To protect the innocent, names have been changed and faces are obscured (other than Eli's of course, I have permission from his parents to plaster his face all over this blog).
I'm not sure if any of the boys have ever done mini-golf before, but it was Eli's first time. On the way up, we went over some of the rules with him, but they were all lost once he was in the element.
I went over to the booth with the boys and got their balls and clubs. They, of course, all wanted blue golf balls. I tried to explain that they should each get a different color, but they all chose blue. This was lots of fun later on as we tried to figure out whose was whose at every hole.
The first 9 holes were on a shadier side of the course and we took our time. We of course had rude people right behind us who golfed super fast and were always standing on our green before we were done putting our hole. Eli even managed to get a hole in one on the 4th hole! It was shocking. I wish I had got it on video!
The last 9 holes were sunnier and the boys just wanted to finish so things didn't go as smoothly. We got some Powerade to boost them up and keep them hydrated. We finished in about an hour, with about a million "re-do's" and only a few arguments over who was going first.
After mini-golf we had ice cream and opened presents. We were running way ahead of schedule so in order to kill time, Dave took some swings in the batting cage. I'm not sure what was wrong with that batting cage because every ball was pitched at Dave's knees. Somebody must have a low strike zone.
All in all, it was a fun day. The boys had a blast and Eli loved it. I'm just glad we got to do something special for Eli because he deserves a few hours all to himself.
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