Well, the technology of bowling has certainly improved for first-time bowlers. Automatic gutter bumpers help keep the ball on the lane and an inclined metal contraption helps the kids roll the ball toward the pins.
We can only guess it was liability or just plain not wanting to see newcomers to the game totally embarrass themselves by rolling themselves down the lane rather than the ball.
That being said, those three kids were beating Mommy and Daddy going into the eighth frame of the first game. At a couple points in the game, they were beating us quite handily. Fortunately, some late strikes and spares helped us pull out the victory and avoid the total walk of shame back to the Sienna if they had smoked us on their first night of bowling.
Attention spans being what they are, we didn’t last much into the second game but finishing the first was a miracle unto itself so we can’t really complain all that much.
Then it was off to the arcade room for some hard driving NASCAR style. Yes…Nicholas and Daddy rode to victory lane driving Matt Kenseth’s #17 car to the win at the Daytona 500…a victory made all the more sweeter as a bit of bump drafting going into the tri-oval on the final lap to saw us taking the checkered flag after putting Jeff Gordon into the wall. Sorry any of you Gordon fans out there…I’ve never particularly cared for the guy!
A little air hockey and some other games and then it was time to get three very tired little ones back home and into bed. Or so we thought…they got awfully lively when we pulled into the garage and did the usual running all over the yard screaming like banshees.
Let’s just say we prevailed in the end…there was no resistance to sleep once they were in their beds. None at all.
Silence. Blissful silence! You learn quickly to appreciate it when you can get it! 🙂
