On Sunday, Ryan and Cole were invited to a bowling birthday party. It was the first time they had ever been bowling, and the were oh-so excited to go.
Ryan thought it was great, he got to put on the ever-popular bowling shoes. Cole wanted a pair too, but they didn’t have a pair small enough, so the lady said he could wear his Crocs.
Cole gave it his best shot, but I think he is still a little too young to get the whole concept. One of the workers brought out a ramp, where Cole could just roll the ball down. He liked that-but he liked moving the levers back and forth on it more than bowling. He did slow down long enough for me to capture him with his goofy smile:
The first time Ryan was up, he placed the ball down, and then kicked it with the sole of his foot- good thing it wasn’t with his toe! He quickly caught on, and he had a little warm up move, and one he did afterwards. I was happy for him, that he usually knocked down several pins- he was really into it!
The warm up
Watching
Doing the post-move
For some reason when it was my turn to bowl, the automated bumpers stayed up. I haven’t bowled in such a long time, I was happy the bumper was up. But as a testament to my awful bowling, Ryan beat me! He’s a 4.5 year old, who had never bowled, getting a higher score than his ol’ mom- even with the bumpers up! Guess I need to work on my bowling game-in my spare time.
The birthday boy’s mom, mentioned to us the alley we were at, had night bowling where they turn off the lights, and light up the lanes, and all of that. Ryan heard that, and has been asking everynight when we get to go night bowling. We are hoping we can take him soon.
I wonder if I can have them leave the bumpers up for me. At least it will be dark, and no one will actually see my bowling ball hit the bumper. On the other hand, maybe I’ll have them take the bumpers down for Ryan, and leave them up for me. Then we will have an even match up. 🙂
It is so fun to see your child enjoy something, and just have 100% fun. Even if I am an awful bowler, it was still the best time I ever had bowling.
3 replies on “Bowling”
I need the bumpers too..but love bowling if no one is looking..LOL Glad you had fun..
Hi, I’m Janice and I have a confession. I’m a closet bowler. I’m not a member of a league or anything, but I would be if we had an alley in my town…. I grew up in a bowling alley – my family managed one when I was little. there was nothing to do there except bowl. Needless to say I’m good – very good and although being bad is embarrassing, so is being good. My husband won’t even go bowling with me if we’re invited to a “Rock N Bowl” night(the dimming of the lights etc…). How do you tell people that instead of doing normal kid things, I was bowling, every.single.day. I think it’s great that you’re family has discovered bowling – it’s a dying past time, yet is so much fun for the whole family.
Janice,
I agree with you. I used to love bowling when I was teen-ager. There wasn’t that much to do in the town I grew up in, but there was a bowling alley. 🙂 I used to be pretty decent at bowling.
I think we will have to get back into it, because you are right- it is fun for everyone in the family, and unlike skiing, it is really affordable. 🙂