Fiesta!!

On Monday night we had

a little 

FIESTA!!

Happy Seis De Mayo!

(Ya so I'm always looking for a reason to play!)

The Russos came over and we partied

Mexican style!

I quickly whipped up some decor

and a Taco Bar

and of course costume props!

I even let the kids help decorate!

We played, 

we ate,

we tormented the tail-less gecko,

then we headed outside for our dress up photo session!

The girls are pros at pictures and perfectly posed!

Then the boys entered the scene and really shook things up!

They were quickly renamed

 HoseA (Jose') and HoseB.

Yes, 

that's our Gringo spin on Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Eventually the adults stopped laughing at the children and chimed into the fun also!

Pancho Villa Ryan took his part a little too seriously!

Here's one for our Mexican Ancestors.
(You know they must exist somewhere!)

Of course I could only keep the straight face for two seconds!

Then after the kids had run off to play,

Pancho Villa Ryan really took his role to another level.

 Finally the props (and alter egos) were ditched for something even better!

Ryan made us the BEST Fried Ice Cream!

We made our way to the front yard to devour it!

Not sure where he's been hiding those cooking skills,

but they need to make an appearance more often!!

We seriously had so much fun!

And laughed so hard!

The next day I was telling one of my favorite co-workers,

who is my Dad's age and is Mexican,

about our night's activities and showed him pics of the kids.

He just shook his head at me and laughed.

"Katie, do you know who the only people are that don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Mexicans!"

I told him,

 "Well to be exact, it was actually Seis de Mayo and I'm a light hearted white girl

just looking for a reason to laugh and play!"

And that we sure did!