Keeping Busy

Amanda and the kids had a whirlwind day yesterday.  They met Aunt Tiff and Brenna for a movie at the theater just around the corner from our house at 10:00.  Then they came back here for lunch.  Everyone left around 3:00 or 3:30 and then we had some dinner.  I took the kids out bowling and then it was back home for bath and bed.

Bowling went well.  Noah had a strike and a spare back-to-back.  Lily and Noah both opened the second game with spares.  In fact, Lily beat Noah in the second game 76-74.  When Noah only got 3 pins with his first ball in the 10th frame of the second game I had to kind of think things through.  I didn't exactly tank the last shot, but I didn't go out of my way to get him 4 more pins either.  It was really important to Lily that she score higher than Noah.

Now I have to decide if that was a good idea.  Despite what Captain Kirk says, sometimes losing is a part of life.