Saturday, November 1, 2008

Buenos Dia de los Muertos!!!


We had such a great day today! We learned about the Day of the Dead and had the most wonderful party! We remembered Grandpa Ron Lugg, Grandma Verna Irwin, Gammy Betty McIntyre and our friend Karissa Ashley. Everything just seemed to fall into place for learning.
We colored sugar skull designs like they sell in Mexico and talked about Mexican use of color in art.
We made this family memory tree with traditional marigolds and skulls for our table. At dinner we all told memory stories about our loved ones.
We dressed skeletons in bright, fun colors as they do they for the celebration to remember the happy memories of loved ones.
I found these authentic papel picado at a local shop and they looked beautiful. Aggie pulled out her pink sombero from our Mexican vacation.
We went shopping at a local Mexican Supermarket and bought a full dinner with Carne Asada, tortillas, black beans, Mexican sodas, sweet bread and Mexican candy. It was so yummy!
Over Mexican coco we played Loteria (Mexican Bingo) with our bottle cap collection as the place covers. Aggie won and shouted out Loteria!
We also made traditional Pan de los Muertos in the shape of Skulls. We each made our own-Gwyn, Agatha, Adam and mine. We found the recipe online and a Mexican Neighbor stopped by and was so excited we were making it.
We had an amazing day remembering, praying, learning, and just having fun with The Day of the Dead! And we have a whole other day-tomorrow we are attending a learning day sponsored by the city on this holiday and a celebration tomorrow night sponsored by a local museum. So fun!

2 comments:

Jo said...

I am looking at all of the amazing things you do for your girls... you are so very gifted.

umm... maybe you could put together a little how-to book for the rest of us!

Bravo!

Steve, Karen, Delaney, & Jude Dunlap said...

How fun! We walked by your house with Brun this evening and everything looked so festive! I love it!