Today was
day no. 9 of the grand 2014 Papa Stat- Princess Statalina vacation.
She told me over the weekend that she really, really wanted to go mini-golfing and she knew of a place where we could first walk about 40 minutes through a forest and would end up at the golf course place. So, I check it out per internet and with google maps and sure enough, the forest was there. So, we took a 40 minute hike through a nice forest, landed at the mini-golf place:
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Above: Princess Stalalina, armed with mini-golf club!
There we played two rounds, with an ice-cream break in between.
It rained really hard the night before, and the 9th "tee" was very difficult for her (and well, for all of us); her ball landed in the grass and she went to get it and slipped and fell and was crying a little, so I took off to help her without looking, and, not noticing the mud underneath my feet, did a really wonderful wipe-out, landed on my back, in a LOT of mud. Well, that alleviated little Miss Statalina's pain right away. She was laughing her ass off. And so was the rest of the Putt-Putt crew. And soon I was laughing my ass off. Fortunately for us, I packed extra clothing for both of us, so off to the bathroom we went, washed off, changed clothes and went back to the 9th tee.
The little one scored not just one, but 2 holes-in-one in the first round, and one hole-in-one in the second round. Papa scored only one hole-in-one, which was cause for great joy with Princess Statalina.
The day was one of those blazingly hot days where the sun beat down on us mercilessly for the first round, and then clouds appeared at the beginning of the second round.
After round two, we then walked the 40 minutes back to our car. The way back was great, with two creeks, one on the left and one on the right of us, running parallel to each other for a good deal of the way, and we did stick races, to see whose stick would be carried farther by the currents. Oh, to be a child again for just one day.
Oh, wait, I just was, today.
All said and done, the adventure took 7 hours.
Little Princess Statalina is also learning responsibility and is now taking our dog Kllia for two of her four daily walks, usually around two large blocks. From my top window, I cann see her and the dog for virtually all of the way, but it's good to let her to some on her own, I think. Plus, the Gummi-Bear treats afterward do indeed seem to motivate her.
When we got home, after she walked the pooch, we cooked dinner together. She asked to cut the veggies for the salad and I made the pasta. Easy dinner and delicious too. [MENTION=45739]Jughead[/MENTION], you would have loved it!
Her mom and I were both in agreement that there should be less chocolate this summer, so desserts are things like fruit and some ice cream or yoghurt, which she readily eats.
Just ten minutes ago, my little one hugged me, rubbed my stomach and said "Papa, I am so happy you are feeling better". Those words just made my day.
We are now happily watching (you guessed it) Scooby Doo.
Hope you all had a great day, CSers!
