This is the only birthday party on this list that I went to as a kid. I think I was about 8 or 9, and it was fun. Most of us had never bowled before, so we were turning in scores in the low 60s. But one of my friends wasn't figuring it out, and bowled something in the 30s. So the birthday boy's dad thought he'd give him some tips. After his help, the kid bowled the lowest score I've seen to this day. An 11. The kid bowled an 11.
Most of my friends parties were of the typical non-themed "bunch of kids playing around, driving the parents crazy, eat some cake, open the presents, Mom and Dad comes and picks you up two hours later" variety of birthday party. My own birthday parties were extremely boring. We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house along with aunts and cousins (uncles usually knew better than to show up to these boring events), we sat around doing nothing for a couple of hours, and then we finally got to open up presents and eat cake. I can't complain too much though, as my grandparents always gave me $50, and my godfather usually gave pretty good presents.
