Making Pizza

Now that Emily and Julian are getting a little bigger I thought it might be fun to have a pizza night. They both already try to help me out in the Kitchen much to my agitation. It is not that I do not want to show them new things, it is that two sets of three year old hands in a kitchen is very distressful to me. Those hands around a hot stove, food flying everywhere, sharp utensils in reach; it is all too much for me. Making pizza would be a lot easier.

After I had everything divided into two sets at the table I called Emily and Julian and told them they were going to make their very own pizzas. They were so excited!

When I divided all the ingredients I just split each thing in two. So each cup of sauce had way more than was actually needed. Julian of course did not know this and tried to spoon all of the sauce in the cup onto his dough. It was quite a lot. I helped him put some back and then showed him how to spread it around to cover the dough. Emily really did not need help here. She scooped some out and spread it on the dough pretty much on her own. 

When it came to the pepperoni Emily got very upset that she could not open another package of pepperoni. I made her use the pepperoni on the plate and after she got over the little let down she enthusiastically decorated her pie. 

 When it came to the cheese both Emily and Julian tried to just eat the cheese. Once I began putting cheese on my pizza they soon followed. At this age they are so eager to get it right and follow Mommy while doing it themselves  I will definitely miss that later in life. 

Once they were done putting everything on the Pizzas they carried them over to the waiting oven so that Mommy could put them in. While the Pizzas cooked they helped Mommy take all the leftover fixings off of the table put them away.

Pretty soon hot yummy Pizzas came out and we all sat down to eat. 

It was a fun experience, one I think I am going to incorporate into the regular menu. I too often forget how happy  it makes them to help me out and how short the time will be to really have this wondrous joy in my home. Making them happy is so simple and some activities like this are so easy to put together and mean so much to them. 

It was a lot of fun, next time I think I will offer them more choices for toppings. More color, green and yellow peppers, black olives, and maybe some mini sausages or meatballs. Really open the experience up for them.