Mind Over Gutter

Bug has been invited to a bowling birthday party, and since she had not one speck of a clue what bowling is, I thought it prudent to take her to the lanes and try tossing a few.

::aside against watching bowling on tv::
Hell no, I wasn't going to show her bowling on tv. The last time I watched TV, there was a whole lot of this:

I wasn't about to subject my daughter to those antics. Could you imagine her pulling a stunt like that at the party? Gads!

And no, I usually don't watch bowling on tv. Channel surfing, I saw this pompous bowling ass and was instantly mesmerized to watch the trainwreck. I suppose that's the point.
::end aside against watching bowling on tv::

Her form looked pretty spectacular...

...but instead of coming through from underneath, she roundhoused the ball into the neighboring lane. I told her that can't happen without giving the person a strike.

Jem got in on the bowling action as well. She tended to drop the ball at the line, so if it made it down to the pins -- employees had to help that effort a couple times -- it was sllloooow going. To illustrate this point, you can see that, in Figure 1 Jem is watching and pointing at her ball. In Figure 2, the ball has not gone much farther, yet she's had time to turn around and smile at the camera. Also, check the neighbor kid's ball in both. mwahahahaha!

Figure 1

Figure 2

I'm so glad we had the opportunity to cover some basics of bowling etiquette and safety. Today Bug had her chance to almost smoosh her fingers getting her ball off the return, run across several lanes (some in play) when returning from the snack bar, know how many turns she got (and to wait patiently for hers), understand the difference between a strike and a spare, how to wait when neighboring bowlers are in play, and how to avoid falling on her ass with the slippery shoes.

Still trying to figure out how Jem didn't knock down any pins on her first go. I'm actually quite proud of my score. I didn't use the bumpers like the kids did.

Comments

[Susie]

I think Bug saw that TV bowling. In that second pic, she's all, "That's RIGHT."
How DO you keep from falling on your ass in those slippy shoes?

[Don]

My nine year old daughter threw the ball in the other lane, too, with bumpers!