Family Ritual Enthusiast Pillows

"It's not fair, mum. He just waits for me to finish, and then just says 'Ditto'."

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"Gracie, today I'm teaching you a Bermudez family tradition...passed down from generation to generation! Vamonos! Out! Now!"

"Dad, can we have a bedtime narrative?"

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

"Tomorrow will be mainly sunny, but with some scattered showers..."

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"One day you can participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day as a parent."

'Let's open presents Christmas Eve AND morning. That way Christmas lasts for TWO days.'

"Can you tell me the story again about how you swiped right on Dad?"

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

'My father carried this sign before me, as did his father before him.'

Tyler missed the old days before his parents used behavioral tracking software.

'I'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

'Are you on any medication other than your Grandma's chicken soup?'

"It was our grandmother's wedding dress—we had her exhumed so you could wear it."

"The gods must be on-line tonight."

"Say the whole prayer, none of this et cetera, et cetera..."

Stonehenge Bowling

"When I moved here after your mother passed... The first thing I did was make this altar...so I could pray for her. But your father said, 'Just no photos.'"

"Mom, Dad – I’d like you to meet Edna."

Christening

"I can tell you that's not the version of Uncle Sam that I grew up with."

'I just joined the Freemasons and I'm afraid you're our next sacrifice..'

"Mom does this for everyone's birthday, if you don't applaud, no dessert for a week."

"I found my great aunt Irma's delicioso roast turkey recipe!"

"Dr. Rheinschreiber never does an appendectomy without music and dancing."

"Son, once your grandma wore these shoes. I wore them after her, and now I will give them to you because I think they fit your dresses perfectly."

'The first one didn't work. I need another goodnight kiss.'

"If you close your eyes, it sounds like the dinners Gram used to open."