Bowling...

The last time I went bowling was when I was pregnant with Oliver. Needless to say it's been a while. We were visiting with Uncle Hung on Saturday when he asked us all to go bowling. Auntie Mick looked up a few places to find times and available lanes and eventually we were all out the the door for a bowling adventure.

Oliver and Lucius were pretty excited. They'd never been bowling before, they've only played bowling on the Wii. It's quite different in real life. Those bowling balls (even the lightest 8 pound ball we found) was quite heavy for them.

Oliver tried bowling grannie style between his legs, then eventually went with the ramp. Lucius tried bowling grannie style but the ball was too heavy. Then he tried pushing it while it was on the floor but it didn't go very fast. Finally he used the ramp and it was easier- he just took a long time lining up his shot.

Oliver got a strike in the last frame using the ramp to launch his ball. That was pretty exciting. I bowled one of my highest scoring games I think I've ever bowled in my life. Also exciting. Lucius and Daddy both had fun and agree we should go bowling again real soon.

Since going bowling, Lucius has decided it's his new sport that he can practice indoors. He's been really sad he can't practice soccer now that it's cold outside. I wondered what he was doing one night with toilet paper rolls and a small ball. So I watched him and figure out he had made his own bowling alley and was practicing, keeping score out loud as usual. Too inventive.