Monday, March 15, 2021

When Nanaw picked Chase up from school and he got in the car and saw the Curious George books on the back seat, he said, "It's not nice to force someone to do something, especially read books." Nanaw did her speech again how she and Mama want Chase to love books and reading like they do. Nanaw thinks Chase actually does like reading the Curious George books. He read the back cover of one of them that had a list of books on it, and told Nanaw which ones he'd already read. When they got home, Nanaw showed Chase the little box that the Curious George books are in and the next book he's going to read is Curious George Goes to the Movie. Nanaw looked at Chase's culture homework and saw that it had questions about his ancestors so Nanaw answered the questions for Mama's side of the family. Nanaw had put some toys on the kitchen counter for Chase to play with, but he decided he wanted to bring in more toys so Nanaw suggested that they put them on the living room floor. Chase played with them for about an hour, then said he wanted to play with the tablet. Next he played with the computer.

Sunday, March 14, 2021

On Sunday evening, Nanaw went over to Chase's house to visit him and to have lasagna for dinner.  The other day, Mama asked Chase what he wanted for dinner on Sunday, and he said Grandma Pat's lasagna. So Mama made lasagna from Grand Pat's recipe.  It was delicious -- Daddy, Chase and Mama agreed. Mama gave Nanaw some to take home with her -- Yay! After dinner, Chase and Nanaw played in the Gascar chair with some of Chase's toys: his toy soldiers; a big dinosaur; and the Mario guys. They had battles and shipwrecks and lots of lava. It was really fun. Chase had hockey practice at 7:30 so he had to get in his gear to be ready for practice. Next week is his last practice. Mama said she doesn't know if Will is going to sign him up again. Mama got her Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine shot this morning at the Belleville Fairgrounds. She said it hurt but that was the only side effect she had.

 

 

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Mama brought Chase over to Nanaw's house on Saturday morning while she went to the grocery store. Chase brought along a limited number of guys: Tee Tee, of course, Eep, Creeper, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Fluffy. Fluffy Jr. and Azul came to play with the guys and then went home with Chase for a sleepover. Chase and Nanaw played with the Pokemon card maker app on Nanaw's phone, and Nanaw started a John Adams card that has Chase's face in it. They'll finish it on Monday. Chase also played at the kitchen counter with his Pokemon cards, his Mario guys, his Rubix cube and two of his fidget spinners. Chase played with Nanaw's phone while lying on one of the living room couches -- very cute. The plan was that at 11, they would go outside and Chase would roller blade on Nanaw's driveway, But Mama was early coming to pick Chase up, so there was no roller blading. But it was a fun time. 

Friday, March 2, 2021

Uncle Mike came over to Nanaw's house on Friday morning and installed new overhead lights on both sides of Nanaw's house. When Nanaw picked Chase up, he was so happy to see Tee Tee. Nanaw told him how much Tee Tee missed him and that Nanaw had set a reminder on Alex about remembering Tee Tee. Chase wanted to go to the little park by the library but Nanaw said no. On the way home, they went by Chase's house to get his retainer and the buys. When they got to Nanaw's house, Chase wanted to play with his scooter and roller blades. So they had a great time with Chase riding the scooter on the driveway and roller balding on the driveway. Chase had Nanaw use the timer and stopwatch to keep track of what he was doing. Evidently, Nanaw gave Chase too much to eat because he threw up all over Pawpaw's bathroom. Nanaw called Mama to tell her they'd be a few minutes late because Nanaw had to clean up the mess. On the way home, Chase read one of the Curious George books. So far, he's read about three of them while Nanaw is driving. Nanaw is trying to interest Chase in reading so she gives him books to read in the car. After Nanaw took Chase home, they went on a reconnaissance drive to Belleville so Mama could find the fairgrounds where she's getting her Covid vaccine on Sunday.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

It was pouring down rain when Nanaw picked Chase up from school. Nanaw tried to hold her umbrella over him but he still got a little wet. They stopped by Chase's house to get his retainer and the guys. Instead of going straight home to Nanaw's house, they went to the library so Nanaw could return books and pick up a book on tape. She brought along a book for Chase to read on the way: Curious George Goes to a Parade.  Chase read it and then fell asleep. At home, Nanaw got out Chase's heavy reading book and they talked about his reading assignment and tomorrow's reading test. Nanaw gave Chase Baby Bells and other cheese as a snack, along with yogurt and applesauce. Chase played on the computer for awhile before Nanaw took him home. Unfortunately, Nanaw forgot to pack Tee Tee in the bag of guys. In the evening, Mama sent Nanaw a text about the missing Tee Tee, then Chase and Mama called Nanaw. Mama said Nanaw shouldn't bring Tee Tee to Chase. Nanaw said she had a fire in the fireplace or else she would.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, he was excited about having given his John Adams presentation. He told Nanaw that he'd done a good job. He also told her that yesterday when Amelie B. gave her presentation on John Quincy Adams, Chase said, "My son!" For homework tonight he has to study for a social studies test, do his AR reading and do a math page of multiplication problems. After school, Chase and Nanaw went to the little park by the library. Chase thought Brady was going to be there and maybe Andrew, too. But neither one was there so they went home. Chase was disappointed. At Nanaw's house, Chase had the last piece of chocolate cake. He also ate the grapes and strawberries Mama sent for him. He played on Nanaw's phone, on the computer and on the tablet. Nanaw is going to make sure he's being a good boy at school or else he doesn't get to play on any devices. 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

When Nanaw picked Chase up from school, she asked about his John Adams presentation, and he said he didn't do his today; he was going to be first on Wednesday. They went to his house to get his retainer and the guys. He only brought Tee Tee and Bag Jack. Nanaw already had Chase's scooter in the back of her car. Chase didn't think Andrew was going to be at the park but he was and that made Chase very happy. Andrew's grandma said originally Andrew was going to go with his grandpa to work on his go-cart. But when Chase said he was going to the park, Andrew changed his mind and wanted to go to the park. They stayed till 4, which made Chase happy. He didn't fuss too much about leaving, especially since Nanaw let him play with her phone while they drove home. Nanaw gave Chase a piece of chocolate cake as his snack. He played on the computer, and made his own Pokemon cards, as shown below in the pictures. Nanaw had to have Chase home by 5 because Mama wanted him to do his homework before his baseball practice. Chase and Nanaw left his retainer case at Nanaw's house, so Nanaw brought it back to Chase's house after she went to Waterloo Schnuck's. On the way back from Waterloo, Nanaw saw a really cool Ghostbusters vehicle, and at a stoplight, she took a picture of it.