Cinco de Mayo (better late than never)

So, Cinco de Mayo has turned into a big deal around our house. This was our second year celebrating it and you would have thought it was Christmas. The kids were so excited! They all got showers and then dressed themselves up like little Mexicans. They even wore those clothes to dance class and excitedly told everyone they say, "Happy Cinco de Mayo!" I had a whole bunch of fun activities to do that day, but we couldn't get through them all. So here's how the day progressed:



After dance we had burritos for lunch and then we tried making our own pinatas. They were thrilled with ripping up the newspaper, but when the goopy flour/water mixture was brought to the table, Gabriela quickly quit smiling. I should have known better. She wouldn't stick her hands in the pumpkin last year either. But the other two, oh no, no problem at all. In fact Julianne thought is was like a mud bath. Instead of smearing it on the balloon, she was coating her body in it. I couldn't help but laugh and just let her go for it. In the end, Sophia was the only one who came out with a completed pinata. However we hung it outside to dry and then it got rained on.







While the girls were taking a nap, Gabriela and I decided to do a cleaner craft, more to her liking. She loved it. We made "papel punchada." It's a Mexican folk art of making paper streamers. We were both pretty proud of our work and in fact, it's still hanging in our kitchen. It is very festive and fun.



Then came the thing we had been waiting for all day. THE FOOD!!! We made taquitos, refried beans, mexican rice, pico de gallo and had Jarritos (Mexican orange soda.) We invited Miguel's parents over for the dinner and they seemed to love it as well. After dinner we had a little dance to some marriachi music and then made sugar cookie sombreros. Mom had to go to a meeting, but the girls stayed with Papi and did some Mexican bark paintings as well. (sorry no picture of those). It was so fun and we can't wait till next year!