We were running about 15 minutes late & didn't know anyone else from any of our local groups we participate in who were planning on attending this event...But I perservered, for the sake of my children, and entered the bowling alley pushing Jake in the stroller & Becky & Matthew on either side of that. (Did I mention that Jake had a stinky diaper which I should've just changed before we went in, but we had already gotten halfway across the parking lot when I remembered that Jake had thrown his bottle across the van while we were driving & I might need it while we were inside so we had to turn all the way around & go back & get it & by this time the kids were like "Mom, we're already late, hurry, hurry...so I forgot about the diaper momentarily until we got inside & I smelled it!?!) Okay, anyway, we get in & the "party" was "all the way at the end & down a few stairs". So I try to be cool like Danny is when he just picks up the stroller with the car seat attached & Jake in it & everything - Well, I'm just not that cool - I must have picked it up in the wrong place, the car seat unclicks halfway, Jake is now sideways but I managed to get him safely down the stairs stroller & all, reclick everything & act as if I have everything all together (PS: All of this is happening & NO ONE notices me~What if I was having a real problem or something!)
Okay~We are now in the Party Zone ~ I almost lost it with the stroller incident but managed to hold back my tears & go to get the kids their bowling shoes ~ which I might add are pretty stylish now with velcro & all, they looked pretty new and everything ~ (compared to the nasty ones we used to have to wear when we were kids!) Matthew was so thrilled~He said he wants a pair of shoes just like them of his very own. (Cute moment ~ making Mom feel like everything she went through so far today was worth it~Good thing we have those moments for encouragement, huh?) I go back to the counter & the lady asks me if I pre-registered (which the flyer never mentioned we had to do & the lady who talked to me on the phone never mentioned either) I said "No" & she says "No problem - No one is on Lane 54 you guys can go there..."
So we proceed (stroller & all) to look for a size 6 bowling ball and can only find an 8 - It'll just have to do...We find a ramp to push the stroller down to the lanes (see I'm not a glutton for punishment - no more of the trying to carry the stroller down stairs for me!), we get to Lane 54 & Voila! Two ladies (who don't even seem to have any homeschoolers with them) are on the lane already - I find a guy who works there & he says "No problem, we'll just add your kids in with them, unless you're uncomfortable with that?" So, they get added & take their first turns - They did okay but I am still stressed out bc when I went up to help each one bowl their turn, I could hear Jake scream bc he couldn't see me (& bc I still hadn't changed his diaper!) (Note: Tears are beginnig to surface again) Then these two "ladies" are nowhere to be found - So we're waiting patiently for them to come back & take their turns so my kids can go again!
In the meantime, pizza is served ~ Matthew is chanting "I want pizza, I want pizza", I still have to figure out how to change poor Jake's diaper, not leave my kids alone & not fumigate the place with a dirty diaper, while everyone is eating their lunch! I managed to get the diaper changed & go get sodas for the kids & as I was doing that I ran into someone we knew from when Becky went to Christian School who is now homeschooling her children! Yay!! I felt a big weight off of my shoulders & then I almost cried tears of joy! (Once the tears are already there & just being held back~they can come for any reason, ya know!) Anyway, God is just so good! He knows just what we need right when we need it! I managed to get all of my stuff & the kids over to our friends' lane & there was an open lane right next to them - The kids were able to have their pizza & soda, bowled two games, Jake fell asleep & Becky got to hang out with her old friend Pattie! It ended up to be a great day after all!!
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