I feel I have to white knight about the food. At two years most children don’t have a ton of friends over to party. It’s more likely a handful of children and double the amount of adults. Maybe even just the children of friends and not necessarily the children he meets in nursery (don’t know if he goes to be honest).
Crazy enough- an astonishing amount of children at 2 eat olives, cheese and bread. Not mine for sure but from experience I‘d say it’s 50/50. And there was a platter with cut up fruit. I will say I would have expected some muffins but they are probably out of sight as it didn’t fit the aesthetic. But I am not confused that at age 2 the food is more adult themed. As he gets older we probably will be treated to the adult food rather than the children stuff. Many families have a separate relatives celebration. Nothing crazy but rather a brunch, breakfast, tea time thing and save the craziness of children running around for a separate event.