You wouldn’t guess it from her blue eyes and blonde hair, but our daughter is 1/4 Mexican (I am half, from my Dad’s side). Growing up, my blue-eyed, blonde-haired mom helped celebrate this heritage with my Grandma Hernandez’s enchilada recipe and a Mexican flag hung in the living room. I’ll be making the Hernandez family enchiladas and tacos for the neighbor’s Cinco de Mayo party.
So, what is Cinco de Mayo anyway? After reading several articles, I am still a little confused. But I do know that it’s not Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually celebrated the 16th of September, and is a more important holiday in Mexico than Cinco de Mayo. For the curious, I found these articles outlining Cinco de Mayo’s history: Cinco de Mayo, and The Significance of Cinco de Mayo.
Susan Kern says
Very cute picture. Courtnie asked me yesterday what Cinco de Mayo celebrated, now I can tell her!
Mom says
PS. Belated Happy St. Pat’s Day and an early Happy Octoberfest to those of my v-e-r-y distant, long-removed Irish/German relatives! (Don’t even begin to know what holiday my grandma’s distant Norwegian relatives might celebrate!)
Mom says
Interesting. Several customers asked your Dad tonight if Cinco de Mayo was Independence Day–his reply? No, the “real” Independence Day was in September, but Cinco de Mayo was independence from the French. I had never heard that, so it was interesting to note he was right!
Your grandpa H. bought you girls a red velvet sombrero, in addition to the Mexican flag he sent when you had troubles in the NY public schools (to help your teacher explain the difference between black and Hispanic!) If you would like either, they are in storage here at home. 🙂
Love u both!
mom xoxo