February 2, 2008 by Joe.

Josh went bowling again this morning. He was real excited about going today as he got a new ball this last week. It has a little bit of orange, red and black. He calls it his fireball!

Today, Josh bowled the “vacant” team. This league has only has 5 “real” teams so they put in a 6th team of just vacant scores to even it out. With Josh being the only person on his team, we got done pretty quickly. Josh went into this match with a 79 average. His first game was a 66 and second game was an 83. One cool thing to note is Josh’s name was on the front page of the stat sheet. He had the second highest scratch game for the boys, second highest handicap game for the boys and the second highest pins over average for the boys. As a team (him and the vacant) they had the second high team scratch game. Pretty soon, we’ll be seeing his name in lights!!!

We do need help with something. Josh needs a Team Name. Right now, his team name is team 5. So, if anyone has a clever team name for a five year old bowler who is basically bowling by himself, let us know!!

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February 2, 2008 by Joe.

I have a little bit of catching up to do. Josh missed two weeks of bowling in January due to other activities and me being sick. We got back into the swing of things on the 26th. Josh stepped up bowled a 95 his first game and a 64 his second game. During warm-ups, he knocked down a strike (without the bumpers)!!

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January 5, 2008 by Joe.

Today was Josh’s fifth day in his bowling league. He went into the night with a 77 average and a team record (he is the only one on his team) of 14 wins and 6 losses. In all fairness, I think five of those losses were his first week there which really shouldn’t have counted since he was bowling in an older age bracket. Oh well, he is five! It doesn’t really matter.

His first game was his best today. He bowled a 95 and beat the other team by 13 points. He bowled an 81 his second game and lost the team points by ten points. He picked up the last point in the team game with the most pins. Both of his games were above his average of 77. He is definitely improving every week thanks to his practicing. He is also very excited because he will be getting his own ball soon. It will be a “Shrek” ball.

I was very proud of Josh today. I never once had to tell him to wait for the person next to him to bowl. I never had to tell him to tell the other bowler good job or better luck next time. I also didn’t have to tell him to say good game to the other bowler at the end of the match. I wish the parents of the other kids in the league would teach their kids to do the same. Unfortunately, that is not the case. The kid Josh was bowling today kept asking me “am I winning?” One of the main reasons I wanted to get Josh into some sort of sporting event was to help teach him good sportsmanship. He definitely has it and we will keep reinforcing it every week.

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