Showdown at Sunriver - A Madison Smackdown

Madison has foreseen the future and it is good. According to her description, this is me putting the hurt on the guys in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 in a few weeks at Sunriver. On in one, with a two-foot putt to follow for birdie.

Showdown at Sunriver

Each year my entire side of the extended family makes a long weekend getaway at Sunriver. In anticipation of said weekend, I have acquired the following, along with full equipment for four players:





I'm calling you out, gentlemen. No equipment advantage (that's for my brothers-in-law). No creative scoring (that's for my brother). No red tees (that's for my dad). No excuses (that's for me). Mano e mano e mano e mano e mano. (Is that cinco manos?)

As if Nintendo's motion sensor technology were not already impressive enough, the new Motion Plus is an experience to behold. Every successful platform or technology needs a "killer app". I'm convinced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10with Motion Plus for the Wii is it. What the Wii gives up in video quality to Xbox and PS3 is MORE than made up in the true-to-life quality of play. Prepare to be amazed.

We Need a Caddy

Not a Cadillac. 

At Happy Gilmore's first golf tournament, being completely new to the sport, the golf course assigns him a caddy.

Happy Gilmore: Where are you going with those clubs, punk? 

[pushes young caddy to the ground] 
Happy's Waterbury Caddy: Mr. Gilmore, I'm your caddy! 
Happy Gilmore: Oh, I'm sorry about that. Let me carry these, alright, they were my grandfather's, they're pretty old. 
Happy's Waterbury Caddy: Well, what should I do then? 
Happy Gilmore: I don't know. Why don't you just watch me, and make sure I don't do anything stupid. Okay? 
Starter #1: Mr. Gilmore, Mr. Lafferty will be teeing off now. 
Happy Gilmore: Alright, good luck, buddy. 
Happy's Waterbury Caddy: Get out the way. 
[crowd laughs] 
Happy Gilmore: [to caddy] Where were you on that one, punk*? 

*"Punk" is my word. Original is not suitable for this family-friendly blog.

From imdb.com

Madison had her kindergarten class Valentine's card exchange this week. Sara bought her some nice Disney Princess valentines and Madison wrote her name on all of them. She waited excitedly for two weeks until she was finally able to give out her valentines to her friends.

She came home from school with a Halloween-like sack of goodies. Every single kid in her class at a minimum had included a sucker with their valentine. Many gave creative hand-made valentines such as the little airplane made from a stick of gum (wings), a roll of Smarties (fuselage) and two LifeSavers for wheels. A few even gave individual small bags stuffed with candy and toys.

Now, we're not the kind of people that try to outdo anyone. But we also don't want to look like we're skating by doing the bare minimum or taking advantage of others. We would have had Madison give out a small treat and make her own cards - had we only known. 

This is not the first time something like this has happened. Where's our caddy? Who keeps an eye out for people like us? We're in uncharted waters with Madison a lot of the time. We're figuring it out as we go. Fortunately, Madison is completely oblivious to our sometimes embarrassing befuddlements.