Reason #62 why I love my job

My kids LOVE to play restaurant. Most days, I overhear them in pretend saying, "I am Chef Gusteau! Two pancakes, coming right up!" Any sort of toy, block, piece of paper becomes a slice of pizza to serve. They always ask for a pad of paper to write down orders. So, Ali and I decided to help them open their own restaurant! On Monday, we took a little walk around the neighborhood to check out the restaurants in our area. We got to brainstorming and decided on a pizza restaurant. We made a menu:

Assigned roles:

-Host and hostess

-Food waiter/waitress

-Drink waiter

-Prep chef

-Cooking chef

-Table cleaner-upper

-Floor cleaner-upper

(we had to get creative to give each kid a job!)

My two little chefs helped me with our pizzas, one cheese, one veggie/pepperoni

Unfortunately my camera battery died right after this photo was taken, but I can assure the pizzas were delicious when they came out of the oven.

One of my kids suggested that everyone dress up for the restaurant. As a result, Fred* showed up in a three-piece suit. WITH A TIE. It was possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.

We invited another class into our restaurant, Little Miss Sunshine* handled all the orders, and it was a smashing success. We may turn this into a business!

Reason #62A: The other day I turned around and found this on our whiteboard:

"March"! Written by a four-year-old! By himself!

My kids are so smart :)