The Putt Putt adventure

We went to the driving range and putt putt course last night. Cheap Fun. $1. There we met Sarah and Jared, and a couple of their other friends. When we got their I took Branden potty to be sure he wouldn't have any accidents. Then we got our clubs and golf balls. And off we went.

Branden was so excited to play. He went to the practice area and played there for a while. He would hit the ball a little ways then run and grab the ball and says " I get it" and the drop it in the hole. What a cheater!!!

So with 7 adults and Branden trying to play at the same time it became a HUGE challenge. Branden would want to run up and get everyone's ball and try to help or kick it went he walked by. I didn't even finish the 1st hole. I moved ahead to the next one and played with Branden. TRYING to keep him occupied. Man that was a chore. THEN Jared showed him the hole where you could drop the ball in the water and the ball would roll down the hill and back on the course, he would run down and grab it run back up the hill drop it again and race it to the bottom. OVER and OVER and OVER. He tripped so many times. But he is ALL boy and didn't even care.

He got bored with that after he worked up a big sweat. We met back with the group for a while then we took a break to get a water. We walked back to the building and got a drink. I figured we were already there so we went to the bathroom again even though it hadn't been that long. And he had peed his pants. ERRR. Back to the car to get a change of underwear. Once that was all taken care of back to golfing we went.

By then the group was about 1/2 way through the course. Wayne was doing great. WAY better than I would have and he was enjoying it so I just did the mommy thing and chased the wild man around. He found a hole where you could roll the ball through a tunnel built into the rocks and it would roll out at the bottom. So here he went again. He would roll it and run to the other side. Then he told me he pooped, which means peed. He started to walk wide legged. which meant the pee was about to roll down his leg. Back to the bathroom.

We got a change of underwear and shorts this time. What a mess!! As he sat on the toilet peeing before we redressed, he figured out the bathroom echoed. Talk about annoying. The whole rest of the time we were in there. I would screech just to hear it. Again and again. I tried to make that a fast trip but it seemed like we would never get out of the bathroom.

Walking back out to the course I was so tired. This little man had wore me out. So ran back and was playing with Jared again dropping the ball in the water and chasing it downhill. Jared hurt his foot on the rock wall and had to go get a bandaid. Branden was so concerned. "Where'd Jared go?" I said " he's got an ouchy, he'll be right back." Branden looked so worried. "He ok?" Then when Jared returned he ran up to him to make sure he was ok.

Just a little longer and the game was FINALLY over. That was the LONGEST putt putt game ever. I was just ready to crash right then and there. We sat around and visited for just a little while. Then headed to get Wayne's truck from Capital Plaza where he had picked me up from the Relay for Life meeting.

BED TIME!!! Branden wore himself out too. Glad it wasn't just me. He was out before we got half way home.

It was a great night out with great friends. Maybe next time Branden will have to stay at home or we can only do 1/2 the course.