Bowling

In an attempt to get the kids out of the house and occupied for a bit yesterday, we went bowling.  When we walked into the alley, the manager told us they were about to have a tornado drill and suggested we come back in fifteen minutes if we didn't want to huddle on the bathroom floor with them.  Lovely.  We walked across the street to the heavy equipment part of the museum.  The kids pretended they were being scraped up by a bulldozer.

Caden pretended like he was a spy.  He'd plant "explosives" under a vehicle and then run for cover.

Once the all clear sounded (it was a base wide drill), we headed back to the bowlling alley.  The manager gave the kids each a free game because we had to leave and come back.  So for $6, my kids were entertained for an hour and a half.

The balls are too heavy for Caden.  He dropped his and had them roll the wrong way a few times.  Silly.

Allie is working on her form.  She doesn't really need her right leg to go back, but all the good grown-up bowlers do it, so she did too.

Yes, that's hole in the knee of my child's jeans.  It's the latest fashion, I hear.

Jaelyn was in a mood.  She's much better, but she's still taking the occassional benadryl to help her breathe at night.  Antihistamines and Jaelyn doesn't mix well.  They make for an easily annoyed 9 1/2 year old.  That's a bad mix when you have two siblings.

The kids were complaining about it being so hot (81 thank you very much) so we stopped off for ice cream at the shoppette on the way home.  Edy's all fruit strawberry bars for Caden and Allie and Fudgesicles for me and Jaelyn.  The perfect snack on a hot, spring day ~ although technically, I don't think it's officially spring yet.