There are many things I love about Luke’s budding Spanish. I particularly enjoy listening to him babble in a string of Spanish syllables in the tub each night. He won’t perform on command, and who can blame him? But, when he thinks we’re not listening his little “r’s” really roll. More than anything I appreciate that his world-view is already expanding. Case in point his class celebrated Dia de los Muertos on Monday. They decorated sugar skulls with an assortment of feathers, beads, and markers. About 15 minutes into the project one of his classmates exclaimed, “This is sugar!” Suddenly the entire class of kindergartners began taste-testing their creations. Glue and Crayola marker laced sugar, YUM.
After the loss of my mother I’m always looking for new ways to incorporate her legacy into our life. I find sometimes that anniversaries like her birthday or Mother’s Day are bittersweet. On those holidays we’ve created new traditions of honoring her memory, but the sadness remains. The Day of the Dead celebration was easy for me to embrace. It’s simply a day to recognize and pay homage to our ancestors. There’s nothing else attached to the day for me, so it was an opportunity to really play up the idea of celebrating my mom’s life. We flipped through photos of her and stopped off for her favorite dark chocolates after school. Luke seemed to easily embrace the day as well, although I’m sure all that extra sugar didn’t hurt.
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