New to Mexico?
Ali was on the bus with Ouest today when a gringo guy said to her, “You must have just gotten here.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because you’re so white,” he replied indicating both her and Ouest.
“No, we’ve been here a while.”
“You must stay inside.”
“We actually live on a sailboat.”
Ali took this strange conversation as an incredible compliment. Keeping our kids protected from the sun is not the easiest thing we do. Our kids are clamoring to be outside by nine every morning and proceed to spend the better part of the day soaking up the rays. And yet we had this guy believing we’re total newbies to the Mexican sun. Hooray, maybe our kids won’t look like leathery old salts before they turn ten after all.
This morning we went and wandered aimlessly around Old Town. It really is a beautiful area—colorful, old, and crumbly.
So how DO you keep them protected from the sun? Sunscreen? Hats? all of the above? I never worried as much about Z because he has a dark complexion (but we still protect him of course) but Naia will be a different story.
We do sunscreen (Nivea Sun Kids – 60, UVA, UVB – found at Walmart here in Mexico is our favorite) in the morning when getting dressed and then again in the afternoon. Lowe is a hat freak (Ouest was too up until 2.5-years-old) will not go out of the house without one. I think both kids will brown up nice, but I’m determined to keep them as fair as possible.
Sounds smart. Your kids could be poster kids for those sunscreens then!
New source of revenue!
Wow! That must be one of the most photographed doorways! A local photographer had similar photos up on the wall of a local brewery. Same doorway and window gate thing. Sweet sailing!