A Different Kind of Bowling

We all went bowling on Friday. This time it was candlepin bowling: the balls are quite small, with no finger holes, and the pins are tall and skinny. I'd never done this kind of bowling before, and I didn't like it as much as regular bowling (mainly because I wasn't very good at it, even with three chances to bowl in each frame!).
























Aunt Kelley demonstrated the proper bowling technique, and then Merlyn had a turn. Her technique was very different -- Kelley's must have gotten lost in translation! Merlyn would swing her arms back and forth between her legs three or four times before rolling the ball. It was really funny; just seeing the pictures again made me laugh at the memory.






The balls were small enough that even Berkleigh could pick them up and bowl by herself, although she still tended to heave the ball down the lane, making a loud thud. Myles tried hard to be able to walk up and bowl in the same motion. Most of the time he would walk to the line, then stop and roll the ball.








Grandma Faye looks happy after her turn: it must have been a good one. Carter, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have fared as well. With the picture of the bowling balls above him, it actually looks like he's guarding his head from flying balls. Rest assured, though, that nobody was hurt in the course of the day.