This idea was suggested by Sabrina our 1/2 Mexican friend. We thought it was a great excuse to have some good Mexican food and an awesome chance to welcome Spring. As the apple cherry blossoms were out and our back garden actually looked quite nice if you ignore the dead grass, we volunteered our house for the party.
Apple cherry blossom and Ben looking perplexed...
Sabrian and I doled out some food preparation duties to most guests but somehow, still ended up with A LOT of the work. Not sure how that worked out. I made some superdupercalifragilisticexpealidocious HOT green chile that I couldn't eat myself and some Mexican wedding cookies while Sabrina made, salsa(2 kinds, both yummy), Spanish rice, grilled beef and enchiladas. We also bought some pre-packaged chile rellenos, carnitas(OMG good) and tamales from Costco while some of our guests brought flan, empanadas, corn pie, bean salad, lemon bars. In other words, we had too much food. Oh, not forgetting our margarita-making-pro-wannabe Damith who couldn't churn out magaritas fast enough for raging the mob, as each batch got better and better.
Anyways, we gorged ourselves silly with all that food and I couldn't believe how little was left.
After that, it was time for the beating of the pinata, a Mexican entertainment . 20 thousand ideas were tried and tested to find the best way to hang up the pinata, only to be whacked down on the 2nd hit by Rohit! After a redo, almost everybody had a turn to try to bash the pinata. It was entertaining to watch a bunch of adults make a fool out of themselves trying to bash a papier mache bull, blindfolded, guided only by friends whose main intention was to send you the wrong way!!
Vernonica said, I'm a Latina, let me show you how it's done!
Tyler had a go at the pinata..
Soon, it got cold and dark and we retreated into the house to play Taboo which is always fun and I got lots of good laugh at the expense of Bill, our next door neighbour!
So, all in all, good party, good fun! Welcome Spring!!! Oh, and Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Here are more pictures:
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