Bowling

Kellen's been saying he wants to go bowling for his big 5th birthday, but he's never been bowling. We weren't sure if he'd really like doing that, so tonight we decided to take them bowling. Geof, Kellen and Addie had a good time playing one game while I bounced a very fussy baby and tried to grab a few pictures! Addie was hysterical and definitely wins the prize for the world's slowest bowls. At one point her ball just stopped half-way down the lane and Geof had to knock it with another ball to clear things out. It was just so comical watching the painfully slow progression of her ball toward the pins, and once it got there the pins usually just stopped the ball instead of the ball knocking them over!

OK, notice that Addie has released the ball, and yet it is just 2 inches from the starting line. After about 10 minutes it reached the pins... :)

Addie was the queen of follow-through. She stayed frozen with her arms up after each release. Kellen was good at just hurling it down the lane.

Kellen seemed really lit up about the whole thing, but he has announced that he does NOT want to have a bowling party because it would be just too crowded there. So we'll have to come up with something else.