Three Kings Day, Or... How I Got a Baby

There is a student where I work who is from Mexico. She's super nice, fun... and came in today with that cake/bread thing you see there. Doesn't it look yummy? 

She told us all that in Mexico this is a tradition on Three Kings Day. Someone brings the rosca de reyes (Kings' cake). Inside, there is a plastic baby Jesus, or according to this student - three of them. The people who find one of the babies then are supposed to bring food for a party on February 2nd. 

It took me four tries, forced... er... "encouraged" by some of the students until I found one of the babies, Yeah... (I think they really like my cooking, lol.) Here's my baby. I put a quarter next to him so you can see the size we're talking about. 

Now, I hadn't heard anything before about this particular celebration, but I thought it was pretty cool. If you'd like to know more, Here is a link to a site about it. Much more information than I've just given you, in fact. Like I said, I thought it was pretty neat.

The burning question, of course, is what am I going to bring February 2nd? I've been told the food is supposed to be tamales and chocolate. But I'm thinking myself and the other teacher and the student (who is not Mexican) who got one of the babies should bring food from our own heritage. I guess I'll get that cleared tomorrow... lol.

So there you go - how I got a baby!

:)