Bowling Fun!

Peter worked almost 16 hours on Tuesday so he was able to take today off.  We were excited for an extra long weekend!

He had been wanting to take Benjamin bowling for awhile now so we figured it would be the perfect day for it, especially since, yes, you guessed it....it was raining again.  Seriously Oregon, this rain thing is getting a wee bit old. 

Anyway.

We had a couple of free bowling game coupons so off we went.  Benjamin was SO excited.  But when it came time for him to use the ball ramp they give kiddos to help them get the ball down the lane, he wanted nothing to do with it.  So we just let him regular bowl for awhile and he loved it.  I think he was confused because we have a toy bowling set at home and he wanted to bowl like that.

 ready to watch his big brother go bowling!

 Go Daddy!

 fun!

 doing his happy dance

 apparently bowling isn't too interesting, he slept a lot of the time

 his first time bowling

what a big boy

He had a lot of fun and kept clapping and dancing after he would send the ball down the lane.  Peter only had to go rescue the ball once when he didn't push it hard enough to make it all the way to the pins.

Eventually he wanted to use the ball ramp once I told him it was just a slide for the ball.  We let him enjoy bowling for all 3 of us for the last couple of rounds since he was having so much fun and he even bowled a strike for me :-)

 he could carry the green ball by himself....fun action shot

 so strong

 a strike!!

 pushing the ball down the "slide"

He had the greatest time getting to choose what color ball he would use each time!

After we finished our game, we went to McDonalds for lunch to complete a "perfect" day for our little guy.  He had fun running around and I tried to not kill myself when he was "stuck" at the top of these windy stairs/steps and needed help getting down.  I kept hoping I wouldn't pull a muscle or contract some nasty virus from all the germs, ha! 

We came home and all four of us took a 3 hour nap. Yes, you read that correctly.  All FOUR of us took a 3 HOUR nap.  It was glorious and so wonderful.

We're just hanging out tonight.  I made fettucine, the boys are working on a puzzle and it's a very peaceful evening. 

(Benjamin's after-nap hair is out of control but oh so cute!)

 Daddy had spiked his hair with gel this morning.....that in combination with a 3 hour nap makes this fun style :-)

 LOVE my boys!

 A very enjoyable day off indeed!