Chapter 6, Sandbox Golf
Fred headed on over to the miniature golf course, which consisted of a small little sand trap, and a whole on the other side, where Rosie would be hitting golf balls into with a golf club.
"Hey everyone, we're back, and I'm now here at our miniature golf course with Rosie, as she attempts to toss golf balls into that whole over there." Explained Fred, as the picture showed the small little golf course.
"So Rosie, are you having fun here today on Baby Races?" Fred asked.
"Yes." Rosie replied.
"So, they were telling me that you like to play with your older sister Mary." Said Fred.
"Yes." Rosie replied.
"What do you do with your older sister?" Fred asked.
"Talk to Tommy!" Rosie exclaimed.
"You're not talking about the same Tommy that's also playing Baby Races with us here today, are you?" Fred asked.
"Yes." Rosie replied.
"Really? Wow! This is a small world after all." Said Fred with surprise.
"Rosie has known Tommy for a while now." Said Terry.
"I see. Well, it's time to play some golf, are you ready?" Fred asked.
"Yes." Rosie replied, as she looked up at Fred and smiled.
"Ok Rosie, in this game, you're going to hit golf balls with this golf club I'm about to give you, into that whole. Each ball you get into the whole, will earn you one point per ball." Explained Fred.
Rosie looked up at him and nodded with a smile.
"Ok, let's get you all ready." Said Fred, as he came up behind Rosie, and got her positioned near a stack of golf balls, and handed her a child sized pink golf club.
"Let's put forty-five seconds on the clock." Said Fred, as the clock was set.
"On your mark, get set, go!" Said Fred, as the clock started counting down, and Rosie hit the first golf ball with the golf club, which landed in the sand trap.
She kept hitting golf balls with her golf club, only to keep missing the whole. Tommy, who was watching her play golf over to the side, was itching to go help her, but he was sitting in his mommy's lap, and couldn't leave.
"You can do it Rosie!" Tommy cried out, watching poor Rosie to struggle to get the balls into the whole.
Rosie overheard Tommy's words of encouragement, and it obviously helped, as her next ball she hit, landed in the whole. Letting Tommy's words play over and over again in her head, Rosie continued to make progress, as she managed to hit five more golf balls into the whole, before the coocoo clock sounded, signaling the time had run out.
"Way to go Rosie, I wasn't sure at first if you were going to make it, but you made up for it in the end there. Let's see how many balls you hit into that whole." Said Fred, as he went over to the whole where the balls landed, and started counting them.
"Let's see, we have one, two, three, four, five, six! Six balls! Good job Rosie!" Said Fred, as Rosie jumped up and down, squealing with delight.
"That earned you six points! And that was your last one pointer game, so the next game you get to play, your score will be doubled, but right now, I need to head on over to the kitchen, where we'll be meeting up with Tommy, for a rousing game of Spill the Beans." Said Fred, as Rosie and her parents took a seat on a nearby bench, to watch Tommy play the next game, and Fred headed off to get ready.
And this, ends chapter 6. We'll see Tommy play Spill the Beans, in the next chapter, so please, do stay tuned!