Violet vs. Mexico

Violet is loving it down here in “Mechicho”. Day 10 and she is nearly fluent in Spanish…well, the essentials: Hola, Gracias, Agua, and Adios. And Derek and I are both delighted that the Mexicans and Americans we meet down here also think she is “super-cute”, so its official now that her beauty meets international standards.

For those of you readers who are not aware, my family has a house here in Sayulita, Nayarit (30 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta).



My Papa Ted, my Mom’s Dad, built this house over 30 years ago and we have been coming down here ever since. The village is...no longer a village, but a small town full of tourists, vendors on the beach, and late night parties. Violet loves to come to the plaza in the centre of town and run around with the other Mexican kids. They blow off fireworks, push each other down flights of stairs, and scream like wild animals....you know, kid stuff.

Violet's favorite Mexican foods include tortillas and…..and…tortillas, that’s pretty much her favorite. So its not so surprising that her favorite pastime here has quickly become making and selling pretend tortillas with her new 5-year old friend Alondra. Alondra is the granddaughter of family friends who live across the street. She has a wonderful imagination, and even with the language barrier she has taught Violet how to run an imaginary restaurant, serving us up “delicious” meals made up of leaves, dirt, and various flowers from our garden.

And, of course, Violet is really diggin’ the beach, but unfortunately the surf here in Sayulita is too rough for us to take her swimming, so she has resigned herself to playing in the wet sand on the shore. However, because of a rogue wave that hit her hard on our first day at the beach, she wisely runs for cover whenever a larger than normal wave comes roaring up the beach towards her. No harm done.

7 MORE DAYS TO GO....!