“Please cut the stuff to decorate the pina – I know you can’t touch the pina because of your allergy, just cut the stuff!!!!!!”

“Mami, can you decorate the pina while I finish cleaning YOUR SALA…”

“David, leave the pina alone….CUT THE CHEESE, no don’t fart, cut…the…cheese…oh and the pasta de guayaba.”

- parts of these conversation took place in my brain…and are meant to let you see what family moments you missed…

“no Ma, that’s not done yet.”

“Yes I know you’re tired…Ma, all you have to do is put a toothpick through the aceitunas and put a row of aceitunas on the pina. and then you put toothpicks through the queso and you put those into the pina…”

“MA, MAYBE IF YOU USE THE REGULAR TOOTHPICKS INSTEAD OF THE GIGANTIC – POKE YOUR EYE OUT OF THE SOCKET ONES THE CHEESE WOULDN’T BREAK INTO SMITHERINES… ”

“Ma, you can’t eat all the aceitunas…”

“by the way, where’d you put the ritz crackers? Ma, it was on the list. Ritz crackers are always on the list. Yes they are. Ok, then riddle me this Batman, what do you eat queso, pasta de guayaba and aceitunas with…MAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”