Movie Night: One Hour In.
Nick and I have decided to start a little ritual..Movie Night, one night a week. I hardly get as much time alone with him as I used to, especially since Zo is stuck to me like glue. We had our first official Movie Night tonight and he didn't even make it one hour into Bee Movie. He did make it through two bowls of popcorn though. This kid can put away popcorn.
He has this big thing about presents and surprises. He..expects them. I tend to buy my kids way too many toys/clothes/crap since I am knee deep in kid stuff 4-5 times a week. But when he really goes above and beyond, I get him a "surprise" or take him on a "surprise". One time, we went to the zoo, another time we went to his favorite park. I bought him this golf set two weekends ago for being so amazing and grown up at the Family Reunion (oh holy crap, he memorized about 20 strangers names in the first day..)
I saw it at Target and had to get it. It's by Fisher-Price but it really does help him with driving the ball. Just from the times he has worked with Derek on how to grip the club, to take it "nice and easy", and how to treat his club set, he has improved quite a bit! He gets no greater joy than helping Derek clean his irons!
My favorite moment so far in his love of golf? In the middle of the backyard, at my parents, he is putting around, misses the hole three different times, face getting redder each time, when finally he throws his club down. He hikes up his shorts, hunches over the ball and as loudly as any three year old could manage, he yells "GET IN THE HOLE!!!!" He tries again and makes it..and carries on like nothing ever happened. While all 30 of us are dying laughing!!
His birthday is in 2 months (four years old..holy sh..) and this kid is getting his dream present. A set of irons, just his size and to finally go out with his Papa and Buddy (Derek) to the driving range :) It's going to make this kid's year!
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