Bowling

We had buy one get one free coupons for Jack and Jill's Bowling, so we decided to take Michael and have a fun family night out on the Friday after Brian got back from Belarus (April 19). It was one of those situations where I am reminded that Michael really is just a little guy. He seems so big when it's just the four of us at home.

First of all, can I just say that bowling shoes that small are adorable? He was the cutest thing in them! We found the smallest ball they had--a 6 pounder--and made sure to put the bumpers up for him.

 And showed him how to use the little ramp thing:

About halfway through the first game, I was getting my trash kicked. The husband was understandable; the three-year-old was unacceptable. I did what any self-respecting mom would do. I put bumpers up as well. And he was still beating me. I'd like to say it was because he used that ramp, but the truth is that he saw other kids bowling without the ramp, and so half the time, he just took his ball to the line and dropped it. Check it out (you may want to watch these full screen):

And the second bowl of that frame:

Yeah, a spare on a split. No big deal. 

 This is the scores from the first game. The first M is Michael, I'm the second "M", and Brian is "D". Check out Brian's last frame. Amazing! Do you notice all the spares from Michael? Yeah, that was only the first game. I should have just taken a nap like Rachel:

 I made Brian model for a picture. The advantage of being the photographer is that there aren't any of me. Hee hee. 

Michael seemed to have a gift for this. I even tried using the ramp for one frame, but when I pushed it down, no luck at all.  Here's the score for the second game. Brian barely pulled ahead of Michael in the last frame. Yeah, the LAST frame. He was beating us the entire second game. Check out all those spares.  

My consolation is that at least I got a couple of strikes. Michael never got one of those. Then again, he's three.