Toothpick Lunch

Sometimes I dread lunch time because I never seem to have any fresh, healthy ideas for Hudson. But one of his all time favorites is the "toothpick" lunch. He usually cleans his plate when I serve him this, and I think its because he likes sliding the food off the toothpick. I usually chop up ham, cheese, cucumber, tomato (although I didn't have tomato today, so I used red pepper). I threw some carrots and pretzels on his plate to finish it off. He loves it! On a side note, I was having a hard time getting Hudson to eat baby carrots raw. I think they were too hard, so I tried slicing them into quarters, and it worked like a charm!! After he eats this toothpick lunch, he always pretends the toothpicks are birthday candles and he makes a birthday cake--which he thought of all on his own! Would love to hear some of your healthy ideas for kids' lunches!