The Little Golfer

John has become quite the sports fanatic lately. Kyle got some new golf clubs recently (maybe 3 months ago) and while he was there bought John a cheap, plastic Snoopy set of clubs. Well, John has enjoyed playing with those clubs but not as much as he did yesterday. Yesterday Kyle and I estimated that he "played golf" or hit the ball with his clubs for at least three hours. I kid not.

Yes, AAAAAALLLLLL day long John wanted to play with his golf clubs and hit the ball. The longest stretch he played with them was for about an hour. Kyle was trying to keep John amused while I was fixing our internet router. Kyle and John were all over the house hitting the ball.

John put the balls in his pocket.

John removed the balls from his pocket.

John whacked at the ball over and over.

John chased the ball wherever he hit it.

John had his own personal caddy (daddy) removing his ball from "hazards" along the "course".

John insisted on wearing his special golf hat (you'd think this hat was the source of all his power the way he insisted on wearing it).

John took a nap.

John woke up thinking about "GOLS!" (golf)

What unfolded yesterday was our son evolving into a mixture of John McEnroe and Tiger Woods. He would yell at himself "TOO COSE!" (meaning he was too close to the ball to hit it correctly). He would mutter sternly (and unintelligibly) at himself and then whack, whack, WHACK it as hard as he could. As the day progressed he actually got good at lining up his shot and hitting it in the first try.

Yesterday was indeed the golfiest day ever!

Here John is showing off his swing (early in the day)....

Here John is whacking at the ball....yelling "TOO COSE!".....then demanding to see himself on the video.

And here we are again today. Nope, he didn't forget how exciting golf was overnight. This morning as I was drying my hair John came in the bathroom with his club and ball ready for day TWO of The Mini-Masters! We even took the club with us in the car to run an errand.....