Birthday party food

How time flies...not only has it been quite a while since my last post, but my Hayley just turned 7...wow time flies.  And of course birthdays usually mean birthday parties, or at least cake and our house was no exception...because Hayley's birthday fell on a friday, and we had her party on the saturday, two cakes were needed, one for family and one for friends!  One thing I noticed when Hayley was overweight was that she didn't seem to know when to stop or even slow down  at parties, as you can imagine, this was very difficult for all concerned at any parties we were invited to.   Now, Hayley knows her limit without me saying a word, she knows that if she over indulges, she will end up suffering.  Hayley cannot eat a whole piece of cake and although she had a few lollies at her party, she will stop very quickly and wont go back, seems like my persistance paid off :)  But the place where we chose to have her party, although the games were active, they serve the children chicken nuggets, chips and usually softdrink, I asked for juice and water and they had no problem but the norm is softdrink.  I know they need to look at making money but I would have been more than happy to pay a little extra for some healthy alternative, maybe a wrap or little pocket bread with filling in, surely we have a right to choices.  The biggest problem that I have found is actually getting parents on board which can be so frustrating, a lot of them come to me for advice then tell me it's too hard, what is too hard about teaching your child healthy eating and healthy living, there should be nothing else more important!  So its back into the kitchen for Hayley and I and we are both really looking forward to some light heathy foods in the coming weeks...until next time...stay healthy :)