last day of bowling

i've been preparing hayden for the fact that bowling is coming to an end. i think he believed that for the rest of his life he would be going bowling every thursday. he took it fairly well and yesterday was the last day of hayden's bowling league. they had a big party for the kids and they were able to bowl 2 games (well, 1 1/2 since it takes SO LONG with kids this age) they had pizza, they were given goodie bags with candy and before we left they handed out trophies.
when we got out of the car hayden said "i can't wait to eat pizza! my stomach is growling!" this was note worthy because hayden doesn't like real food. not even pizza which most kids his age enjoy. we got into the bowling alley and he was so excited to see that it was decorated with balloons.
dave left work early so that he could come up and be a part of hayden's last day. it was the best day for him to attend since hayden had a record breaking score. his highest score before yesterday was 102. his average has been around 81 or 82. yesterday, his first game, he got 3 spares and ended up with a score of 107. he ended up not doing that well for the second game but he did end up getting a strike before they turned the lanes off once the pizza arrived.
hayden actually sat with some other kids and ate almost an entire piece of pizza. it was amazing. more amazing then the 107 he bowled.
hayden is quite the little encourager. he made some friends during the past 15 weeks (two of the are the kids of a girl that i went to high school with ironically) and he always the first to cheer them on and give high fives when a strike or spare is bowled.
i went back and forth as to if i should sign him up for the next session or if we should take a break and sign up the next time. his teacher told me that day that every thursday hayden would announce to everybody that he has bowling tonite. if it's a tuesday, he'll announce he only has 2 more days until bowling. he loves it. it gets us out of the house and gives us something to do once a week so i figured we'd sign up for the next session starting february 7th. this way it will get us through the winter months and leave our summer open to do other things if we want. he was so excited to hear that he'd be going back for more bowling in just 3 more weeks.
before we left they called each child up one at a time by name and gave them a trophy that even had their name engraved on it. hayden was so excited to get his very own bowling trophy. he even posed for a few pictures with it.
3 more weeks and we'll be back at it again.


on his way to 107:
his "i missed the last 2 pins" dance:
dave and talan were happy to be there too. you can even kind of see talan's teeth:
hayden eating pizza!:
the trophy ceremony:
he loves it:
devon, nathan and hayden after getting their trophies:
hayden, jonathan, isreal and david:
the trophy: