Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Once again, Chase was excited about going to Camp Invention. Today, everybody wore hats. Chase wore his Cardinals hat. Once again, Nanaw took a picture of Chase when she dropped him off. She also talked to the registration lady about the photo permission, Mama was sure she'd checked the box giving permission so Nanaw asked the lady to make sure. She said yes. In the Camp Invention newsletter for day three, they talked about the boys and girls challenging their thoughts and thinking of new ways to do things. For Collaboration, the newsletters says that through teamwork, they’re learning to show empathy and acceptance of people and ideas. After camp, despite Chase's protests, Chase and Nanaw went to the new Telegraph Road Dollar Tree. They really liked it. Chase especially liked that they had ice cream. He selected cookies and cream and birthday cake. Nanaw tasted the birthday cake ice cream and it really did taste like birthday cake. They bought a Snickers and a Reese's peanut butter cup.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Chase was once again excited to go to Camp Invention and happy to see his friends. Today, he wore one of his Cardinals' shirts, as instructed by the camp counselors. Nanaw took the pictures below of Chase playing with his friends. The counselors sent out a newsletter that told about camp activities. Day One activities included: Road Rally, Solar Bot, Duck Chuck and Open Mic. When Nanaw picked Chase up from camp, she got to see Brady and his Dad. Chase was playing Duck, Duck, Goose when Nanaw got there. On the way home, Chase told Nanaw that Camp Invention gets better every day. Chase and Nanaw talked about what he did in camp. He said he got wet when they were outside but that it felt good because it was hot outside. Chase postponed the visit to the new Telegraph Road Dollar Tree again. So Nanaw will try for tomorrow. Chase left Tee Tee on the couch at Nanaw's house so Nanaw made a special trip to take him back home. Chase had an 8 o'clock baseball game on Tuesday night -- a late game so Nanaw didn't go. 

Monday, June 14, 2021

Monday was a major day of excitement and adventure for Chase. It was his first day of Camp Invention, the STEM camp in Waterloo. His friends Brady, Connor and Nick were in his orange group. The name of one of his team leaders name was Chase (something that wowed Chase) and the other one was Sam. Nanaw found a convenient parking place in front of the building and walked Chase in and signed him in. She took a picture of Chase for his first day of camp. When Nanaw picked Chase up from camp, she had to park around the corner. It was far away and very hot. Tomorrow Nanaw will go early and find a place closer to park. Chase told Nanaw about all the things they did in camp. They made green sea slugs, and crickets. They had lunch in the lunch room. They played with microphones. Tomorrow they wear their favorite sports team's shirt. Wednesday, they wear a hat. On Thursday, they wear something crazy. Then on Friday everybody wears the yellow camp shirt. Chase liked camp so much, and Nanaw is glad he had a wonderful time, even though Nanaw missed him very much. Back at Nanaw's house, Chase did all kinds of experiments with green paint, white paint, baking soda and vinegar. He made a huge mess, including getting green paint on his orange shirt, but it was okay because he had such a great time.

Sunday, June 13, 2021

At noon, Chase and Mama picked up Nanaw for an adventure. They did a reconnaissance drive to Waterloo to find the school where Chase is going to Camp Invention tomorrow. It's easy to find and the only question is where Nanaw takes Chase inside and where she picks him up each day when camp is over. Then they drove to find the dump where Nanaw took her big TV and where Daddy is going to take the mattress and box springs from Grandma Pat's room. In the evening, Nanaw came over for dinner. Before dinner, Nanaw pitched to Chase for a little while before going in to eat. For dinner, they had hot dogs, Italian sausage and beef bratwurst and Caesar salad. After dinner, Chase and Nanaw had a wonderful time playing baseball with the guys on Chase's bed. Then Chase went outside to play kickball with Daddy. When Chase came in the house, Brady was calling him on his tablet so Chase took the tablet into his room to talk to Brady.

Saturday, June 12, 2021

On Saturday morning, Nanaw went over to Chase's house for a bacon breakfast, a tradition after Uncle Mike and Mama's special day. Mama also had quite the selection of mini donuts to choose from. While they were waiting for breakfast to be ready, Chase and Nanaw snuggled on his bed with his stuffed animals. It was great fun. Chase showed Nanaw how his Daddy had painted the hall. Chase was very proud of it. On his way home, Uncle Mike stopped at Nanaw's house to cut a piece of wood to make a shelf. Because of the fire, Uncle Mike doesn't have any wood or saws he can use. Chase and his Mama and Daddy had quite the adventure planned for the rest of the day. They went out to Uncle Chris's house in Silex so that Chase could go swimming with Elias. For lunch, they went to the Knight's Owl café; Mama had chicken tenders and said they were delicious. Nanaw will have to find out what Chase had. Mama said Chase swam for a few hours but then he cut his toes on the deck and they bled a lot and he was pretty upset. Mama told him he was very brave, and he wanted Mama to tell Nanaw he was brave.

Friday, June 11, 2021

Nanaw had a doctor's appointment on Friday morning so she waited till she was done to go to Chase's house to pick him up. Mama and Daddy were both off work; Mama for special day with Uncle Mike and Daddy to paint the hall. Before Uncle Mike got there, Mama and Chase went to Schnuck's and Columbia Dollar Tree. Chase picked out some pool toys for Uncle Mike because Uncle Mike's got ruined in the fire. Chase was playing with his tablet at his house, then he played with it at Nanaw's house. Chase and Nanaw did school until it was time to go to Chase's house. Chase played in his swimming pool before and after dinner. He's such a water boy and loves playing in his pool. For dinner, everybody had Papa Murphy's pizza. Chase had a little Mini Murph, which he made for himself. The name of the pizza for the adults was The Cowboy. They also had cheese garble bread. For dessert, they had angel food cake and whipped cream, brownies and a small decorated cookie cake, Nanaw pitched some whiffle balls to Chase, and then some water balloons to Mama. Mama, Daddy and Chase played with the water balloons and had a great time splashing and breaking them. 

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Chase and Nanaw went downstairs around noon on Thursday. The cleaning lady was coming but Merry Maids couldn't give Nanaw a time, just afternoon. She and her trainee ended up coming around 3:15 so Chase and Nanaw spent a long time downstairs. Chase played on the tablet and the Switch and also talked to Brady. Then Chase took a picture of himself with Tee Tee and sent it to Mama and Nanaw on Facebook Messenger Kid. Very smart little boy. School went well, without as much complaining and fussing as usual. When Mama got off work, she came over to Nanaw's house to pick up Chase and Nanaw for their shopping adventure to the mall. Nanaw bought two of her favorite hand soap -- Black Cherry Merlot. Mama bought something like 12 or 14 hand soaps. Chase had a great time smelling all the various soaps -- it was really cute. After Bath Body, Mama offered Chase a pretzel or candy from the candy store. He chose candy. Mama got her own bag; Chase picked out candy Legos -- very cute.