Monday, July 10, 2023

Chase had an exciting day on Monday. Daddy had the day off from work, and in the morning, he took Chase golfing at the golf course by the miniature golf course. Chase was so proud of his score; on nine holes he got a 51. Daddy had a 45, and Chase was glad Daddy only beat him by six points. After golf, Chase went home for lunch. Then Chase and Daddy came over to Nanaw's house for fishing lessons and to go fishing. They took the fishing rods, tackle boxes and chairs over to the dam where they usually fish. Daddy showed Chase and Nanaw how to put hooks, lures and sinkers on the fishing line. Nanaw doesn't have a fishing rod of her own so she'll ask Uncle Mike if there's one in her garage she can use to go fishing with Chase. After a while, Daddy went home, and Nanaw and Chase went to Nanaw's house. Chase played on the computer, and Nanaw worked on the laptop. Nanaw took Chase home at about 3:30. His friend Cole was coming over at four, after his day camp, to play with Chase. The first picture below is Nanaw's little fire pit she bought from Amazon -- and put together by herself. Will told her not to use it on the porch because the smoke would mess up her house. He said to use it on the sidewalk where none of the smoke would get at the house. In the evening, Nanaw built a fire in the fire pit and sat on the porch reading the newspaper and watching the fire.

Sunday, July 9, 2023

When Chase and Daddy got home from church on Sunday morning, they decided to go to the golf place and do some hitting of golf balls. They invited Mama to go along to play miniature golf. They all had a wonderful time and did well playing golf. For lunch, they went to Taco Bell and went inside to eat. At first Chase fussed about going inside but then decided he liked it. Tomorrow, Daddy has the day off from work, and he and Chase are going to play on the golf course at the driving range/miniature golf place. Then they're coming by Nanaw's house. Daddy is going to teach Nanaw and Chase how to put lures, bobbers and bait on fishing poles. Then Cole is coming to Chase's house after he gets home from camp to hang out with Chase. So Chase will have a busy day on Monday. On Sunday afternoon, Nanaw came over to Chase's house to visit with him. He was out in the backyard playing with the simple fireworks: poppers, smoke bombs and snakes. Chase did the purple smoke bomb as the big finale in honor of Nanaw and her favorite color, purple. As Chase and Nanaw were getting ready to go inside, Chase asked Nanaw if she was excited about their All-Star game sleepover Tuesday night. Nanaw said definitely. Chase and Nanaw played fireworks with the stuffed animals and then baseball with them Then they played hockey in the hall. It was a fun visit for Nanaw. The first picture below was Chase and Elias at Aunt Becca's Saturday night. The second one is little Chase by his little bed holding Tee Tee. The third and fourth pictures are smoke bombs and snakes.

Saturday, July 8, 2023

On Saturday, Nanaw came back from the little house in the early afternoon to see Chase before he went to Aunt Becca's house for her annual Fourth of July fireworks party. Chase was outside playing while Daddy packed up Chase's baseball net so Chase and cousin Elias could play baseball out in the field at Aunt Becca's. Chase was very excited about the fireworks because Daddy said he could set some of them off. Chase especially wanted to set off a Saturn fireworks thing, whatever that is. Chase and Nanaw went inside to play. Mama was making bacon-wrapped Little Smokies to take to Aunt Becca's and the bacon smelled really yummy. Chase and Nanaw played pizza restaurant with the stuffed animals. Chase was the chef, two of the stuffed animals were waiters, and Nanaw helped two of the stuffed animals be customers. Nanaw is very excited about Tuesday night. Mama and Daddy are going to sell Queen of Hearts tickets at Sunset Overlook to benefit ICS, and Chase is coming to Nanaw's to watch the All-Star Game. When Mama told Chase about it, he said, "And spend the night?" and Mama said yes. Nanaw asked Chase if he wanted Sonic for dinner Tuesday night, and he said, "Yes!" 

Friday, July 7, 2023

On Friday morning, Chase and Nanaw turned right on their morning walk, in hopes of seeing the kitty but no such luck. They checked the library box, and the book Nanaw left is still there. In the middle of the day, Chase and Nanaw went on an errand adventure. First, they went to the bank to get cash and a Dum Dum for Chase. Then they went to Telegraph Road Walmart to return a fire pit that Nanaw bought there Thursday evening. It was 28 inches wide, which is too wide for Nanaw's front porch. So Nanaw ordered a small one from Amazon that's 22 inches wide and that will arrive July 13 or 14. In school, Chase took the decimals test. The first page is multiplying decimals, with 12 problems, and Chase got all 12 right. The second page is dividing decimals, and Chase missed three out 14. Nanaw figured out his grade -- it was an 88, which is a B. So he did a lot better. Maybe next Friday, he'll get a 100. Mama, Daddy and Chase went to Reifschneider's for dinner, and they all had smashed hamburgers, which everybody liked. The first two pictures show Chase's new hair trim that he got yesterday at Great Clips (he looks so cool). The last picture is of a rainbow Nanaw saw in Washington on her way to the little house.

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Chase and Nanaw went for their walk on Thursday morning. They went the left way, and Chase let Nanaw take a picture of him by the bush, which always makes her happy. The first picture below is the bush picture. The second picture is one that Mama sent to Nanaw today of little Chase with Tee Tee in his mouth. Because Nanaw had an appointment in the afternoon, they had the first hour of school earlier in the day. Nanaw told Chase that tomorrow was the first day for him taking the decimals test again that he did badly on in school (Nanaw typed it so he can take it every week for the rest of the summer). He got a D on it, which is the first time he ever got a D. Hopefully, it will also be the last time. They've been studying decimals since the beginning of summer school, and Chase is doing quite well with them. Nanaw took Chase back to his house in the afternoon while Nanaw went to her appointment. She picked him up at about 3:30 and went back to her house for the last hour of school. In the morning, he'd done his math and English. In the afternoon, he did the Bridge book, the state capitals, and they read in the One and Only Bob book. When Nanaw brought Chase back home at 4:30, Daddy took him to Great Clips to get a trim of his hockey hair. Chase wants to let his hair grow long like some of his hockey teammates. 

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Chase and Nanaw had breakfast before they went for their morning walk. They turned right out of Nanaw's house because they wanted to see the kitty. But the kitty was nowhere to be seen. At the end of the walk, Chase ran partway back to Nanaw's house. Nanaw likes to see him run. Nanaw used her walking stick again, and it makes it easier to walk. Nanaw has a physical therapy appointment tomorrow afternoon to see if they can help with her veering when she walks. For lunch, Chase had a wheels and cheese frozen dinner and really liked it. Today's school session started off with the gratitude journal. They're going to do that every day from now on. Everybody was grateful for electricity, of course! Chase and Nanaw concentrated on writing letters and numbers in the first hour of school. They've heard that Chase's 6th-grade teacher is especially interested in good handwriting and numbers and good punctuation. So Chase and Nanaw are going to make sure he can do those things to the best of his ability. Chase wasn't holding his pencil correctly so Nanaw helped him with that, although he still has sort of his own way of holding the pencil. They're going to trade off each day with letters -- printing one day and cursive the next day. They'll practice on numbers the most because Chase is the worst at numbers. Nanaw can't read his math answers, and she doesn't know how his teachers did. Nanaw missed packing u p Creeper, and when Chase texted about him, Nanaw sent a picture of Creeper all by himself on the bed. Chase texted back, asking for Creeper to have some friends with him, especially Linus (the new lemur they bought at Wally's last week.)  Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky gave Chase some reusable water balloons, and Chase played with those after Nanaw took him home. 

Happy Fourth of July, July 4, 2023

The first two pictures below are from Monday night when Mama, Chase, Sam, Sylvester and Tyler spent the night at Nanaw's house. The last three are from Tuesday morning. Nanaw took the group home about 10 a.m. They were planning to go to the new Bass Pro Shop in South County later in the day, and Nanaw asked if she could go along to see the new place. Nanaw came back at about 11:45 and they all went on the adventure. Mama and Daddy decided to go to lunch first, and they went to Longhorn. Mama had French onion soup and a chicken sandwich and fries; Daddy had a hamburger and fries; Chase had lots of bread, plus chicken nuggets and fries; and Nanaw had a strawberry pecan salad. After lunch, they went to Bass Pro and walked around exploring. Mama bought two key chains with flashlights on them; and Daddy bought a thing to weigh his fish, a tee shirt, cotton candy for Chase and lots of other things. It was a fun adventure, and the Bass Pro is closer than the one in St. Charles.