Do you have a 5 year old with a limitless amount of energy?
Well, I’ve figured out how to knock that energy out of them!
Here was my 11 step plan!
1. Take the day off work. I took Tuesday off.
2. After breakfast, fire up the WII and play a couple of interactive games. We played the new transformers game. You could just sit on the couch and play the “couch potato” method, but if you want the best results, it’s important to jump around the family room flailing and punching wildly. Burn those calories baby.
3. Then we headed to the bowling alley and throw a couple of games. Charlie scored a 68 and a 69. He’s consistent!
4. Next, we went to the roller dome skate to bad 90’s hip hop music.
5. It was time for a slowdown, so we headed to the adrenaline pumping TRANSFORMERS Movie. Good flick, and the robot smashing insanity keeps the heart pumping for over 2 hours.
6. Next was dinner. We visited a new Thai place - “Switta Thai Cuisine.” Good food - I recommend it! Evidently our waitress noticed Charlie was starting to slow down, so she brought him some highly caffeinated drink. I was glad to have our waitress working against us.
7. After dinner it was time to head home to let the dogs out and run them for awhile. They needed to have a break from the cage.
8. 45 minutes later, we were off to the Go-Kart track. As we were passing the Wizards baseball stadium they started their fireworks display. We pulled off the road and enjoyed 15 minutes of free fireworks.
9. Next up was the track. We watched a couple of races and then dropped 10 bucks and raced twice. A quick note, go-karts don’t like to go up hills with 250 pounds of cargo. I hate getting passed by 12 year olds. Charlie loved the ride and kept throwing the hang-loose sign at Mom.
10. To finish up the night, 18 holes of miniture golf, complete with a fake erupting volcano. I started keeping score, then Charlie took over. I had a little trouble adding up the score at the end, but I think I got a 42.
11. Once we got home, it was straight to bed. I vaguely remember Charlie falling asleep as I nodded off.
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