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Today we celebrated Alex's birthday at the Southwyck Lanes Bowling Alley. We've found it hard to get kids to come to a party close to his birthday because it usually falls right near Thanksgiving. That's why we turned Alex and a bunch of his closest friends and classmates loose on the lanes today. We had a great turnout and the kids really loved the bowling. We also had Cars themed coloring pages for the younger siblings, but the older kids enjoyed them too. Everyone got Cars temporary tatoos and enjoyed cake.

We got a great cake from Sam's decorated with the Cars characters. It was half vanilla and half chocolate, allowing everyone to pick their favorite flavor. Everyone sang "Happy Birthday" with a "cha cha cha" after each line - not sure where that came from - and Alex blew out a big "7" candle.

Since we were bowling hard and eating cake, we saved the present opening until we got home. He got a really fun mix of games and toys. He's already told us that he wants a Party Heroes party next year.