Certified Junior Pizza Chefs

We kicked off the monkeys' sleepover Saturday with a pizza making session at Lou's. This was Satchel's birthday activity of choice, but since Lou only offers classes on the first Saturday of the month, we had to wait. Satchel invited his friend, Cole, and Jiro invited his friend, Ian. Up until the minute we arrived Jiro insisted that he wasn't going to participate. He had no interest on our first visit either, but I hoped he'd change his mind.

Once Ian walked in and announced his excitement about the pizza making activity, Jiro did in fact change his tune. Soon he was the most enthusiastic chef in the group. Even Lou was like, "Is this the same kid?" However, Cole was the only junior chef to actually venture past the standard ingredients (tomato sauce, cheese, and pepperoni). While the pizzas were in the oven, Lou gave everyone a certificate and posed for a group photo. (There were two other kids who came for a class while we were there.)


The only cost of the class is the purchase of a large pizza. I love Lou's pizza, so I considered the entire venture a win-win situation. I was looking forward to "paying" as much as the kids were to cooking! I also enjoyed getting to hang out with Cole's and Ian's very fun moms for a bit.