our newest addition to the family happens to be french and has greatly influenced our recreational activities. our brother in law arnaud has brought with him to the states a game called petonque (NO idea if i'm spelling it right). basically you throw a small bright ball (the koo-shi-nay; i'm not even gonna try to spell that in french, so there it is phonetically). and then you take giant silver balls that are very heavy and you throw them at the small ball. and whoever is closest after a few tries, wins the points. there is more to it, but i won't go into it. it sounds fairly boring, but its actually quite fun. kenny and his dad were playing a game the other night and aislyn desperately wanted to join in. she had a small nerf ball and a football at first and would just throw them and run after them cheering for herself. then daddy decided to give her some lessons. i couldn't help but steal a camera. so watch out balats, this girl is out to get you. she might be the champion of the next petonque tourney. she also might cry if you don't let her decide who gets to throw the "koo-shi-nay". :) also, carey and arnaud, note the new petonque watching benches that barbara created on theh sides of the "field"! much more enjoyable to sit and watch then lean and watch in my opinion. grayson thought so too. he'll be throwing the balls next year.
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SOOOOoooo cute!!
I think David has a set of plastics 'boules' (AKA balls, yes it sounds funny in French too) that are typically more suited for kids.
You did a good job with the phonetic :0) the game is called pétanque and the shinny little target is called a cochonnet (AKA little pig).
Do you know that it is a widely played game around the world??? amazingly enough there are professional players, and competitions, world cups etc....
May be Aislyn is going to end up a professional pétanque player representing the USA!!! who knows?? :0)))))
forgot to mention that the bench is a great idea!!!!
is it like bocce ball? what fun! you have a very active family! :)
Yes it is very similiar to "bocce" ball. in fact Mom and dad should have the platic balls "BOCCE in the garage next to the croqeut set. Aislyn, Liam and Grayson can start a petanque/bocce league for kids. Thanks for the pics Amy. We love to see how you all are doing.
Aislyn is getting so big! She's starting to look like a three year old in those pictures already. We are looking forward to seeing your mom and dad. Wish you guys could come too. I also heard about the wonderful blessings you guys received. It is so amazing the way God works through friends. Love ya'll.
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