the benefit of a may bday - you can avoid stuff you don't want the kids to have (like ice cream) and stick with healthier stuff like sandwiches and sausage rolls/quiches (home made taste better and are cheaper than shop bought - and you can put them in the oven from frozen so you can make in advance and ONLY heat what you need! the rest can become awesome snack food for you in the lead up to bubby arriving!)

we're having arvo tea for DD's birthday with some of the stuff listed. we're setting aside a drawer in the freezer and just filling it as we go over the next month or two. sausage rolls (DH will make), quiches (i'll make - to keep cost down you can do JUST egg and milk - anything else is up to your taste and budget). we'll add some ****tail franks (can't not have them at a kids party). may make some mini pizzas or pizza pinwheels. we will do cheese and kabana for the grown ups (cheese can be cut up and then used for grating in cooking later if not used, kabana can be frozen and cooked later for snacks for DH). chips (will get used later if not eaten), sweet food we'll probably keep to a minimum as DD doesn't need it and some of the other kids go a bit hyper - but we'll see what is happening at the time.

anyway - do what you like! enjoy!