BOWLING

For about a week now James has been asking us to take him bowling. We have no idea where he has heard about this and came up with it. I love bowling so on Tuesday when Jake went down for a nap I took James bowling. On our way there he asked me if he had to wear bowling shoes and I was still bewildered on how he knew this! I told him he did and he startred to freak out. He didn't want to bowl now and wanted to wear his own shoes. When we got to the bowling alley there was a camp and a league going, so we had to wait a bit. But it was a good thing because we were able to watch all the kids and see that everyone HAS to wear "special" bowling shoes. He finally agreed and wanted to bowl. The lightest ball they had was a 7 so it was a bit difficult for him to carry. He wanted to put his fingers in the ball but it was very hard to hold the ball with his fingers in and carry the ball. I was helping him carry the ball while trying to show him how to throw the ball. He drops it straight smack down and it barely rolls. It rolls so slow I thought someone was going to have to go get the ball in the lane. After a couple trys like that I decided to have him hold the ball with both hands and underthrow the ball between his legs. I was able to help him a lot better this way. The ball went a little faster! After about two times that way I noticed some people down the way that were using this little ball ramp/slide thing. I showed it to James and asked him if he wanted to do that! Thankfully he wanted to and it made the bowling process a lot easier and more fun!



He LOVED it and was so excited when he knocked down the pins! The first game he scored a 85 and the second game he BEAT me with a score of 93! I scored 92! I couldn't believe it! We will definitley be doing this again and we can't wait to bowl with the rest of the family!