Lucky Strike

Grandma, Grandpa, Jay, Jasmine, Michael, Ryan and I tried to go to the Botanical Gardens today. We got all the way to the Bronx before it started to rain so we decided instead to head to the Palisades Mall to go to the New Lucky Strike Bowling Alley there. It was a very cool place and it was also Ryan's first experience with bowling. In addition to the main bowling section, they also has a kids bowling area. For a dollar, you could bowl a full 10 frame game on a short lane (bumpers included although I didn't figure that out until the 5th frame) and the balls were a little bit bigger than balls you would use in Skeeball. Like all big kid things he does, Ryan loved it.

As soon as our game ran out, he tried to take the balls off another kid's lane and Grandma let him of course. He even tried to roll a regular bowling ball when we started playing

- too bad he doesn't understand "taking turns" -- guess we need to work on that along with sharing!!