Bowling Party

On Saturday we had a birthday party for Ben, just a little early.  He is very aware of what happens when you have a birthday and has been talking about his party for several months now.  So we wanted to have a party for him here, with some of the friends he's known since he was just a baby.  We had 10 friends, plus Susanna and Ben and all the parents, come to a party at the local bowling alley.  For some kids it was the first bowling experience.  My kids had been once before, maybe last August.  They showed a big improvement!  Both were very independent and were very successful at getting the ball to the other end of the lane without it stopping (a big challenge!)  Of course the bumpers helped, but overall I was impressed with the performance of all the bowlers.  It was a fun party.

Our move is coming very quickly and we are working hard to prepare ourselves.  We go soon to find a place to live for the next two years.  The movers will come at the end of the month, and then that's pretty much it.  We still have to sell our house of course (keeping my fingers crossed on that one!) and we will also sell one of our cars.  The other will stay with Brad's dad and we will use it on return trips (all two of them!).  I still have to get rid of a lot of stuff...  I feel like I've been doing well with filling trash bags, but there is still way too much.  Once we find a place and know how little space we will actually have I will be freshly motivated to purge!  We've gotten rid of or put away lots of toys so far, and the kids do seem just as content as ever, so I'm sure they'll be fine with however much we are able to bring.

I wanted to post a couple of photos of Ben, but it won't let me tonight.  Will try again soon...