In which we have a family day

Evan, Dad and Mom planned a Family day on Sunday. It went (pretty) well.

We started out by telling him that we were going to surprise him with the day's activities.

We went for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, and then to the nearby Putt Putt course. It is a nice one, near the intersection of I-25 and I-470. I was really impressed. Nice landscaping, cool challenges. The guy behind the counter was very accommodating. The cost was steeper than I'd remembered Putt Putt, but playing both courses is a substantial discount over playing one. And so it was a good value after all.

Chris loves Putt Putt - he played it a lot in high school and had considered going pro. I think he really loved being able to introduce his kid to the game.

Evan needs a lot of coaching, however.

The first course (there are two) held Evan's attention pretty well, but then he kinda got wild and crazy on the second course. But he had a great time, and wants to go again. We had told him that there was a second surprise. The funny thing was that he had whined about wanting to go to Club 4 Kids as we'd gone by on the way to lunch - Club 4 Kids was the next surprise!

A surprise that didn't go so well.

Club 4 Kids is a drop-in child care place near the house. We buy chunks of time for when we want to have a dinner out without parental duties, or a movie that's not Evan's speed. He loves going. And we thought we'd drop him off for the afternoon. But no - they were closed. He was devastated, sobbing in the back seat. Poor kid. So Dad rented him a kid's movie instead, and he got that as his "kid's time" for the day.

Still, a pretty good family day. We'll have to do that again.