Pizza Tour

For playgroup this month our fearless leader (Natalie) arranged for the kids to go on a tour of Round Table pizza complete with the making of their own mini pizzas. It was a great success. Everyone had a wonderful time and the girls that led the tour were fabulous. There was also an excellent turn out.
This was the first stop. The guy working the dough had massive plugs in his ears... like think Africa style lobes. Xiana was freaked. She watched him make the dough through the glass but burst into tears when she discovered they would actually be entering the room. "I don't wanna see the pizza man!" She exclaimed through her tears. I told her she did not have to go in there, but she did have to stop crying. It brought me back to her first couple years of life where she was petrified of all males and burst into tears when our waiter would come to the table. Poor little girl. Brian said he's glad that she's afraid of boys that look like that :) She was cautious throughout the rest of the tour and exclaimed more than once, "the pizza man can't even see us in here."
They got to see how the pizza sauce is made...
And she was the lucky girl that got selected to actually turn on the oven... I'm sure it had nothing to do with her being the cute little petrified of the pizza man girl.
Then they put out dough with sauce on it and let the kids pile on their cheese and toppings.
It was very cute.
Xiana, being a true connoisseur of olives, piled them on!
Her pizza very much resembled that of a grown up's pizza. What can I say? She knows what she likes!
After eating pizza, the kids got to have their faces painted.
And they each got a balloon.

The staff was extremely patient and kind with all the kids. They ran pretty wild after they were done with all their activities. The tour guides simply commented on how fun it was to show them around and how they wished they could do that daily. It was a great day. Xiana talked about it the whole next week. Plus, they gave all the kids a coupon to return and get a free personal pizza. What fun!