Pizza Party

We had Jack's 7th birthday party yesterday, and unlike last year's snow day at the park, it was a lot of fun. As the kids arrived, we handed out aprons and chef's hats, and let the kids stand around the dining room table decorating them.

I thought they would get bored of this within 15 minutes, and was ready with a new activity, but they ended up spending 45 minutes getting them just right. After everyone was suited up with their aprons and hats, we handed out individual pizza crusts, for everyone, plus bowls of sauce, cheese, pepperoni, hamburger, and other toppings. Everyone made their own pizza, and put them in personal pan pizza boxes (which Pizza Hut gave me for free!) and labeled them with their names. While I cooked the pizzas, John and another dad took the kids to the park. The parents who stayed behind were treated to Cheryl's Chicken Marsala, and Tara's Autumn Salad.

When pizzas were done, my dad went down to the park to let everyone know, and they all trooped back to eat their creations.

After the pizza, it was getting close to time to go, so we went ahead and served cake. We had a chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting, and chocolate-banana cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.

Finally as parents started arriving for pick up and parents who had stayed were preparing to leave, I handed out brown paper bags and crayons, and we let the kids make their own goody bags from candy, chips, and apples that I dumped out onto the table. It was a free-for-all, but so much fun.