Nueve Cinco

The reasons you celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Texas:

1. A reason to drink margaritas 

(though you don't need a reason)

2.  Mexico won their independence from France 

(actually any country winning a war against France is worth celebrating)

3.  Cinco is usually the second digit in the temperature and Nueve is the first

Current temp in P-L-A-N-O:

Cinco-ing at Chuy's

Normally my parents have a Cinco Celebration but given Cinco de Mayo and Derby Day fell on the same day this year they decided not to host their annual event.  Since we are good Texicans we didn't want to miss out on a Cinco celebration even though we were scheduled to be at Shari's Derby party this afternoon.  So as soon as Chuy's opened at 11am we claimed out spot on the patio.

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

Cinco de Maison

If it's a holiday that is printed on the calendar then my mom will have a party for it, so Wednesday night we went to my parents to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with fajitas and margaritas. Maison unfortunately did not have a sombrero for her photo op but she did have a festive polka dot top...

     

Adam and I missed out on the Mexican Hat dance as we had to rush home for my conference call with China and India...apparently they don't care about the Mexicans winning their independence from France on this fine day in May.