Bowling Birthday Party

We were invited to a fifth birthday party this weekend. It was a bowling party...at a bowling alley...with balls...with balls that weight more than Miss M can lift...when Miss M loves to play with balls.

Andrew agreed to the party invitation before consulting the family scheduler. We didn't have anything going on but taking an almost 2 year old to a bowling alley just didn't seem ideal.

It started out really bad because Miss M saw the balls and just wanted to play with all of them not realizing that 1) the lightest ones weigh 1/3 of her body weight 2) rolling the balls on the shelves will pinch her fingers and hurt.

I didn't pack her food either which was a huge mistake because the party started at noon so it was reasonable she was hungry and ticked that all I had was pistachios. She saw cupcakes and the tears started falling...uncontrollably.  The kids hadn't started eating cupcakes so I had to be the person who asked to break open the cupcakes so my hungry toddler could consume enough sugar to keep her going for the next year. She loves cupcakes. She loves the frosting most. It's reassuring to know she's a normal toddler (person) because who doesn't want to just lick the frosting off and leave the cake. I only know one person who prefers their cupcake without frosting and she's 6 and going through a life crisis because she doesn't like pizza either. I haven't lost hope for her that she'll get her act together before I take matter into my own hands and have a serious intervention. Can you have interventions with 6 year olds???

We did eventually get pizza and so she did get fed something other than a cupcake.  While the five year olds were breaking for pizza and cupcakes, Miss M had the opportunity to roll the ball down the alley with the assistance from Daddy.


As we were leaving she found her accessories basket.  She ended up with two necklaces, a bracelet, sunglasses and a bow that wouldn't stay in her hair because she doesn't have enough hair. I may or may not have put some hair spray in her hair to attempt to get the bow to stay. It may or may not have worked.

I think we'll assess the location of the next birthday party we're invited before committing or maybe prepare better by packing food the girl will eat like M&M's and sweet rolls.