I Don't Have a Clever Bowling Title

We went bowling last week because:

1. Morning swimming lessons had me off track
2. Pretlow really wanted to go
3. I was running out of ideas

So, at 1 in the afternoon I decided it was probably too late for a museum trip, and a little over an hour later I finally got it together and we headed out. The Bowl America in Chantilly wasn't too hard to find. There was one "Mom! We passed it!" but it only took two u-turns to get to the right place :-).

In addition to being lots of fun for the kids, bowling rated pretty well as an educational field trip. There was math involved ("You knocked down three pins, how many are left?"). We reinforced letter and number recognition by watching the scoreboard. And they learned about taking turns and encouraging each other. We all clapped and cheered when anyone bowled well. Their scores were respectable (for their ages) and, thanks to the bumper guards, a couple of spares were bowled! As it turns out, having fun can also be educational!

Mommy is still learning how to use the camera.