Dia de los Muertos

Today I took the 3 youngers to Thanksgiving Point for their celebration of el Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead). El Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. They had tons of artisans displaying wares for sale, crafts for the ninos, dancers and musicians performing on stage and vendors selling delicious Mexican foods. We sampled LOTS! We tried: Pan de Meurto (a delicious sweet bread), dulce de leche sponge sandwich cookies sprinkled with coconut and powdered sugar, chicken tamales (SOOO good!), Champurrado (Mexican hot chocolate: yummy cinnamon cocoa), Chicharrones (Mexican flour chips that look like Wagon Wheels) and ate skeleton sugar cookies that were impressively decorated. It was LOTS of fun!