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World’s Greatest Bowler


Photo-A-Day #3241

We took the kids bowling today with my Aunt and her daughter. Eva and her cousin get along so well together. Andrew adores my Aunt.

We had a fun morning around the house as the kids played with their new motorized doggy, one of The Happys. This is a little puppy that runs around, chases a ball and does various other tricks. The toy is from Cepia and the kids really enjoy it. there was lots of giggling going on. I can only imagine the pandemonium with more than one of these toys and then you have special treats for them that cause the toy to do a trick whether it is to wiggle, spin, beg or pounce there are many things this toy will do.

We had to tear the kids away from that toy to get them ready for some bowling. Eva and I also did a little more Lego building for her LEGO Movie. It is funny that the one toy company that didn’t let me visit their booth at Toy Fair was the toy that I’ve spent the most time playing with since my return home.

Bowling was fun, it is school vacation week so it was busy but not overly so. Eva and her cousin did well. I helped Andrew bowl and he had fun pushing the ball. It wasn’t until near the end that Allison found one of the rolling frames to help the kids. We all used the bumpers because, why not. Andrew bowled with me on his turn and my turn. This kid needs constant stimulation. He made a break for it over and over and over. I’m not an advocate of those child leash backpacks but he is slowly changing my mind.

Here is what he thinks of the idea.

Andrew bowling with Allison
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XShot at North Bowl

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XShot at North Bowl
Photo-A-Day #1359

Today Allison and I had a lazy indoors day. We put together the kitchen set that Nate and Sarah got for Eva. That was a morning project and we got it finished. We also watched a few more episodes of Sanctuary (a Sci -Fi Channel show that has been accumulating on our DVR since Halloween). We bummed around and I took a nice long afternoon nap too. Read some of Brisnger and then got ready to go bowling with some friends.

We went to North Bowl for our Bowling night. North Bowl has been around North Attleboro for a very long time and recently they underwent a massive upgrade. They put in new floors, high backed booths on the lane floor and video scoring. The place looks and feels great, very professional. We went in and got a drink and waited for our friends.

Once a good number of people arrived we got our lanes and started bowling. The computerized lanes were great you could even set it so that certain bowlers automatically got bumpers when they took their turns. I was in charge of the computer because no one else had a clue as to how to use it. So I set up both sides and set bumpers on a few people. We had a lot of fun and then a smaller group of us went for a late dinner. But not before I got this group shot using my XShot 2.0. I had a few people ask about it and what it was too. I love using this gadget because you can get a group shot like this without anyone else’s help.

Neil, Andrea, Derek, Michelle, Jimmy, Kathy, Allison and I ended up over at Piccadilly Pub for a late dinner. I like the ‘Pic for their burgers, they are not as good as Red Robin but the wait at RR was over an hour and a half, no thanks. But the Pic burgers were decent and we had a very nice time with everyone. We laughed, told stories and jokes and just enjoyed each other’s company. It was a really nice night. I got camera envy right now, Andrea got a Nikon D90. I dared not play with it too much as we have to save and a new camera is just not in the cards for a while. Besides I need a flash 1st.

I do think that we probably got Derek and Michelle excited about getting iPod Touches though. They seemed quite taken with ours.