Category: Chase

A few weeks ago, we had Chase go to a free kids’ hockey clinic at the ice arena. Pace took some cute pictures of this boy, who had a blast.

Just look at that miniature hockey player!

Chase likes playing hockey a lot more than just taking ice skating lessons. He still has to take 3 more basic levels of ice skating to be able to start playing hockey (3 down, 3 to go). But each level only takes 6 weeks, so he can be playing hockey within a few months if he wants to!

We’re not forcing him along, mind you. He’s on a break right now because he was tired of having the same teacher and the same one girl in his ice skating class. But as soon as he’s ready, he’ll be back on the bandwagon!

Chase enjoyed doing his valentines this year. I’d bought some cards for cheap last year (the day after V-Day), so they were ready to have names written on them & some "Blow Pops” taped to them.

Chase looked at the list of the names of his preschool classmates and wrote them down all by himself. He didn’t even have to look for Jaxon’s name because he has that one memorized. :)  I’m proud of his cute little handwriting.

He got to have one of the Blow Pops after he got all his valentines ready. Charlotte had a Tootsie Pop because I won’t let her have gum.

They had decorated “mailboxes” at preschool (cereal boxes covered in red paper). I loved his box!

Charlotte enjoyed sharing in the loot that Chase brought home, although there wasn’t much left by then!

Last night as I was putting Chase to bed, he asked me about slaves. He wanted to know what slaves were and how a person became a slave. So I started with Egyptian slaves and recounted any slave examples I could all the way up till slaves of the South. He asked if slaves were bad guys or good guys, the same about the slave’s owners, how much they got to eat and such. After emphasizing all the points I wanted to and trying to teach the ethical values I thought he was thinking about, I inquired why he wanted to know:

Me: “Did you talk about slaves today at school, or see some on a show?”
Chase: “No, it’s just I don’t eat much and I help out a lot”

Chase finished his first ice skating lessons a couple weeks ago. For the record, his ultimate goal is not to be a graceful figure skater, but rather a rough & tough hockey player. He had a good time at his lessons, most importantly, but also he was good at it! He could skate quickly, even if he fell on his butt a lot… His teacher remarked that he has great speed, just needs to bend his knees more and not flail his arms (makes him lose his balance). He passed both Level 1&2, so he gets to be in Level 3 next time! We’re so proud of Chase.

I was going to post a really cute video of him in action, but of course I accidentally deleted it. Sorry!

P.S. Today is our 6th Anniversary! Yay!

If you’re sick of us posting about soccer, have no fear. This may very well be the last post about it for a while, since we just had our last game on Saturday! It definitely dominated our lives for a month, because the games were held twice a week. But it was a great season! Pace undertook quite the job when he volunteered to coach the team. But the kids loved him, and I think Pace was glad he did it, after all.

Below are some photos I took when they were taking individual and team shots that you could order. I decided to just do our own shots Unfortunately, two girls didn’t make it for the team photo, but we won’t ever forget them.

Below they’re doing a team cheer they did after each game. Also, Pace distributed their gold medals after the last game, telling each one how they were important to the team. He said he hadn’t intended to do that, but he had to continue with each child after he’d started. To one particular kid who never paid attention and constantly wrapped his shirt over his head and such, Pace said, “You were…. memorable.” All the parents laughed, because it was true!

Chase always enjoyed the team “snacks” that were distributed by different parents after each game. These were no orange slices, folks. They were full-on junk food/desserts. But hey, the kids loved them!

Chase has scored a lot this soccer season, and we are so proud of how hard he plays. We’re glad if he runs the whole game really, but on some occasions we are really proud. If you didn’t get a chance to come see him play, just watch this clip 12 times and that’s pretty much a game.

Update, here’s one from Grandaddy’s angle.

While Joy posts about her dessert tastes, I’d like to mention this awesome tid bit from yesterday. Chase said that this was his favorite song, and that he loved it.

Three Dog Night’s, Old Fashioned Love Song… yeah an oldie. I thought it was SO great that this 4 year old wanted to rock out to music his Grandparents listened to. At least I’ve done something right.

Actually, whenever Chase rides with me he asks to stop on the oldies station. He says he likes it the most. I try to rotate around the stations and tell him what the different types of music are. So far he prefers Oldies, RAP, and Heavy Metal…. weird kid. Must get the RAP and Heavy Metal from his mother.