Nanaw's -- no sleepover.) After the water play, Chase and Nanaw went to the computer lab to play on the computers. Chase was playing a Mario game on Roblox -- of course, he was combining his two obsessions. Mama came to pick up Chase at four. She told Nanaw that InstaCart had postponed her order again, another whole day, to 5 p.m. Sunday. So she was going to order some stuff  she needed right away from Walmart and go pick it up. Mama emailed Chase's teacher and the school secretary bout Chase Zooming next week. He's be in quarantine until Saturday, January 9. Mama can pick up his books any time after 8 on Monday.

Friday, January 1, 2021

Happy 2021! Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house for a visit. Nanaw thought she was bringing him before she went to pick up her Schnuck's grocery order, but it turned out that InstaCart had postponed her order until Saturday at 5 p.m. -- a whole day's postponement. What a bummer! Chase brought his guys (stuffed animals) with him, along the Mario figures Nanaw bought for him from Amazon. They had had a sleepover with Chase. Unfortunately, Chase lost one of the figures at his house but Nanaw can't remember which one it was. Nanaw was excited to see that Chase was wearing his jammies, rather than being dressed. When Chase first got to Nanaw's, he played the keyboard for awhile. Then he decided he wanted to play with the kinetic sand. Nanaw got out all the kinetic sand things. Chase played with the kinetic sand for a while and then decided he wanted to play in the water at the kitchen sink with the Mario figures. He had great fun playing in the water. The figures did a lot of jumping in the water and floating on the boats from the Jurassic Volcano game. After the water play, Chase and Nanaw went into the computer lab and played on the computers. At 4:30, Chase and Nanaw went to the cemetery; then Nanaw took Chase home.

Happy New Year! Thursday, December 31, 2020

Mama and Chase came over to Nanaw's house again on Thursday. Mama brought her empty boxes and christmas wrapping paper to make Christmas decorations with Jack paper and dog paper. They sat at the dining room table while Mama wrapped her empty boxes and Nanaw made three more gift card tags from old Christmas cards. Chase played with the stuff from the Jurassic Volcano game. Then something exciting happened. The Mario figures came from Amazon. Nanaw wasn't expecting them until Sunday. Chase was so excited, and he spent most of the rest of the day playing with the figures. He got out his Legos, and Mama, Chase and Nanaw made levels for the figures to jump on. Chase had a ham and cheese sandwich, cauliflower and broccoli for lunch. Mama had leftover tacos from last night's dinner. Nanaw had Santa Fe Beans and Rice. Mama left about 3 p.m. so she could walk the dogs. Chase stayed at Nanaw's house till five. He wanted to play in the water in the sink with the Mario figures so Nanaw set it up for him. Mama dis-invited Nanaw for New Year's Eve because of Covid. 

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house again on Wednesday to spend the day. Once again, Nanaw lit the balsam candle and built a fire to make a cozy place for everybody. Mama and Chase's project was putting together the roller coaster that Uncle Mike gave Chase for Christmas. They worked on it for a couple of hours but finally stopped because it was taking so long. While they worked on the roller coaster, Nanaw worked on her project -- making Christmas gift cards out of Christmas cards. Nanaw made four of them; three of them had dogs on them so they'll be for Mama. One had a Christmas tree on it so Nanaw told Chase that would be for him. Mama used Nanaw's computer to make Covid testing appointments at a Belleville Walgreen's for Saturday morning for Daddy, Mama, Chase and Grandma Pat. After Mama was finished with making the appointments, they had lunch. Mama brought a pizza to heat up in the oven, and Chase had a ham and cheese sandwich, cauliflower and broccoli. Mama decided not to have Nanaw over for New Year's Eve tomorrow night because of the Covid. After the Clue game, Nanaw got the Jurassic World Volcano game out of her closet, and the three of them played half a game. In the middle of game, Chase decided to he wanted to play with the game by himself, doing his own version of the game so that's what he did. Mama and Nanaw watched soap operas and then Hallmark movies. 

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Mama and Chase came over to Nanaw's house on Tuesday morning to spend the day. Daddy is working at home, and Mama didn't want them to bother or distract him. Nanaw lit the balsam candle and built a fire to make a cozy place for everybody. Nanaw got the Clue game out of her closet and set it out on the dining room table. Mama had to do a little work for awhile but then she was ready to play with Chase and Nanaw. They went through the Clue game to learn or re-learn how to play. Finally, they played two games of Clue; Mama won the first one, and Chase won the second game. Nanaw was so impressed that on his own, all by himself, Chase won the game. And he had a wonderful time playing. He really likes the Clue game, and so do Mama and Nanaw. In the afternoon, Aunt Becca called Mama to tell her that Uncle Stan had tested positive for Covid. Mama was worried about Chase, Daddy and herself being exposed. 

Monday, December 28, 2020

Mama has the week off this week. She brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Monday morning and then went back home. Before she left, Mama and Chase did the wishbone from the Christmas turkey. Once again, Mama and Chase tied in breaking the wishbone, just like at Thanksgiving. Mama's plans for the day are to work on cleaning Chase's closet and bookcase. Chase and Nanaw had a fun adventure. For his birthday, Nanaw gave Chase a painting rocks kit so that's what they did on Monday. In the kit is a big bag of rocks to paint. There also are the following: two groups of acrylic paint brushes; some cool glitter markers; and a page of tattoos to put on the rocks. Chase and Nanaw painted three rocks and had lots of fun together doing the painting. Nanaw wants to go hide the rocks in the park as surprises for people. But Chase doesn't want to hide the rocks or get rid of them. He wants to keep them. Nanaw told Chase that when they run out of rocks in the painting rocks kit. They can use the rocks in the rock garden in the front of Chase's house. Mama sent Mac n Cheese and ham for Chase's lunch, and he inhaled it, as Mama says. Nanaw's project for the day was making turkey soup for Uncle Mike, Mama and herself. When it was done, Nanaw gave Chase a bowl of soup as a snack. When Nanaw took Chase home, she went to Chase's room to see Mama's cleaning handiwork. Nanaw took a picture of the cleaned out closet and a picture of the straightened up bookcase. Nanaw was so proud.