A Cinco De Mayo Party on Mother's Day Weekend

Matthew and I were never big Cinco De Mayo fans until we were gifted a margarita machine for our wedding. Since then, we've basically found any excuse we could to pull that sucker out and celebrate. This year, we decided to throw a small Cinco De Mayo party for his work colleagues at our apartment. We ended up holding it the weekend after the holiday so it was fondly dubbed our "Nuevo De Mayo" party.

We made green chile chicken enchiladas (recipe), queso (recipe), yellow rice (recipe), beans, and an absolutely delicious Citrus Tres Leches cake (recipe). We were so busy getting everything together that I only managed to get a few photos...

[Chalkboard inspired by garvinandco.com]

The Citrus Tres Leches cake recipe can be found [here]. The photo is badly lit and it makes the cake look slightly burnt when it actually wasn't. It was pretty easy to make. However, tres leches is not a cake that is meant to be served free standing (since it's soaked in liquid), so it was fairly messy to both frost and cut. 

The easiest (and best!) mango margarita recipe can be found [here].

Little Charlotte was so excited.

Charlotte normally refuses all hair accessories but she made an exception for this little clip from Joyfolie that she has named "my pretty." She spent most of the evening stealing strawberries from the margarita bar and shoving them into her mouth, stem and all.

We had a grand time! And lots of leftover enchiladas, which are the best kind of leftovers.

The next day was Mother's Day, and when Matthew asked me what I wanted earlier this month, I had told him that all I wanted was to relax and not have clean for an entire day (very romantic, I know). The absolute best day to ask for something like this is the day after you throw a party at your home. (: Luckily we used paper plates.

 He was very sweet and the day started off with breakfast in bed.

And then he told me to take a nap and watch Netflix while he cleaned up. He took Charlotte to the park for most of the day, and I just relaxed at home. And then he brought home burgers for dinner! 

It had been a long time since I got to chill out all day, hang out in a clean house, and eat a meal that I didn't prepare myself and I enjoyed it thoroughly! It was a completely untraditional Mother's Day weekend, but I don't think I could have had a better time.

- SV