Amigo News

This week at the Kids Club the children are getting ready for the upcoming Easter/ Semana Santa holidays by making and decorating papier mache Easter eggs. Painting Easter eggs is not a common custom in Mexico so it is fun for the children to learn about some of the different ways people celebrate the [...]

The Amigos de la Cruz Casa Comunidad is more than just the home of the Kids Club. We are also home to other activities such as the La Cruz Community Choir. The choir, consisting of La Cruz locals and led by Aquiles Morales, has been around for several years in La Cruz. They are [...]

This week the children have returned to the pool practicing and learning how to swim. We have enrolled many new students in the younger group that do not know how to swim yet. It is always an exciting and anxious time for the new swimmers learning the basics. The most important is learning how [...]

A favorite Mexican birthday tradition is “la mordida,” when the birthday girl or boy’s hands are tied behind their back and their face is shoved into the cake for them to take the first bite, while everyone around them shouts “Mordida! Mordida! Mordida!” Note that Mexican cakes, typically tres leches, are pretty creamy. “Mordida” [...]

This week the children have begun auditions and rehearsal for a dramatic presentation based on the popular Despicable Me/Minions films. "The Adventures of the Lost Banana" was written by the art teacher Alejandra. The children will feature children from all ages and will be performed for parents and supporters before the end of this [...]

Spring has arrived and so has the windy season. The sailors, kiteboarders, and windsurfers all look forward to this time of year. The children are taking advantage of the breeze to fly the kites they have been making the last couple of weeks. They chose several different designs including the classic diamond "cometa", delta/triangles, [...]