Happy Quince de Mayo!?

Yes, you read correctly, we had a Quince de Mayo party for our English club.. it was actually to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but we were a little late and had it on the 15th of May! None of our students have ever tried Mexican food, so we thought it would be fun to open their eyes to the deliciousness of authentic Mexican food (and by authentic we mean bought in a Mexican supermarket in Marshalltown, Iowa).

This was a shorter party, but we enjoyed the wonderful food, which included tacos, taco dip, spanish rice, mexican rice, rice pudding (alot of rice!), spanish peanuts, empanadas, pistachio gelatin stuff, and of course, it wouldn't be a Mexican party without Jumex!

The party was complete with Mexican music from Guadalahara (spelling?), the oh-so-famous telenovellas (Spanish soap operas), in which our students had to "translate" what was going on into English and perform their version of it, and of course the beloved game, Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Here is the winning skit for the telenovella (the winners won ring-pops, which in turn dyed their mouths blue and dark red!)

We finished the party with tie-dying our English Club shirts, which we will later decorate with puff paint.