Collin Golfing 2009

Collin went back this Friday for his first golf lesson of 2009. He was so excited about going back to his normal routine, which was out of whack because of the holidays. We even arrived extra early just to be there and not miss a minute of his golf. He was actually having golfing withdrawals.

This is his new hat that he got before Christmas for the cold mornings. This is a huge deal because he would never wear a hat or beanie, even when he was a baby. He would pull it off faster than we could put it on. I just love his face in this photo, he looks like a little thug.

He amazes me when he knows a lot of the rules, regulations and proper names when it comes to the game of golf. He loves to raise his hand to answer the questions his instructor asks the group

Here his instructor is explaining the game that they were playing that tied into the lesson of the day. It was called chip, tac, toe. It is very similar like tic tac toe except they had to chip the ball into the squares and the first team to make a line wins. Collin and his teammate won the first time around and took second place when they had to blackout all of the squares.

Here he is teeing up his ball.

Since he was having huge withdrawals (definitely gets that from Jed), I told him that we could hit the driving range and he could hit the big bucket of balls all by himself. You would think you told him it was Christmas all over again. I am so happy that he has something that he truly loves to do and takes pride in doing it.

Taking a swing at it.

He was totally concentrating on his swing. We spent a long time at the driving range because now he is taking practice swings and really just taking his time between each ball.

xoxo
Veronica and Jed

Gatorade Ad or Security Guard?

So this is very old, however I love these pictures. This was when we were having the random heat wave during November and December. It was probably a good 80 degrees in Salinas this afternoon and Collin loves drinking Gatorade (i'm sure it probably is not the best for him but we already drank the two water bottles we had.). So I think this can totally be a Gatorade ad.

Gatorade. Even refreshing for kids!

If you need a security guard for your next party
just let Collin know. He may be able to help out!

lots of love
veronica and jed

Collin and Golfing

So Collin is all done for the year with his golf lessons. He starts back on the 9th of Jan. These are a couple of pictures of his last golf lesson. Towards the end the instructors would allow the children decide what they would want to focus more on, whether it be putting or the driving range. Collin has really enjoyed the putting greens. I am not sure why, it could be because he has to slow down and really take his time or because he does not have to hit the ball as hard to make it fly up in the air? Nevertheless, he has enjoyed his lessons and cannot wait until they start again.

So close to getting it in the hole. He just hit it a
little to hard and it went past the hole.

Second try was a charm. I shot the
picture just in time, before it went in.

Cannot wait for the next year of new lessons and more pictures.

xoxo
veronica and jed

Another Golf Lesson

This past Friday, Collin started the final session of golf before they stop because of the holidays and new year. The weeks lesson was learning how to properly introduce yourself so you can meet someone new the right way. In the two pictures above you see Collin introducing himself to Jed. (Jed is a volunteer at the first tee and sometimes teaches the classes throughout the week). In the picture where he is taking a knee they were discussing about the exercise they just completed. They had to run up the hill, introduce themselves to their instructor with the proper handshake and eye contact.

Then they were able to decide on two options: practice putting on the putting greens or go see a real golf hole. Now I know that the second one does not sound too appealing, but some of these kids have never been on a real golf hole. Not Collin of course, so of course he was going for the putting greens.

In this picture, he was putting from behind the cones. He putted it and he had to double check that it did go in the hole with 1 stroke!

Here he is confirming that yes it did go into the hole with just 1 stroke! He was so proud.

with lots of love

Veronica and Jed

Golfing at Home

We are so fortunate to be able to live in an area where we do not have to go to a golf course with our son to practice his swing. However, we did have to move from the backyard to the park across the street. Pretty soon we will have to leave the park across the street to go down the road to the soccer field. Eventually we will have to completely stick with the driving range because sometimes he even amazes Jed with the power of his swing.

Here he is making great contact with the ball.

He has such a blast golfing with his daddy and daddy has such a blast watching him hit so well.

with much love

Veronica and Jed

Putting Lessons

Hello everyone! Well the second lesson of golf for Collin was all about putting. Truth be told I was nervous because he has not had much experience on the putting greens at all. There is both the practice putting green and the actual green on each individual hole. Surprise! Surprise! Of course he was a natural on the putting green, however, he did have an issue on counting how many strokes it took to sink the ball. What did the instructor expect though, he is only four years old and is concentrating intensely on sinking the ball, expecting him to also count how many times he hit the ball while concentrating was a lot. When he wouldn't count he did great, when he started counting I think he was too concerned on remembering how many times he hit the ball, that he would not give his full attention on aiming and sinking the ball.

After the lesson, we let him go to the driving range to hit as many balls as he wants.

Look at the contact with the ball and his head is down!


Nevertheless, he did fantastic and he even won the little contest that they had on who can sink their golf balls, on the practice putting green with the least amount of strokes for all nine holes. We are so proud of our little golfer.

This was what he won, a model race car and a First Tee Hat. He shot a 33 for the nine holes on the practice putting green. He did so awesome!

lots of love
Veronica and Jed

First Tee

Jed and I signed Collin up for the First Tee Organization, which has to do with golf. They teach the children not only how to play the sport but to also learn the conduct on the golf course which can in turn be used in every day life. They have nine core values which are: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. He is a wee swinger which is for ages 3.5-6 years old. So now I have two golfers in my life.





Collin at the driving range.





He is keeping his head down! Daddy is so proud.
(apparently that is what you are supposed to do)

He is having such an awesome time and we are so proud of him wanting to be involved with the organization.

Lots of love
Veronica and Jed