Tyler and I took the boys on their first bowling adventure today, and let me tell you it was a treat. I never remember bowling as an expensive activity, but it is no longer cheap. It cost us 16 bucks for each of us to bowl one game, and that is with Elijah and Josiah sharing a string, and Josiah didn't even rent shoes (his feet are too small).
Don't you just LOVE those shoes?
I was greatly reminded of that movie Uncle Buck. Do you remember that movie? There is a scene in that movie where Buck takes his niece and nephew bowling. His niece manages to push the ball down the lane so that it hits a pin and stops. Well, I thought that that is exactly what Josiah's bowling ball was going to do whenever he went to push it down the lane. It seemed to take forever for the ball to make the short journey down the runway; but in the end it always made it and he would even knock down a lot of pins. The boys shared a game and when all was said and done they did great with a score of: 78! What a score for a 2 and 4 year old!
Elijah and Josiah loved examining all of the mechanics on the machinery. Whether they were looking underneath the bumper or examining the ball return, they were transfixed on all of the things that they found. As usual Elijah would not stop asking questions, but hey, that is how you learn.
If you find yourself with some money and nothing to do in Maine on a rainy day; go bowling with a couple of kids. They love it, and you will love watching them bowl or just get freaked out by the air coming out of the ball return machine.
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