August 5: Pop Can Bowling

The kids were begging my wife and I to take them bowling tonight. Unfortunately, it hadn't been a good day at home behavior-wise, and we were not really willing to reward them for such. So, we nixed the bowling trip. Of course, shortly there after, I started feeling a little bad for the tykes, as they are good kids and, well, all of us have bad days from time-to-time. So, rather than steal all of their bowling joy, I decided to create an alley of our own. I went out in the driveway, grabbed a dozen or so empty pop cans, a larger softball-size wiffle ball for each of them, and we had our first annual pop can bowling event. The wind was a little strong, however, and the pop cans kept tipping over, but the kids absolutely loved it. We started with the wiffle balls, but eventually the kids were drawn to a much larger kickball in an effort to drop ALL of the pins with one roll. Now, if I could just figure out how to create a homemade pinsetter, we would be all set to take this idea national. Hey, I can dream, can't I?