To me Cinco de Mayo is an excuse to eat Mexican food. Until just now, I always thought it was celebrated as Mexico's Independence Day, but according to Wikipedia it commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla. Interesting.
We had a few friends over to enjoy the insane amounts of food we had. There were only 7 of us, but we had:
We had a few friends over to enjoy the insane amounts of food we had. There were only 7 of us, but we had:
-margaritas (non alcoholic of course)
-flautas
-chicken enchiladas
-tacos
-chips w/ guacamole, salsa & cheese dip
-sopapilla cheesecake
-tres leches cake (thank you Diane & Fernando!)
-flautas
-chicken enchiladas
-tacos
-chips w/ guacamole, salsa & cheese dip
-sopapilla cheesecake
-tres leches cake (thank you Diane & Fernando!)
Here's part of the spread.
Of course we had to have a pinata. Here's Lauren. She had a pretty good run, but in the end the donkey won.
But it was Diane that really let him have it. It only took her 2 swings to do...
this.
9 comments:
You are so festive. The food sounds/looks delicious. I love good Mexican food.
Looks like fun. We had tacos with the missionaries. Oh, you really should have known what Cinco de Mayo was. You did teach school.
how fun! i learned about cinco de mayo at the kids story time this week, sad. yummy food!
Looks good! I'm sure it was fun!
The food was fantastic. I must get your recipes!
Sorry I killed the pinata. Now we know, broom sticks for next time. hehe.
how fun!!!! everything looks like it was fantastic! i love any excuse to eat mexican food. i could seriously have it every day for the rest of my life. yum! :)
Yummy, those margaritas look good! Every time I see people drinking them I'm jealous cause they look so delicious!
That food was seriously AWESOME! Thanks for the fun :)
You are so festive. I didn't do anything. Last year, I at least made taquitos. I am a slacker and you are showing me up. Oh, and I don't know what Cinco de Mayo is about either.
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