"I Made a Golf!"

This afternoon we took Nicholas to the nearby indoor mini-golf course (just before closing time when it was less crowded). We figured it would be a fun way for him to let off some steam, and if he played a little golf, so much the better.

He had a blast, and it turns out he's figured out quite a bit since we last took him six months ago. We had to work with him a little on how to hold the putter properly (and he still only sort of has it, and then only some of the time), and he struggled to let the ball stop wherever it wanted to.

From 2011 December

And he frequently would pick up the ball and move it close to the hole and then hit it in from there.

From 2011 December

But he kept his focus for seventeen of the eighteen holes, trying only to play each hole multiple times. And he really had a lot of control with the putter, figuring out that he should hit the ball more softly when it was close to the hole. Most fun of all though, was that each time he sank a putt he proclaimed, "I made a golf!"

From 2011 December

There are a few more photos in the December 2011 album.

It's an expensive outing, but now that we know it's something he enjoys so much, we're already planning our next visit.