The Gilsons: Buck's Pizza--Another field trip

Monday, November 9, 2009

Buck's Pizza--Another field trip

We got to see how a pizza shop is run. We went to the kitchens where they showed us how to make pizza. It brought back my Little Caesar's and Mama K's memories.

This is how they toss the dough. We never did it that fancy at my pizza shops. Maybe that's what made their pizza so good.=)

Then Buck showed us the saucing.

And then the kids got to top their own half of a pizza. Are you serious? Half a pizza and not just 1/4? Yep, and with 3 kids making 1/2 a pizza each, we enjoyed lunch and went home with dinner.

Alex topped her half with mushrooms.=) That's my girl!

The kids LOVED the ovens. They roll through on this conveyor belt and 6-8 mins. later, you have done pizza.

And check out that spatula.

What a fun and yummy field trip. If we lived closer to Buck's Pizza, we'd probably order from there cuz it was sure good.

3 comments:

Katie said...: This looks like a lot of fun!; November 13, 2009 1:33 PM
Kelsey said...: I am so impressed with you guys buying a cow and selling the meat. I would have never thought to do that.

The pizza looks delicious!

It's funny how you're in WA but Texas Longhorn fans are everywhere... the lady at the pizza shop has a shirt.

I also think Calvin's hair is adorable long and curly!; November 13, 2009 6:43 PM
Beth, Cody, Morgan, Pepper said...: Love all the updates. All those field trips look fantastic and fun. Once again you ALMOST make me want to homeschool:) Great idea with the meat, I don't think we would ever do that but it would be nice to know exactly where your meat came from and how fresh it is. You live a very unique life and your kids are getting such a broad education. Great job!; November 17, 2009 1:58 PM

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Kid funnies

--Alex said, "If I could touch the sky, I'd grab a star and hang it in my bedroom.

Calvin said, "If I could touch the sky, I'd grab a cloud and use if for my pillow.

Izzy said, "If I could touch the sky, I'd go to the Milky Way and sell milk.

--While boiling apples for making applesauce Calvin said, "Look at all the hot going up. ... I smell BBQ." Alex said, "No, that's applesauce."

--While cleaning the basement and seeing Calvin not participating I said, "Calvin, do you know how to pick everything in here up?" Calvin said, "NO, I don't have big hands. I only have 2 hands." All I could do was laugh.

--Izzy said, "When I'm bored, I squish people's heads at church."

--Alex said, "I really want to take swimming lessons. I already know how to drown."

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"Schoolhouses are made wrong. If they must be, they should be built in a woods pasture beside a stream, where you could wade, swim, and be comfortable in summer, and slide and skate in winter. The windows should be cut to the floor, and stand wide open, so the birds and butterflies could pass through. You ought to learn your geography by climbing a hill, walking through a valley, wading creeks, making islands in them, and promontories, capes, and peninsulas along the bank. You should do your arithmetic sitting under trees adding hickorynuts, subtracting walnuts, multiplying butternuts, and dividing hazelnuts. You could use apples for fractions, and tin cups for liquid measure. You could spell everything in sight and this would teach you the words that are really used in the world. Every single one of us could spell incompatibility, but I never heard father, or the judge, or even the Bishop, put it in a speech.

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