We have been learning about Mexico over the past month and I was so excited to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos last Monday. But since I was unable to leave my bed last Monday that obviously didn't happen. So instead I decided we would do it this week.
I had decided we would make pumpkin empanadas (from this recipe) for our celebration. Then ironically, just in time to use them, Grace and Jackson uncovered two pumpkins from the garden (hard to imagine we could have missed pumpkins, I mentioned the weeds right?). This was great news since I hadn't had the chance to bake one pumpkin this year as the only one I found was about the size of a large apple.
These were really fun to make. They loved the process of rolling out the dough, filling them with up and making pockets out of them. I thought they were really good to eat too but the kids didn't enjoy them as much as I did. I think we might have put too much filling in them though. Next time less filling.
I am so intrigued by this holiday. I would love to learn more about it and even make it an annual tradition.
Unfortunately Grace got sick again today. She wasn't herself all day and by bedtime she had a fever. Crossing my fingers it's gone by tomorrow. We really haven't had good luck with illnesses over the last month.
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