Sharing Family Traditions Gifts

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

"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'!'

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

'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."

"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"

'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 love spending time together as a family. It brings us together. It makes us stronger. It helps us understand each other."

"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."

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!'

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

"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.'"

"Tell me again why we couldn't get an Easter bunny."

'Let's see what Santa has in his sack for a little boy or girl...'

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

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

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

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

Christening

"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."

"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!"

"I kind of miss that morning newspaper you used to hold in front of your face."

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

'It's my first Thanksgiving!'