bowling

Someone from one of our homeschool co-ops had a coupon for a free bowling party. The kids have only bowled a few times, but they love it, so I signed up as soon as I heard about the party.
Our neighbors came along too and we all (well, most of us) enjoyed 2 hours of free bowling.

This is how Addie started out, and she was more or less content in the stroller for the first 45 minutes, as long as I did not look at her.

Tallulah got two strikes in a row! That little dragon next to her is the coolest device! Makes bowling a lot more doable for a 4 (almost 5) year old!

When she was no longer happy in the stroller we moved to the ball racks.Her stay there was short lived and I spent the next 30 minutes keeping her from running straight down the lanes!

The big kids were having a blast. Our lane was a pretty rowdy bunch, lots of dancing, cheering and screaming... I am sure the rest of the group loved it :)

Max is quite the bowler...he knows just how to use those bumpers for optimum scoring potential :) He won the first game and was a close second in the next (just behind Lu with her 2 strikes).

And this is how we ended our outing. Seems that trying to contain a 16 month old in all that excitement, during nap time is not the best way to spend an afternoon, for her anyway. She was so worked up that she did not even fall asleep in the car on the way home... until we were 1/2 mile from our house, of course.
And just because I am sure you are all dying to see another picture of Addie... The kids were playing Library the other day and failed to put the ink pad away. Adelaide was tickled pink to find it out for her enjoyment :)