"El Día Del Niño"

Children's Day is celebrated on April 30 here in Mexico. Children’s Day has been a big deal in Mexico with parties, piñatas, outings, and gifts since it’s 1925 inception. The last Wal-Mart advertising flier devoted the center 6-8 pages to Christmas-like displays of toys and games – this in a country where most children in working families receive just a couple of gifts for Christmas instead of the mountain of presents north of the border kids have come to expect.
Some families give their kids presents like what we do for Christmas and some just have lots of candy and piñatas. The schools have little parties with music and the teachers let the kids dance, play, and give no school work.
Our family celebrated Dia Del Niño today at Beto's abuelito's house with a piñata, food, and cupcakes. They even had a little party for the kids at church this morning. It was fun celebrating a different holiday. I will definitely incorporate this into "our" traditions when we move back to the states.