We went with only the members living at home as the birthday girl isn't generally very social. Having just her siblings at the party she was able to focus on having fun bowling rather than the challenging social stuff. She did venture over and tell the bowling alley employee that "it was her birthday and she was 10". We were so impressed that she spoke that it didn't matter that she was wrong about her age, she just turned 6.
For our bowling party we had access to the bowling alley plus the attached gymnasium however the children were so excited about bowling that they never ventured into the gymnasium. Not being regular bowlers our abilities definetly proved that fact but we made up for it in enthusiasm. If you heard the cheering from the children you would have thought we were all pros - at the beginning of the game they were so excited if the ball made it to the other end of the lane and as they progressed and someone knocked down a pin the sheer excitement was over the top. The older kids were extremely helpful teaching the younger ones how to "roll the ball" instead of lobbing it down the lane. As the skills progressed the ones capable of throwing the ball with one hand added to the challenge by using the opposite hand, facing backwards or closing their eyes. None of these tactics seemed to improve their abilities but did add to the entertainment.
After the bowling we had hotdogs, chips and juice followed by birthday cake at the bowling alley - 2 bonuses to this, dinner was taken care of for the evening and they cleaned up after us. The kids thoroughly enjoyed this dinner as it isn't something they would normally have so everyone was happy.
Another successful birthday celebration and a very nice comment from the employee at the bowling alley "your children are so well behaved and polite, I always dreamed of having a large family like yours but it just wasn't in the cards for me".
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