Foot Golf

Our Monday morning was free since of course all the men went golfing at our hotel.  Luckily for us this hotel had a new kind of entertainment we've never seen or heard of before:  Foot Golf.  Huh?  Apparently it's a real sport.  It's a cross between golf, of course, and soccer.  My boys are suddenly in heaven.  So we showed up for our "tee time" and were handed regular sized soccer balls for each of us.  And then we drove our cart out to a normal golf course- with actual golfers just ahead of us- dropped our balls between the markers, and kicked off.

The markers are only about 100 yards back instead of 3 or 400 which is where the real golf tee markers are.  So it's a much shorter course on the same golf course.  Miles was very particular about his kick off.  He would make a triangle viewfinder with his fingers and then step up to the ball and kick off.  Very entertaining.

Good kick!

Yep, more view finders.

Even though each hole was only 100 yards, that was plenty for the boys to kick and run.  Eventually we gave up on playing the way golf is actually played which is by hitting over and over again but letting the person farthest from the hole go next.  Eventually we just let them kick off with a big kick and then run and dribble their balls.

Once they were up on the green though they reverted back to golf rules and took turns kicking into the giant hole.  It really is giant- could probably fit 3 soccer balls in it.  And it's up near the normal golf hole but kind of off to the side.  I assume the real golfers just have to treat it like any other sand or water hazard because if their ball goes in that big soccer hole, they'd just have to take a penalty stroke and pull it out.

Grams came along with us and we both appreciated the boys jumping in the hole to get our balls out.

We all loved this new game and hope more courses will put them in.  I'm not sure how much the real golfers loved having us on the course since 3 little boys kicking soccer balls and occasionally talking loudly isn't exactly golf etiquette, but we had a good time.

Since the men weren't done with their golf round yet, we got to enjoy the chess boards again back at the hotel.

It really was a beautiful hotel and a perfect family weekend.  This shot is from the cobblestone drive up to the hotel.

By lunchtime Isla was ready to go.  Car races and soccer golf weren't exactly her cup of tea.  Plus it was naptime and lunchtime.

This is how our flights went.  It's so nice to have kids old enough that they really entertain themselves.  Isla and Isaac sit with Taylor since Isaac is always very good about mothering Isla and Isla prefers Taylor putting her to sleep.  So Miles and Ethan are my buddies and the most I have to do is keep their feet off of seats.