Bowling

Jon gets very few days off and often spends those days working on projects he's had in mind and been anticipating for weeks if not months. And possibly even longer. He has an ongoing list that will probably never be completed because he's constantly adding to it. Tear down the steps leading out our back door and redo them. Finish a room in the basement. Do a makeover in the laundry room. Just to name a few. This President's Day was a little different. Instead of focusing on projects, we worked around the house all morning and into the afternoon. Mid afternoon Jon suggested we surprise the girls by taking them bowling. Lydia's been talking about bowling and hockey and dance and basketball. Oh. And karate as of late. Her interests are ever changing and I'm excited for her to try to figure out what she'd do well at and enjoy. Eventually. I've also been curious to see if they've improved since we went bowling with the Heiselts a couple years ago. I guess when I say "they" I mean Lydia. And I'm not sure how much she really participated back then. Anyway, we went to Boondocks for family night and loved it!

The girls used a ramp to roll their bowling balls towards the pins and we put up the bumpers when it was their turn too. I probably should have had the bumpers when it was my turn; I would definitely have benefited from them had they been there. ;) Jon was the clear winner throughout the game, but Lydia and Sophie did excellent as well. Lydia was so tired in between her turns that she'd "rest" on the bench until she got to bowl again. Sophie LOVED carrying her 8 pound ball to the ramp and would stand guarding it if it was almost her turn. We were bowling next to another family with young kids and between our two families we had four 8 pound balls. It's a good thing she was guarding hers. Obviously. ;)

Jon and I took turns holding Mia. Except when Lydia insisted on holding her herself. And Mia was awesome. I know I mention this constantly, but she really loves watching her sisters. Her giddy excitement when Lydia or Sophie even look her way is absolutely adorable. One of my many absolute favorite things about this little angel right now.

Sophie says, "I liked when we were bowling and we were having too much fun in the last place we were bowling."
Lydia says, "I liked three things about bowling.  I liked when I pretended I was taking a nap. And I liked when I was pretending I was having a swing. And I liked when it was my turn." Lydia likes to put her hands on any two closely spaced objects (chairs, benches, etc.) and lift her legs up and rock back and forth. That's what she was referring when she said, "having a swing."

Definitely a fun night. We look forward to doing it again sometime.