Family Tradition Bearer Pillows

"Gracie, eating squash is a Bermudez tradition...passed down from generation to generation! If I hated it as a kid, you can hate it as a kid, too!"

"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!"

'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.'

"Now that everyone's in...how do we get the food?"

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

"My dad was really good at showing me how to throw poo. He was just never any good at explaining exactly why I should be throwing it."

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

"It's good to see that... ...Tia Carmen teaching Gracie valuable family traditions passed down through the generations."

'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.'

"I'm pretty sure your grandma's secret apple pie recipe is not considered an unauthorized classified document."

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

"I don't want to be a king like Dad - I want to be a pirate like Grandpa!"

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

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

'What do you mean, you don't want to dry grapes in the sun for dessert wines, like your father? He's a big success--and only 32!'

"Dad...how do you know when to stop?"

Christening

"Thank you for coming with me. This is a sacred family tradition."

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

The family tradition lives on: I won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump events...

"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.'"

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

"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."

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

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

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

Important dates in Latino history: Seven years ago, the empanada was invented.