Chef Chase

For his good behavior at school, Chase was given an award.  Each week, the name of every child who was given an award that week, is thrown into a hat.  And, winners are drawn randomly for special treats.

Chase was one of the lucky winners to be a chef for a day!!  On the menu?  Pizza! 

He made his own pizza in the school cafeteria right before the start of his lunch shift.  And, he had a great time doing it!  What an awesome reward!

Did it snow in Chase's room...?

Oh wait, no.  This is what happens when:


(1) Your great-uncle Mark gets you a really cool workbench, and

(2) Your Dad carries it upstairs to your room in the box, but says, "Don't touch it" and promises to put it together in the next day or so, and

(3) You are just soooo impatient you can't possibly think about waiting!!!!!

"I know....I can assemble it myself!  I'll get all 9875 pieces out of the box and try to....  Better yet....all this Styrofoam is awesome!  And, much more fun than actually trying to figure out how to assemble this workbench!"

"A Turkey For Thanksgiving" by Chase

Mrs. Ullah puts together a collection of stories every year about the Thanksgiving turkey, as told by her Kindergarten students.  These stories are so cute, and definitely something to look back on one day for a chuckle.  Chase was so proud of his story that he had me read it out loud. Let me tell you, that was no easy task when I literally was holding back the laughter!  By the time I got to the end, I had tears running down my face from trying not to laugh! 

How cute this is story?  (I love how he makes Mommy out to be the laziest one of  the bunch!!!  Too funny!)

And, if you want to compare the boys' story-telling abilities, here is the link to Cole's story from when he was in Kindergarten! 
 http://coleandchase.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-storyby-cole.html

Funnies

The amount of funny things that happen around here on a daily basis could not possibly be captured!  However, here are a couple that happened just yesterday that I am still laughing about today...  :)

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Before bedtime, Chase was telling me all about the money he had in his bedroom.  He had counted it a couple of times and was so proud of it!  I told him that we really needed to put that into the bank where it would be safe.  Of course, being 5 years old, he didn't quite get the concept of keeping money in the bank.  But, I really thought Cole did....

Mom:  Chase, we really should take your money to the bank and not keep it in your room.
Chase:  No one is stealing it, Mom! I want to leave it here.
Mom:  Well, if we take it to the bank, you can always go get it anytime you want it back.  Plus, the bank pay you even more money to keep it there!
Chase:  They will?
Mom:  Yes, its called interest.
Cole:  Ooooooh....it is???  I thought it was Pinterest!

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Chase:  Mom, how do you spell "see?"

Mom:  S-e-e

Chase:  NO!!!  I mean, how do you spell "see?"

Mom:  S-e-e

Chase:  NO!!!!  I'm talking about A, B, C, D...

Mom:  Oh, well....that's not a word, Chase.  That's a letter.  You spell it with just a letter "C."

Chase:  But how do you spell it???

Mom: You don't spell it, its just a letter!  Its just "c".

Chase:  Sigh.  Nevermind.  You don't get it.

Election Day!

This morning, Cole got all dressed up in his red, white and blue!  He wanted to be patriotic for Election Day!  As he was eating breakfast, we asked him some questions about the candidates and who he thought we should vote for.  He surprised us by reciting lines from all those policitcal ads on TV!  Who knew he was paying THAT much attention?!?

After a few minutes of discussion, Daddy decided that the best thing to do would be to take Cole to the polls so that he could see exactly how to vote and what an election really meant.  So, off they went to the polls before school!

After school, the boys got off the school bus so excited to tell me all about the elections they voted in during school.  Chase was even wearing an "I Voted" sticker that he made at school!

 

 

Here is the voting booth Chase made at school!

 



So sorry you're sick, Cole.

Cole missed school today.  He came down with a stomach virus last night, and was sick all night.  Chase slept through the whole event, so he didn't know anything was up until I woke him for school this morning.  He wasn't too sure about riding the school bus without Cole, so he said he would only do so if I promised to pick him up from school in the afternoon.  (Always such a negotiator...) 

 

When I picked him up after school, he couldn't wait to show me the note he had written during his free time at school today. 

 

Here he is holding it.

 

 

 

 

Close-up of what it says -- "Cole, i i am saree that you are sic" ( In other words: Cole, I am sorry that you are sick.)  Isn't he sweet???