Putt Putt & Family Fun

My family was here visiting from Georgia for a few days.  As seems to be par for the course, Carder got sick as they were on their way.  The first couple of days were spent trying to keep his fever under control (at times it was 102 even after fever reducer).

We spent the time that he was feeling up to it just hanging around the house and playing.  There was an afternoon that we spent a couple of hours decorating our backyard with sidewalk chalk.  Or, perhaps you could say we decorated Carder's pants with sidewalk chalk as his pants ended up being multi colored by the end of the activity.

When he finally felt a bit better, we decided to venture out to play putt putt.  This was Carder's first time on a course and we weren't quite sure what to expect.  We also got a later start than I had intended, so I was anticipating a meltdown fairly early in our course.

 

Carder decided that instead of putting from the tee, it was much more fun just to start his putt from right next to the cup.  And instead of taking one turn per hole, he took as many as 4 or 5.  Who can blame him, though?  Aren't the best putts the ones that go in?

 

He did really well with taking turns and letting everyone take their shots.  He did begin to meldown a bit on the 17th hole, but did wonderfully otherwise.

 

It really was a great deal of fun.  I would highly recommend Miniature Golf as an activity with a toddler.

Carder Starting His Putt - from right next to the cup

Another fine starting point for Carder

Oh, and since the course was pirate themed, Carder got a bag of pirate booty and a pirate hat as well.  Inside the booty was this little eye patch that has been quite a bit of entertainment for the toddler and adults alike.

Arghhhh!  Walk the Plank, Matey!