Mommy Mondays: Bowl-O-Rama

Thatkid's birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, so his actual birthday was a little uneventful.  There was a doughnut for breakfast, presents, then school, then out for pizza for dinner.

The big celebration happened on Saturday - his bowling party.

Thatkid has been bowling two times in his whole life, but decided a couple months ago that what he really wanted for his birthday, was a bowling party.

Such a throwback to our childhoods!  I can't even begin to count the number of bowling parties I went to when I was a child.  He hasn't been invited to any bowling parties, so he's either right on the cusp of the resurgence, or they're just not a thing anymore.

But a bowling party sounds really easy - they don't even let you bring your own food (minus the cake) so all we had to do was show up! Of course I couldn't do nothing, so some bowling ball balloons were easy enough decor.

And once the kids arrived, there was bowling.

And pizza.

And more bowling.

Lots more bowling.

Eventually I rounded all the kids up for some cake.  And oh that cake.

Like last year, Thatkid requested I make his cake.  Vanilla on the bottom, strawberry on the top.  Purple frosting. 3 bowling balls stacked on top of each other on top of the cake, and 2 pins beside the balls.  And bowling balls all along the sides of the cake.

I made a slight adjustment to his request, because 3 balls don't really balance well on top of each other when you're dealing with three dimensions and not just two. 

A couple little white dots on black plates and we were ready to go.

After cake, the kids bowled a little more and then I gathered them once again to take some pictures and send them to the table to grab their favors.

We sent them home with bowling pin sippers, gutterball gumballs, and those black balls filled with bowling balls, each of which were filled with a bowling pin stress ball, socks, and a slap bracelet (super retro for a retro kind of party, no?)

And with that, they were on their way.  We did a quick cleanup, and then we were on our way also!  Thatkid had a great time with his friends and I think we're going to start seeing a lot more bowling parties from this group!