Monday we went bowling as a family for the first time! Nate had the day off of work so we took the Boys during the afternoon. As you can see Aidan is already pulling faces and all we've done is put on our shoes and picked out our balls. Let's just say we won't be taking little Aidy during "nap" time again...he was a bit of a bear to say the least. All he wanted was for it to be his turn to bowl the whole time and nobody else could have a turn without him starting to bawl and continue with a fit until it was his turn again. There was no talking to him, no reasoning with him and no explaining it to him, he was just mad when he had to wait until his turn came up again. When it was his turn he was having a great time and was even kind of happy until someone else got a turn. Corbin didn't let all the fits bother him, he was having a great time from the start and did awesome and stayed happy all the way thru. He even was a good listener most of the time!
C.J. and his Dad getting ready to take a turn. Corbin loved bowling and took to it right away. He was all about using different ways to throw that heavy ball down the lane and came up with some creative methods. He did great and scored a 65.
Here Corbin is trying out the practice ball they let us use for Aidan it's a size 4 or in other words really light and it has holes for all five fingers. Corbin was fun to watch, as he experimented with different ways to get that ball down the lane in hopes of knocking over more pins.
Aidan loved bowling too but we had a hard time telling if he really liked it or not since he wasn't being very happy the whole time we were there. He got excited when it was his turn again and had to carry his own ball and do it all himself. He really liked to watch his ball roll slowly down the lane and he didn't really care if he hit pins or not as long as he got his turn. Aidan did great too and rolled a 65 also. We realized he really did like bowling when on the way out to the car he cried and was wailing "ball.....bowling.....bowling...ball.....bowling...no nap...no, no...bowling....bowling." He also keep trying to turn around to go back into the building in hopes to go back and bowl again. Can we just say he was one "tired" little guy.
I helped Aidy bowl and it was so cute to see him hefting that little pink ball around and how proud he was when it was his turn. You could see he thought he was pretty hot stuff bowling like he was a big kid. I think next time we will just make sure we go after nap time or way before. I'm glad Corbin and Aidan took to it so well and we really did have a good time when all was said and done. The only thing that may really deter us was it cost us $20 bucks for the four of us and we only bowled one game on one lane. Doesn't that seem kind of steep or am I just being cheap? It seems like it cost a whole lot less the few times I went as a kid, but then again as Nate reminded me I was usually only paying for one person not four. Anyway we made some fun memories and hopefully we'll give it another try when the funds get saved up again. I do recommend it to anyone looking for some thing for the family to do to get out of the house for awhile and as you all know here in our town we're always looking for something new to do! It was good to get out and be active as a family....that has been a goal for us while we've been out here. So far we're doing good, but we want to do better.
Monday we went bowling as a family for the first time! Nate had the day off of work so we took the Boys during the afternoon. As you can see Aidan is already pulling faces and all we've done is put on our shoes and picked out our balls. Let's just say we won't be taking little Aidy during "nap" time again...he was a bit of a bear to say the least. All he wanted was for it to be his turn to bowl the whole time and nobody else could have a turn without him starting to bawl and continue with a fit until it was his turn again. There was no talking to him, no reasoning with him and no explaining it to him, he was just mad when he had to wait until his turn came up again. When it was his turn he was having a great time and was even kind of happy until someone else got a turn. Corbin didn't let all the fits bother him, he was having a great time from the start and did awesome and stayed happy all the way thru. He even was a good listener most of the time!
C.J. and his Dad getting ready to take a turn. Corbin loved bowling and took to it right away. He was all about using different ways to throw that heavy ball down the lane and came up with some creative methods. He did great and scored a 65.
Here Corbin is trying out the practice ball they let us use for Aidan it's a size 4 or in other words really light and it has holes for all five fingers. Corbin was fun to watch, as he experimented with different ways to get that ball down the lane in hopes of knocking over more pins.
Aidan loved bowling too but we had a hard time telling if he really liked it or not since he wasn't being very happy the whole time we were there. He got excited when it was his turn again and had to carry his own ball and do it all himself. He really liked to watch his ball roll slowly down the lane and he didn't really care if he hit pins or not as long as he got his turn. Aidan did great too and rolled a 65 also. We realized he really did like bowling when on the way out to the car he cried and was wailing "ball.....bowling.....bowling...ball.....bowling...no nap...no, no...bowling....bowling." He also keep trying to turn around to go back into the building in hopes to go back and bowl again. Can we just say he was one "tired" little guy.
I helped Aidy bowl and it was so cute to see him hefting that little pink ball around and how proud he was when it was his turn. You could see he thought he was pretty hot stuff bowling like he was a big kid. I think next time we will just make sure we go after nap time or way before. I'm glad Corbin and Aidan took to it so well and we really did have a good time when all was said and done. The only thing that may really deter us was it cost us $20 bucks for the four of us and we only bowled one game on one lane. Doesn't that seem kind of steep or am I just being cheap? It seems like it cost a whole lot less the few times I went as a kid, but then again as Nate reminded me I was usually only paying for one person not four. Anyway we made some fun memories and hopefully we'll give it another try when the funds get saved up again. I do recommend it to anyone looking for some thing for the family to do to get out of the house for awhile and as you all know here in our town we're always looking for something new to do! It was good to get out and be active as a family....that has been a goal for us while we've been out here. So far we're doing good, but we want to do better. 
2 comments:
Its hard to find "cheap" activities to do. Bowling sounds like a good activity everyone can enjoy. Especially if you can have the kid bumpers!
That looks like fun! We've never taken Chloe bowling but I bet she would love it!
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