Cinco de Mayo

So I learned a lot about Cinco de Mayo these past few weeks.  My Mexican neighbor, Alma, informed me that it's really only celebrated here in the USA, because we view it as Mexico finally becoming independent, but they celebrate their independence in the fall sometime.  Anyway...  We made some empanadas (more Argentine than Mexican) and the kids all enjoyed them, so now we're going to have to make them more often!  That's ok, because I've found a place that sells the dough -- that's the hard part for me -- and the woman at the store spoke very good english.  Then in Ethan's kindergarten class we had a fiesta and made tissue paper flowers, ate fried bananas, learned the Mexican Hat Dance and broke a Pinata!  Talk about crazy fun.  What a great day!