Family Outing

We enjoyed a trip to the local Black Light Mini Golf Course on Randy's day off last week.  The boys played and Randy assisted while I carried our sleeping baby Alaina.  We were the first customers of the morning and it took a while for the lights to warm up so we weren't sure we would be able to see very well, but by the back nine holes it was much easier to see.  The first nine holes are a animal/jungle theme, and the last nine holes are dinosaurs.  Randy and I went once on a date night, and I took Travis on a mommy-Travis day, and he has been asking to go back forever.  It's a little expensive, but you only have to play if you play, so Randy and I were able to go through without paying.  Which really helps because the boys need lots of corralling.  They were all over the place!  So glad we were the first ones in so we got a good head start on the next group.

There was a whole lot of checking out where the ball went.  This one he could almost crawl through!

Oh, oh!  He lost his ball!  Randy had to find it under the octopus' rock.

Since we didn't do any school that day, Travis did some reading and learned some interesting facts about animals.  Check out his cool Sports Camp wristband.  That post coming soon.

Justin really wanted to golf on his own, but he didn't always get the concept of hitting the ball with the flat side of the club...

or that you couldn't touch the ball.  When he couldn't hit it through the tiki mask, he just rolled it through.

Yeah!  It worked!

The boys spent a lot of time watching the ball go under things.

All in all, it was a fun outing.  The boys all enojyed themselves, even Randy.  He borrowed the short putters and tried a few shots himself.  I hope it doesn't give him an advantage the next time he and I go golfing!  It's a really different golfing experience, and perfect for hot Houston summers when you don't really want to go outside.  You really need to watch where you walk so you don't trip.  Justin took a few tumbles, but nothing major.  I think he is very good at falling!  We will definitely do it again sometime!