Bowling

We went bowling with friends the other night.  William has become accomplished at bowling on the Wii but was excited to try it for real. William's excitement and the invite were enough to overcome Caroline's inherent distain of the sport!  We all had a great time, though none of us will be playing in leagues any time soon.  

The bowling alley on base is pretty nice and kid friendly.  I was looking for a light ball for William when one of the guys mentioned that the six pounders are kept behind the counter since they get broken otherwise.  Something about over-hand bowling...

You can program the bumpers to come up automatically for any particular player.  We nearly reconsidered that option for William after he won the first game.  But he loves the bumpers, so we kept them going.  They even have a ramp you can set up for the really young kids.  You pull the ramp over from the side and set the ball on the ramp and the kids come up and give the ball a little shove and the ball is off down the alley.  William wanted to try that one too, but he was competition enough already!