Turkey Week: Monster Golf

Today, we had planned to go to the museum, since my wife was off work. But after she was up all night throwing up, we decided to postpone it and stay closer to home. So, Troy and I got up and drove to get donuts together. After a relaxing breakfast, and resting around the house for a few hours, Troy and I decided to go play Monster Putt-Putt golf, which is a monster-themed glow-in-the-dark indoor golf course. After the success of the pirate one in Arkansas, Troy was up for another round, as it were.

I didn’t bother keeping score this time since Troy spent most of the time sort of guiding his ball down the course rather than putting it. It only took us thirty minutes to go through the entire course, and that was only because I kept making him stop and look at the decorations. He was blowing through, because the last hole had a giant clown face, and he wanted a shot at hitting his ball into the clown’s mouth (which he missed, by the way, and got upset because the clown kept his ball anyway). But we had a lot of fun, and it was cool to see him get excited at the monster decorations.

He wasn’t ready to go home, so we went to the Stonebriar Centre, which was literally next door. Normally, I won’t let him ride the carousel in the food court, but since this was a special occasion, I relented. So, he mounted his war charger and proceeded to beat me around the circle, while I pretended to run along beside him. After a not-so-quick lunch at the food court…I mean it IS Troy after all…we headed over to the play area for a few hours for him to blow off some energy. Luckily, he didn’t blow off his corn dog as well. Not quite what I’d planned for the day, but a nice pivot. And really it’s not so much about the activity, as it is spending time with my son.