Golfing with Daddy

Last week Eli got to have his first golfing experience with his Daddy. This is something Josh has been looking forward to ever since Eli was born. He is so ready to get Eli his own set of clubs so they can go hit the range together. It makes me happy because this is something special that they can share and do together. I told Eli that he and Daddy were going to go golfing when Josh came home from work and he went crazy. He was SO EXCITED! I didn't have any trouble getting him dressed in his golf clothes, but I did learn an important lesson...when telling your child that they are going to do something special and out of the ordinary for them, wait until the LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT or else you will face a barrage of questions about the event. I told Eli about 10 minutes too soon, so for 10 minutes while we waited for Daddy to get home from work, I had to tell Eli every time he said, "Mone, Mama! Dolf! (Come on, Mama! Golf)" that we had to wait until Daddy got home. When Josh finally walked in the door, Eli pretty much attacked his legs and kept saying, "Dolf! Dolf!" He was just a little excited :)


We go out to the driving range and he and Daddy posed for their picture. They're the two cutest golfers I've ever seen!



Eli's had lots of practice hitting "dolf balls" in our house, so he knew exactly what to do with his club when he got there.



He watched his Daddy to pick up a few tips from him.


And he was so excited to point to his Daddy when I asked who was hitting the golf ball.


After hitting a couple of balls on the range, Eli decided to be his Daddy's caddy for a little bit. He chose the right two clubs for his Daddy and brought them to him.



When he got tired of being a caddy, he decided to practice his form putting the golf tees in the ground. As you can see, that was easy as pie for him.


He wanted a bigger challenge so he grabbed Daddy's driver to see how far he could hit a ball.


But then gave up when he realized the club was taller than he was.


He moved on to golf that was more his size and we practiced hitting balls on the putt putt golf course they have set up for little kids. Eli decided that he'd change the rules of the game. Instead of hitting the golf ball into the hole, he decided he'd just drop it in himself. Hey, it worked every time!




Daddy tried to show Eli how he was supposed to play...


But Eli took his ball away from him and showed him how HE thought the game should be played.


The best part for Eli was the second to last hole. It was on an incline and he walked up and down it about 20 times. I couldn't get him to get down from it! That's all he wanted to do until Mommy convinced him that jumping from the smaller holes was a much better deal.



I can't wait to see more pictures of my two boys having fun together on the golf course together. It's going to be a wonderful pastime for both of them!