I took the boys bowling today…
…by myself.
Six months ago, I wouldn’t have thought it possible.
A loud bowling alley. Lots of noise. Lots of lanes to run down. Lots of room to elope…
…”Bowling shoes” to wear…
And yet, today, I decided to take them.
And they did GREAT!
Jonah wore the shoes without so much as a fuss. He picked out his ball. He took turns with me and Jonny and he just had an absolute blast.
I think a lot of the success is attributed to the fact that Jonah has watched a lot of bowling videos I’ve taken of his brother… like A LOT of videos. (Or the same video a LOT of times).
He understands the expectations.
He protested once when it was time to leave (after 2 whole games) but did exactly what was asked of him when he needed to. Right down to holding my hand in the parking lot.
It went better than I could have ever imagined a few months back.
We went bowling. We had fun. We had huge victories and it was ALL a positive experience. (Look at the smile here!)
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