Holes in One, Skateboarding, and Making Applesauce

Nicholas' weekend has been dominated by two major elements: athletic activities with Uncle Andrew and cooking with Grandma.

On Friday afternoon Nicholas got 2 legitimate no cheating holes in 1 while we were playing mini golf!  Here is his scorecard from the game:

From 2012 October

The only exception to normal rules that he played by was that he played some of the holes multiple times and in those cases we recorded the lowest score.  Unfortunately I didn't have the camera running for either of his holes in 1, but here is what he did, when I asked him to re-do a hole he had just gotten a hole in 1 on.

From 2012 October

You can see here his strengths and weaknesses.  His first hit is amazing and when he gets within a foot of the hole he can putt, but his middle game is pretty bad.  (Hence he got more 1s than 2s.)  You can also see in the scorecard that Nicholas' score dropped off towards the end once he decided that his primary goal was to hit the ball up the ramp to whatever the obstacle was instead of aiming for the hole. There is another video in the Gallery of him telling his Grandma and Grandpa about his holes in 1.

Nicholas and Uncle Andrew also played catch,

From 2012 October

worked on hitting tennis balls (which I didn't get pictures of), and Andrew taught Nicholas to skateboard.

From 2012 October

From 2012 October

Now, this skateboarding did lead to another face plant (from sitting on the board, not standing), which knocked  the front tooth a little looser, but since Nicholas has spent most of the weekend throwing himself face first into chairs and couches, it was inevitable that he would jar the tooth at some point.

The other major category of activities involved gardening and cooking.  Tonight for dinner we had Russian Pastries Nicholas had filled with meat, green beans Nicholas had helped pick, and applesauce Nicholas had helped make.  I am always reminded on these occasions how much more well-behaved he is when he is helping.  I need to remember to involve him more often.

And Russian Pastries and homemade applesauce!!!  It makes me wish we were staying a couple more days so I could have leftovers.  Or that the TSA rules weren't so different from my childhood, when my grandparents would bring jars of homemade applesauce to us in California in their carry-on.

It was so good to see Andrew again and Nicholas is totally smitten.

From 2012 October

From 2012 October