{"id":926,"date":"2014-04-14T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2067.temp.domains\/~atinytri\/fiesta\/"},"modified":"2020-12-29T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:36:46","slug":"fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiesta! Kid Birthday Parties in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our first kiddie birthday party here in Mexico resulted in quite a bit of culture shock. While we’ve gotten used to the fiesta mentality for adults, it’s hard to digest the magnitude when it comes to a toddler turning only 2 or 3 years old!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our First Mexican Birthday Party<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We started with crafts: Baby Boy was in love with the sparkles that he “glued” on his mask. Then there were 2 bouncy structures and a doll station to play in (dolls, high chairs, clothes, strollers etc). Then a team of party workers that ran games for an hour and a half. Then of course food. And we didn’t even get to stay for the cake and the pi\u00f1ata because it was past our bedtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Birthday Obsession<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My boy is obsessed with birthdays. Can I blame him? Games, candy, cake for dinner, kids running around, and the main event…the pi\u00f1ata! What’s not to like?It’s hard to describe the level of obsession: from the day we receive an invitation until party day, he talks about it every day, especially about how there’s going to be a pi\u00f1ata with candy inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imaginary Play: Pi\u00f1ata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of his favorite imaginary games is hitting the pi\u00f1ata and then fake collecting candy. Then the day of a party he tells us numerous times that *he* is going to break the pi\u00f1ata, no matter that he is almost always the smallest one at the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features of a Mexican Birthday Party<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since Little Boy started preschool, we’ve been going to lots of parties and boy do they go all out here: ponies (check), spa (check), crafting\/painting something ceramic (every.single.time), bouncy house (of course), playground (check), carnival style ride (check), characters and clown shows (yup, yup, yup).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our foreign eyes, sometimes these get a little excessive because where do you go from here if you’ve already had many of the above attractions by your third birthday? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But from my parenting point of view the only thing that is often lacking is food: usually it’s a plethora of candy and fried snacks, cake, and jello, not exactly a nutritious meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the kids love it, a lot! Happy kids, happy parents!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first kiddie birthday party here in Mexico resulted in quite a bit of culture shock. While we’ve gotten used to the fiesta mentality for adults, it’s hard to digest the magnitude when it comes to a toddler turning only 2 or 3 years old! Our First Mexican Birthday Party We started with crafts: Baby …<\/p>\n

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