Am I creating monsters?

I have been able to pick up some golf clubs for the boys in the last year. Nan as well.
We really enjoy going to the driving range as a family and knocking some balls out there.
Yesterday afternoon we went out to the range and had a lot of fun. Well mostly….
Golf is one of those funny sports to me. You can enjoy it immensely but man it is frustrating sometimes.
William and Nan feel the same way at times I think.
Periodically it becomes very frustrating when you cannot hit the ball right, or your swing dynamic simply leaves and does not return for a week or two. William has a tendency to be a first born in his reaction and boy he does NOT like it when he cannot hit the way he would like to.

I wonder sometimes if I am giving them a good outlet in doing this or am I forcing them to live through something that only masochists enjoy. I mean, if I did not like golf so much, I am sure that they would not have cared about it at all.

Jackson on the other hand is the happy-go-lucky kid who seems to have taken hold of the mantra “Bloom where you are planted” The kid just has fun pretty much anywhere he is. He is funny.
Yesterday when he was getting bored of hitting balls, he decides to try to sit on one of the racks that hold golf bags up. Cool. Then he gets the idea that because they are made from metal, and are somewhat tubular, he should flip around on them like they are monkey bars. Awesome. I love it.
Make fun wherever you are kid.

So, I hope I am not creating golf monsters in my sons. I hope that they enjoy the game for enjoyment sake and it does not become simply another thing to master. I need to learn more of that. I should be doing it for enjoyment. That is where I started out with this game. I do want to better myself, but I want to enjoy myself along the way.

Riding again.

I picked the bike up yesterday from the shop. It wasn’t too too bad in terms of cost.
I am having so much fun on this thing it is crazy….

Come to think of it, so is my wife. Last night was a family night for us so after dinner, we went to the driving range with the boys and had ice cream. On the way home, Nan suggested that we go out for a little rip on the bike. So we dropped the boys at home, told Jacksy to have his shower and asked Will to watch Jack for a few minutes and off we went.

We just sort of toured about the subdivision a bit and had some fun. When we get home, Nan says to me with a big grin on her face…

That was fun!!! Next time, can we go somewhere where we can go faster?!

Oi vey! She is a crazy gal that one. But that is why I love her so much.

What a weekend!

Well, it has been quite the weekend.

Nan and I were lucky enough to get away this weekend with Eric and Lindsay to Toronto. We went with for the purpose of going to see We Will Rock You! which is a musical based on the band Queen. What a great time we had. The music was phenomenal and the story was quite good. Humourous in parts even.

We left Saturday morning after John and Christine came to our place. They had a showing of their place and were taking care of the boys for the time we were away so it made great sense for them to come and chill out at our place for the day.

We arrived in St. Thomas, picked Eric and Lindsay up at their house, and took off for the Big Smoke. We stopped by Espresso Planet and bought a bunch of coffee syrups for ourselves and other people who wanted some, I drooled at the fancy espresso machines for a while.

Then we took off for downtown and checked in at the Marriott. After checking in, we decided to walk along Bloor St. and window shop a bit. Fun. There are some pretty high-end stores there so it was fun.

We then had supper at a restaurant called Belini’s. It is supposedly one of the top 20 restaurants in Toronto. The waiter sure was crusty enough. Man, that is another story altogether.

On our way to the restaurant, we got a call from John, who was watching our boys. The puppy had gotten underfoot during the afternoon and been stepped on and was yelping alot. He decided it best to take her to the after hours vet clinic. Broken leg. Ah the joys of puppy ownership!

I know the Koehler’s felt bad but they need not. She is a puppy and puppies get underfoot. That is what they do. So, off to the clinic, an x-ray for confirmation and and pain medications!

Meanwhile, back in Toronto, we hurried to the Canon Theatre across from the Eaton Centre, which we did not know had before been called the Pantages, or the Royal Alexander. Man, they change their names a lot!

The musical was so much fun. I really enjoyed it.
After the show, we made our way back to the hotel, the girls went to bed and Eric and I hung out for an hour or so downstairs in the bar.
We had a great talk.

Sunday morning, Eric and I went in search of Starbucks coffee. The one that is in the underground was closed. bummer. But we found another within 90 seconds walk or so. Only in North America huh?
Took the coffees back to our respective rooms, enjoyed coffees, got ready and then did a little more window shopping. At about noon, we took off for Missisauga where we went to Shoeless Joe’s for lunch. VERY tasty.

A quick run back to St. Thomas and then home. John brought the kids home a few minutes later and then we settled in for the night. Wow, what a weekend. Busy, but a real treat.

I am not a TV hound, really!

Ok, so last night we watched the season premiere of “The Unit”. At least I think it was the season premiere.

I am not a huge TV watcher, but I do have my favourites.
Heroes, CSI, CSI New York, The Unit, Journeyman (so far anyways…)
I do NOT particularly like CSI Miami. David Caruso???? Uh uh. Me no likey.

Anyhoooo, “The Unit’ was good. I enjoyed it. Honestly, it was just nice to sit in the den with my beautiful wife, eat some popcorn and enjoy each other’s company.

Heroes startup

Well, it was a little slow.
Heroes season premiere did not grab me like the last time I watched it.

I do however, want to know who the 9 are as Hiro’s father alluded to…

hmmmm

Heroes Character

Sylar.
see evil…
heh

New season of TV

Nan and I are watching a couple of season premieres tonight.
Heroes is one of them and the other one is Journeyman.
So far, I am liking Journeyman. It closely resembles a book that Nan read called “The Time Traveller’s Wife”
Interesting concept of a person who travels back and forth in time.
Not like that show that had Scott Bakula in it. What was the name of that one anyways????
In this one, the main character does not know why he is travelling and is having a hard time convincing his wife that he is not reverting into a drug-haunted lifestyle that he has walked away from at some point in his life.
Should be an interesting show.

Next is Heroes. We taped them both last night and I successfully did not talk to anyone about them today to keep the suspense just a little bit longer.
It is gonna be good!

and then, tomorrow night should be the season premiere of CSI. Oh boy, I am not sure how much work I am going to get done in the evenings this week.

Awesome Movie!

We went last night to see Transformers.

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
It has been a LONG time since I enjoyed a movie this much.
I was just a little bit too old to enjoy them as a youth, but I remembered the majority of the characters and I think they did a great job at making an unrealistic concept believable…

Two thumbs up from me!

Optimus Prime rocks!

The 3 Musketeers

Yesterday afternoon we went and saw a play. We have been trying to establish a family day at least once a month.

The local highschool put this on and they did a fantastic job! Between the first and second half, I think it was about 3 and a half hours long. Some of these young thespians were excellent.
My favourites were the students who portrayed Monseigneur Richelieu, the King and the shopkeeper. They had great parts and did amazingly well.

That is one funny show.

Corner Gas is definitely a funny show. It reminds me a lot of the little village Thomasburg that I grew up in. Oscar reminds me of Fred Preston. Oh man, he reminds of him…

Nan and I watch it every week. I think the reason that we enjoy it so much is the type of humour that Brent Butt and his co-workers use. Very dry and cool.

Love it.