As part of his birthday gift, we gave Sky his choice of an outing with us that included lunch. He chose miniature golf. This is a five-day school holiday for the boys, and I want to know why we didn’t get five-day October school holidays when we were in school! With all that available time and the beautiful weather, today was a perfect day to go golfing.
Sky had the power to choose the lunch venue and he chose–where else?–Steak ‘n’ Shake. Surprise! The boys (Sky and Dylan) ordered chicken fingers and large shakes. Just to give him a hard time, I asked Sky if he was confident that he could finish a large shake. His response was, “It’s been done.” Sure enough, it was done again.
From there, it was on to the 18-hole miniature golf course. Is there any skill required to play miniature golf? I’m pretty sure the answer is “no.” The course is simple and easy, yet rigged with hills, ridges, traps, and grades. Any kid who can hit a ball with a golf club can play, and any real golfer enters an alternate universe compared to a real golf course. It was fun.
I needed seven strokes on an early par 2 hole, so we made seven the maximum score any of us would get. There were a few 7s on our score card that were at least representative of the actual number of swings required. Ted (who was a high school jock) scored 46, the lowest score by almost 20 points. Sky, Dylan, and I are considering limiting him to scorekeeping next time because he’s too much better than we are. The three of us scored above 60 on the par 36 course. The good news is that the more strokes it took us, the longer we got to play! How’s that for putting a positive spin on a high golf score?
At the end of the game, we all agreed that on another beautiful day we’d like to do this again. Score for Grandma and Grandpa!
Sky reaching to retrieve his ball from the hole.
Ted going after his ball in the same hole.
Dylan making a putt.
Me–the only one who shot a hole-in-one. It wasn’t enough to get close to Ted’s score.