Chef Boys-Ardee

With Daddy off of work and the women off to ballet and shopping, today officially became "Boy's Day". We started off with a jaunt to the library to work on a few cub scout achievements. Since today's holiday is Columbus Day, we read about how Christopher Columbus sailed west to discover new land. We also worked on other achievements--researching a U.S. state (Gus picked Delaware), and learning about two great Americans (Gus chose books on George Washington & George W. Bush).

Next we went to Albertson's to plan our lunch. In honor of one of America's most favorite Italians, Columbus, we decided to make homemade pizzas. But since we were at Albertson's and it's nearly impossible to pass up their delicious French bread, we decided to make French-bread pizzas. When we got home, the Pizzeria was open for business.

First we got into costume by growing (drawing) moustaches...

Then we divided up the tasks. Gus (Augusto) was in charge of rigorously shredding the cheese. No one shreds cheese quite like this piasan...The artistic Beedle (Benedicto) painted the sauce on the bread canvases...

Then James (Gipeto) used his newly-found math skills to dole out the perfect amount of pepperonis on each pizza...

I finished them off with an extra layer of Mozzarella, a few slices of Canadian Bacon and some bell peppers. They were now ready for the oven.

When they came out, our Chefs Boy-Ardee had a grand feast. Nothing but smiles and sauce in their moustaches!