Birthday Party coming soon.....

Made it through one holiday-now it's a mad rush till New Year's. My son will be 8 on December 12. We usually have his birthday party at our house and I feel so rushed and stressed and want everything to be perfect,so this year I've decided to try to take some of the stress out of it all and have the party at the bowling alley. So now the only thing I have to stress about is having a cake that everyone can enjoy! I know the kids will enjoy bowling and I will enjoy not having to have the house "picture perfect" for company. I haven't decided what to give him for his birthday yet. He wants the new "princess peach" video game so I might get that. With his birthday being so close to Christmas it's always hard to make the two feel like separate "holidays".