Another Ball I Forgot

Yesterday I blogged about balls in my house. This ball gets a whole blog just for itself. In fact, we have had two birthday parties for Will at this "Ball Place". Many friends and family remember Will's 3rd and 5th birthday parties that we had at the....BOWLING ALLEY. Yes, he takes after his dad, who at age 33, is the YOUNGEST bowler in his Monday night bowling league. Bowling and Will have gone way back and now he is just as into Wii Bowling and can beat almost anyone who attempts to take him on. Will's love of bowling is being passed on to his little brother too. Owen's job the last time we went to the alley was to check on the balls coming out of the shoot, make sure the right person got the right ball, and that no one smashed their fingers. He took his job seriously and did a great job!

This picture I found was not Will at his 3rd birthday but I think it was the summer right after that. I am guessing summer because of his super cute buzz cute and deep tan:) Well, as deep as a tan as a white boy can get!!!

Will's 4th birthday we were somehow blessed to avoid the bowling alley. His 4th birthday is when he was REALLY into football and beginning to love and understand all that football entails. Thus, football party for turning 4 was what we had.

By year 5, he still loved football (and continues to love it today) but was ready for another round at the alley with his friends. Bowling is such an important activity for this little boy...again just like Daddy:)

Now, this is where I was going with this blog earlier. Will thinks and talks about bowling even when he is not there or we have no plans to go in the immediate future. Will also thinks and talks about one other person all the time (not me or Nini)...but Aubree. His little friend from next door who moved away and he misses dearly. The other day he was in the kitchen drawing a picture. All blue of course because with Will it really could not be any other way. I went in to see what he was creating and he had drawn two people holding hands. One a boy and one a girl. One boy was holding a blue ball (take a wild guess) and the girl was holding a green ball. He then drew four little pins on the bottom of the page for the boy and girl to knock over with their pins. Next he placed his name proudly on the top and then asked me how to spell Aubree. He was so excited about his picture and wanted me to place it on the refrigerator right away! I was just surprised that he gave Aubree a ball color OTHER than blue. Notice it is the ONLY thing on the page that is not his favorite color. I asked him why her ball wasn't blue and this was his "duh, mom...." response: "cause my ball is blue and her ball has to be different so we won't fight!"