Mexican Fiesta

With our focus on geography this school year, we just finished up two weeks "in" Mexico.  We capped off our time with a little party here at home last night.  We had yummy Mexican food for dinner (as authentic as it gets!) and had our own homemade pinata that the kids busted open.

We used a balloon and scraps of newspaper with liquid starch to create the base of the pinata.  Then the kids decided to paint it like the Mexican flag.

It wasn't that strong and Chris had to fix it a few times in order to get it to withstand at least a couple of beatings!

After the candy was evenly divided up, hot trading pursued.  It sounded like a game of Pit to me.  :)

We followed this same curriculum five years ago, although Benjamin and Michaela were the only ones that participated then (no Elijah, Johanna was 1st grade, and Ami too young).  This time around he's doing some higher level work with our geography units and Michaela is doing totally different high school work.  Here are some pictures from our fiesta in 2007 (with our neighbor friends).

What a difference five years makes!  Look at those little cuties!