Pinstack

Today, we celebrated Read’s birthday, a little boy in Troy’s class, at Pinstack. Pinstack has bowling, arcades, laser tag, bumper cars, zip lining, and a rock wall. It was pretty much Troy’s first time doing any of that, so we weren’t sure what his reaction would be. Bowling was a disaster. Not only did Troy drop a bowling ball on his foot, but his initial throw made it all the way down the lane only to drop off into the gutter at the last second. He promptly declared that bowling sucked, and he never wanted to play it again. They pulled out the bumpers and guiding rail, didn’t even know that was a thing, and the kids had more fun. They also didn’t really keep score, so it was kind of a free-for-all.

After bowling, we had chicken strips and cupcakes before heading to the arcade. They gave us a two-hour game card which we used on a single game. All Troy wanted to play was a pirate shooting game, where you battle rock monsters, giant snakes, demonic skeletons, and even the kraken. It was pretty fun. My wife and I both played it with him. We tried to get him to play other games or with his friends, but he wouldn’t have it.

By the time we ran out of time, everyone else had already departed, including the birthday boy. We stopped at Ford’s Garage for hamburgers before heading home for a late nap.