Sunday family fun day.

Yesterday was a day of rest, recovery, and family for us. It was great. Mr. M let me sleep until almost 11am, so we missed church. We had a "whatever" brunch, some of us having cupcakes, others canned ravioli or cereal. Every now and then a relaxed start to the day is so nice!

Bob practiced riding his new Ripstick. The little kids watched noggin. Mr. M cleaned the front hall, and the front living room. The older kids all folded their laundry. Then 3pm rolled around...
and it was time for bowling!

I don't know if any of you have ever watched a two year old bowl, but to me it's about the funniest thing on earth, closely followed by watching a three year old bowl. A parent or sibling places the ball near the line. The toddler in question proudly jumps up and down, points to it, runs in circles, then pushes or kicks it down the lane. They then jump and point shouting "'ook! ook!" as the ball slowly crawls down the lane, bouncing off a bumper every now and then. Everyone claps and cheers as a couple of pins wobble over. They then practically stick their face into the ball return watching for THEIR ball to magically reappear again. Repeat process....then it's "my turn? my turn?" until Mom pours them another soda out of the pitcher or buys some skittles out of the vending machine to help them bide their time. Yeah, the bowling alleys know what they're doing giving kids "free games." They KNOW they'll make it back off the concessions.

Teeny tiny bowling shoes are adorable, kind of in the same way garbage pail kids used to be adorable. I know I'm not the only crazy parent out there because they go down to a size 6...two sizes smaller than what Si guy wears.

After bowling, we dropped off half our kids w/ grandparents, and proceeded to Price Chopper w/ kids number two, five, and six. We bought steaks, chicken, and corn to grill for dinner with surprisingly few goat-like incidences and proceeded home. (Whoever invented those "car carts" should be sainted!)

We almost never have corn on the cob anymore, because corn is not princess D's friend. She was at Grandma's this time though. There we fired up the "barbie" (See Australian is still in my head!) and had a wonderful time. The kids were bribed into waiting w/ Noggin and grapes. Dinner wasn't ready until almost eight, but oh so worth it!

The kids all went to bed without incident too. We were so blessed yesterday. May the blessings continue throughout the week.