Here is an interesting phenom for all you that have kids under the magical age of 10. Do you all remember all the things that a kid likes to do and the things you perhaps tag along on and just do for them versus the things you do because you like them too?
I went for 36 holes of mini-golf and then a trip to the Cheese place where the big Rat or Mouse dazzles all the kids. The golf was extremely exciting as there were sand traps, water traps, uneven greens, and animals, toilet seats, and other strangeness. One that caught my eye was the “send the ball through the toilet seat and win a free game”. My daughter just looked at me on that one and muttered something about what a toilet seat was really used for.
Then on to Chucky Cheese’s because its Saturday and my daughter bears the whip and I obey. For 2 hours, I watched desperate 11-year olds running, gambling for tickets, younger kids between laughing hysterically and crying. Then we ate. Pizza, salad, and ice cream for desert. Soon my 2 hours were over and my daughter offered this one: “where are we going next dadden?”
I just sat quietly and she kept on asking. I said finally “home. we are going home”. She said “you are kidding, right?”
Hoo Boy. That’s the last time I play 36 holes. I’m exhausted and that damned Mouse tires me out too.
