Does everyone know about bocce ball? Basically, someone throws a white ball, then everyone gets two chances to throw their own ball, attempting to land closest to the white ball. Pretty simple but pretty fun!
Here's dad showing us how it's done. That's a face of concentration.
Darren's got it down pat.
Code time: I'm going to name each kid by the first letter of their parent's name and their birth order within their family. Brian's first kid would be B1. Jenny's third would be J3. Darren's fourth would be D4. Got it?B1 liked to run down close to the white ball and see how close everyone's ball would land. So everyone aimed... carefully.
Dad doing a little victory dance?
Darren's matchy matchy with his bocce balls!
Sean became the designated measurer when the winner wasn't obvious. Of course he was
very unbiased when it was between him and someone else.
You gonna win, Brian? Are ya?
Oh good form, babe! I think dad may have first heard of this game from Sean's dad.
So we could say that Sean won because he's played it many a-time. Yes, he certainly had the advantage.
But I'm still pretty proud of him for beating all those guys!
Many thanks to my pops for lending me his telephoto lens for these pictures. I want one.
Bocce ball is great! We live in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx. Consequently, the public park has bocce ball courts which attract a fair amount of people each day. However, based on your pictures, I don't think they'd stand a chance against Sean!
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