On Sunday we had a family outing—Dale, Jonathan, Kayleigh, and I went to the Peter Pan mini-golf and then to Texpresso afterwards for a drink and a naughty treat of a chocolate muffin. I actually won the golf, but that was only because I had a handicap due to the fact that I played all 18 holes with a large baby hanging on me in her sling. It was lots of fun to play; the last time I’d seen Jonathan golf was when Daddy & I took him out the weekend before Kayleigh was born last May, and he has really gotten quite good since then. I bet within a year he’ll be playing at the Butler Park course in town.
One thing that was funny about being at the golf course was seeing families with little girls there. I don’t think it’s really hit Dale or me yet that we have a daughter, because even just writing that, let alone saying it, sounds odd. Dale never expected to have a little girl given the prevalence of boys in the Churchett families, so he’s been bowled over from the beginning. (He still slips every now and then and calls her “little fella”, but he’s getting better.) Anyway, there was a family playing behind us that had a girl about 6 and another about 3, as well as a boy about 1-1/2. I still just think of Kayleigh as a baby rather than a girl—funny to think that in a couple of years she’ll be wearing a little skirt and looking girly on the golf course.
Oops—voting will have to wait—but I took care of it today—everyone vote!
Posted by elizabeth at October 26, 2004 10:20 PM