February's Grandparent Date

So our February date was to go bowling. We went to the local bowling alley and had fun rolling those "big balls" as Reagan called them down the lane. It took a few attempts for David and I to remember how to do this bowling thing. Actually, more like it took me a few tries, David did just fine. Everything went really well except for the couple of times that Jonathan pushed the reset button just as I was throwing the ball and lets just say things got stuck a few times. In the end all was well and he learned to sit and wait in between his turns. I think the older boys really enjoyed themselves.

 Luke was great at inputting all the information. He knew just what to do and got us started

 Here we are with are silly bowling shoes. 

 Adrian actually did really well. It helped we had the bumber rails up and he used those to his advantage.

 I love the look on Jonathan's face here. Everytime he was so excited that his ball made it all the way to the pins! It helped that Grandpa was his partner and I am sure that his added push helped it along.

 I was Reagan's partner and basically she said "It's too heavy, you do it". I did try hard to have her help every time until finally she just had had enough.

 And so this is where she went to pout when I told her no she couldn't push all the buttons. The last four frames I had Jonathan take her turn. As you can see, they tied. Funny how when we got home she told Toshia bowling was really fun and wanted to go again. Hmmm....I guess ice cream at the end erases all unhappy memories!

 Of course, Grandpa won over all and I came in second. Adrian was third with Luke close behind. 

 What date would be complete if we didn't have a treat. So off to Dari Delish we went for ice cream  It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. Even though the sun was out it still was kind of cold and by the time the kids were finished with their ice cream they were shivering.

I couldn't resist adding this last photo. What a cutie! We had so much fun bowling with the kids. It really is fun to have this time with just them and hang out. Luke said, "This weekend I have not quit having fun, first bowling then ice cream, tomorrow the super bowl party....." 

Happy Times!