Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Lil' Putt Putt


I've reached the ripe old age of ... (I say the actual number under my breath), and last weekend was my first venture into Miniature Golf. It was a lot more fun than I could imagine. It also was a great activity for preschooler and adult alike. Who knew?

It was for our boys' best friend's fourth birthday. He is five months younger than our oldest, and nine months older than our youngest, and Caleb and Xander adore him. He also live two houses from ours, and the boys play together almost everyday during the summer, and on weekends during the winter. (My boys are in full-time daycare, and in the winter it gets dark too early to play outside after 6 pm.)

Having no lil' putt putt experience, I didn't know what to expect. One image was my youngest using a golf club to bash my oldest over the head ... but happily that didn't happen.


We arrived at Golfland around 12 pm. The facility had golf clubs for preschoolers and toddlers. I had no expectations that my kids would understand the game. Xander was also super tired and a bit scattered that day, so my only strategy was to make sure that he stayed out of the water feature ... but it turns out that four year olds get the game. Caleb on the other hand is a natural and could whack the ball like nobodies business, but didn't really get the point. He did like the castle, dragons, windmill, and other features.


Jonathan and our neighbor got a little competitive, and happily helped their four year olds accomplish holes-in-one among other feats of miniature golf grandeur. I can safely say that I would take the boys back to miniature golf, and at $6 a game it is an affordable afternoon family activity.

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