Family Tradition Explorer Gifts

"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."

"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."

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

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

"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'!'

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

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

"Your father would be able to afford to send you to a good college if only he had listened to me when he was your age!"

"I couldn't have made my family recipe raisin date nut cake with it's secret ingredient without Jimmy's help."

"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.

'There's no stigma in being brought up by apes - I was an adopted child too.'

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

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

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

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

'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!'

"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.'"

"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."

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

"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!"

"He's my relative from Hawaii."

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

'You are such a drama queen! Heaven knows where you get that from!'

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

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

'It's my first Thanksgiving!'