Filed under: kids | Tags: birthday party, bowling, crowd control, gene, giggle, hailey, height, hyper active
Last weekend we celebrated Hailey’s birthday. She actually turned 6 on Dec. 3rd but that is an almost impossible time to have a birthday party at our house. As you may know my wife and I have a Jewelry store in downtown Apex and from Nov. 1st. through the new year we are extremely busy. There are virtually no days off and we have extended hours. So we opt to give Hailey a party sometime in January. This year we went bowling for something different. There were 13 little giggling, screaming, hyper girls all under the age of 7 at the party. Ginny and I basically did “crowd control” for two hours. When the party was nearly over I wanted to get a picture of the kids that were still there. When I got home I noticed that Hailey looked like she was standing on tip-toes, she was not. I never realized just how much taller she was than the other kids in her class. She looks to be a head taller than everyone else. I guess the height gene skipped over me. I’m only around 5′ 10″ but my father was around 6’6″ tall. I got the crappy genes from my mom’s side of the family, ( loud mouth, big butt and bad temper). I did not hit the gene pool lottery.
Filed under: recreation | Tags: bowling, bumper, gutter ball, kids, strike, Wii
Lauren had a birthday party to attend this past Saturday, so we took the little ones bowling for the first time. We have a Wii at home (as most people do) that came with a bowling game. The kids love to bowl so much on the game system I thought it would be a good idea to try it out in real life. After the first frame of the first game it was evident that the Wii is rigged to be easy. Real life bowling takes much more skill and there are no “do overs”. My first two throws went toward the gutter, I stink. Notice I didn’t say in the gutter, thank God for bumper bowling. It has been nearly 10 years since I bowled and there have been some great improvements to the game. I never knew there was a guide to help you bowl straight. Cheating can be fun and help improve your overall score. Win, win. My parents stopped by and we convinced my dad to bowl a game. He actually scored a 109. Not bad since it has been over 30 years since his last game. Ginny bowled great! She actually bowled more strikes than anyone. I attribute her throwing prowess to all the practice she has had throwing heavy objects at me with great accuracy. I wasn’t born with this lumpy head.
