We went bowling yesterday

Jared gets graded by colors each day at school. A green means he was good, yellow = has been a bit naughty, red means "focus time" and blue means we get a phone call about it. Jared usually gets 1-2 yellow marks each week. We decided to start a reward system for him. If he gets a green mark every day for a whole week, then we will do something fun on Saturday - and let Jared pick from the options we give him. We told him he could go rollerskating or bowling. He has never been bowling (neither of the boys have) so he decided to try it. We had a blast!

Jared ran into the bowling lane and slipped the first time - he went straight down on his butt. It didn't stop him from doing it again, but he was more careful. David would roll the ball and as he'd watch it slowly roll toward the pins, he would jump up and down while watching the ball. It was fun to watch. He slipped once too, but had no lasting injuries beyond a bruised ego.

In this picture, Jared threw the ball so that it immediately hit the gutter guard and it zig-zaged back and forth all the way down the lane.

Notice Jared's hands over his mouth when he thinks he might get a strike, the ball is right in the center (after zig zagging)