Tres de mayo

Every year at East, the Spanish teachers all take their classes to the park for a "Cinco de mayo" party.  Each class gets to bring food and break a piñata.  Some kids go all out and try some Mexican recipes, while others just bring chips and salsa.  I had some wonderful enchiladas brought by a kid in my 7th hour's parents.  We do this on a day when all classes meet.  There is just enough time to walk to the park (it is adjacent to the school), break the piñata, eat, and walk back. 

There is a lot of organizing that goes into this thing, and we even have to have permission forms so we can take students off campus (even a few feet off campus!)  Having kids sign up to bring food or candy for the piñata, getting parent volunteers, etc, is a lot of work!  Then there was the walking back and forth to the park 6 times today.  My dogs are sore like woah! 

The weather today was perfect, sunny and in the 70's with not much wind.  I think the kids had fun.  I enjoyed a day of not having to teach, not to mention all the free food and candy!  I can hardly believe that teenagers still get a kick out of breaking a piñata.  I guess we all want to hold onto our childhoods for as long as we can...  Face it, smashing something with a stick and getting lots of candy is a good thing!

All in all, it was a good day.  I will happily do it again, but not for another year!