I was thinking about family traditions today. No, not the "what I do on Christmas Eve" traditions but the ones that we don't really think about. Like the reminiscing of the ghost of Simpsons Past with my Grandpa. My brothers and I talk about funny moments that happened on the Simpsons and I don't know the boy's motives, but I mainly do it so I can see his laugh. He kind of squints his eyes and makes a repetitive squeeky noise and then it turns into a "ha ha" laugh in the end. Or, my dad's family call my aunt Cristina, Kizzy because...well, I don't really know why, but that's why I called her Aunt "Kiki" when I was little (I'll bet Freud would have had something to say about that!)
My other grandpa made up this little song and it is used to put babies to sleep. If you were to sing it to my sister, you would say, "Emma, Emma, Emma Lily Houghton, Mommy loves you, Daddy loves you, Ev'ry one loves you, Oh Emma Emma..." you then use other family member names are used to replace Mommy and Daddy to tell her who loves her too, like "Beth loves you, Jake loves you..." The other day I was singing it to her to put her to sleep. I went through all of our immediate family and extended family. When I started to sing "Aunt Janice loves you" or "Cousin Mike loves you", I could tell that she wasn't planning on going to sleep any time soon, due to the quizzical look she gave me. (Aunt Janice is our great aunt, and Mike is my dad's cousin).
So, those are a few of my family's non-traditional traditions. What are some of your's.
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To be honest, I don't know why your dad calls me kizzy either. I think it goes back to when I was little and defenseless and your dad and our cousin John were watching Gone With the Wind. I think the slave is named Kizzy. Go figure. And how could you leave out the tradition our our birthday lunches (which are never on your birthdays because you kids are so busy, and so are we, but we try anyway). And don't forget you making my dad his britches. Let's see, what else? I could go on for pages. Ask your dad about expand tabs and see what he does. Cristina
Hey Aunt Kiki!
I watched Gone With The Wind last night! The slave girl is actually Prissy.
Which leads me to my family tradition...whenever I was sick and home from school my mom would make a bed for me on the couch and I watched GWW all day long.
P.S. I faked being sick sometimes. Didn't we all?
I am proud to say that I have solved the Kizzy Controversy. Apparently there was a TV show called "Roots" with a slave girl named Kizzy. My dad said he and his friends used to tease and say "Kizzy, go make me a dackery!" (I think that is how you spell it)
CJane, where and I get that shirt so I can be on your blog too?
Springville Walmart $3
Tell them the cjane sent ya
Hey don't forget about speed skating through the corridor of the Provo City Library and the yelling of "MAMA MIA!" in the parking garage! And remember this year we join the tradition of sleeping on University Ave. for the parade! Yipee! Are you as excited as I am?
Love,
Mom :)
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