Make Your Own Pizza

Yesterday after church, a group of us went out to Uno's for lunch. Kids eat free on Sundays and we were still celebrating King J's birthday. Hey, we might as well celebrate for a whole weekend. Anyway, Princess E ordered her usual...the "Make Your Own Pizza" kids meal.

So, the first thing they do is bring out a platter with a baked pizza dough and toppings. The chef puts on her "bibonya" (pronounced bib-own-ya), and begins to assemble her masterpiece. Of course, laying the foundation of sauce all the way to the edge eliminates the crust. For our Princess, crust is avoided.

Next, it's time to pile on the toppings. Now, if it were me, I'd put the cheese on first, then add the other toppings. Not the princess, though. Oh no. See, the pepperoni has to be positioned as a face. Then, the cheese is the hair. It's a face pizza.

Next, it's off to the kitchen to pop the pizza in the oven. First, our server helped the Princess spray the pizza pan. Can't have the pizza sticking, now can we? Notice the pan of chicken on the floor. I sure hope that isn't being served. Gross!

It's time to put the pizza on the prepared pan. See the cheese "hair"?

It finally occurred to her that she might like to have some cheese elsewhere on the pizza, so a quick modification was in order.

The final step in the process is eating the pizza. Here, you can see Princess E has gobbled down the whole thing, save the little piece remaining in her hand. I'm not sure how she managed to eat it all. She's never done that before.

Of course, it came as no surpise when she started complaining of a stomach-ache an hour or so later. Another lesson learned.

Coming up next...Not Me! Monday!