Target Practice
Our morning started with target practice. "Nerf It Up" Gavin, "Sharpshooter" Ryan, and "Bullseye" Daddy each fired 10 shots at a target taped to the fireplace. Ryan recorded everyone's points after each shot and added them at the end to see who had the highest score. "Bullseye" and "Sharpshooter" both put up fairly impressive numbers. "Nerf It Up" tends to be more of a wild, unpredictable shooter. However, you should not underestimate him; he's fairly accurate during battle, especially when aiming at the face!
On Thin Ice
A couple of inches of snow and freezing rain had fallen overnight, turning our driveway into an icy luge that was perfect for sledding. The boys played outside in the snow and ice for more than an hour before coming in for marshmallows and hot chocolate (in that order since the amount of marshmallows far exceeds the amount of hot chocolate in their mugs). Afterward, without prompting, Gavin would say, "Me had a great time outside. Me had so much fun playing in snow with Daddy and Ryan!"
Dog Tired
Gavin has given up napping in his crib. Most days he naps in Mommy and Daddy's bed. Today, when Daddy gave him his options of where he could nap, he jokingly named Guinness' dog bed as a possibility. Naturally, Gavin latched onto that idea and insisted on napping there. So, we all gathered around the dog bed for story time and laid there until Gavin fell asleep. Guinness was very confused and upset by the intrusion!
Duckpin Bowling
Later that afternoon, we reserved a lane at the local bowling alley so the boys could try duckpin bowling for the first time. They really enjoyed it and did far better than I expected (though the bumpers on the sides of the lane helped!). In duckpin bowling, bowlers are allowed three balls per frame, instead of two like in regular ten-pin bowling. Since all four of us played, that was a long time for two excited little boys to have to wait for their next turn.
Ryan was our official scorekeeper and was in charge of pushing the reset button between frames. There were a couple of frames where he knocked down all 10 pins. Gavin never mastered the technique of rolling the ball down the lane. Instead, he threw it like a shot put then ran back to get another ball to immediately launch down the lane. He'd throw all three balls before the first one even reached the pins. He even managed to throw a couple of gutter balls despite the bumpers!
Although we kept score, we're not sure who won the game since we had to submit our scorecard to the cashier to determine how much we owed. Next time we'll know to add up all the points before checking out! At least that gives us an excuse to go bowling again!
