Do you know what happens when you get 14 Italian family members together in one room - it gets really loud really quick! Why? Because Italians tend to talk loud and argue, and use their hands and then things start getting knocked over...Do you know how many glasses of wine I have spilled in my life???
My poor husband was a little intimidated by all the commotion.....4 generations of Lo Cicero's(that's my mother's maiden name) eating Mexican food, drinking wine and margaritas!. When there was a lull, I got the crazy idea to put on the old family videos...that was quite the spectacle...watching my 9 year old self do the charlston in a dress I made out of a blue pillow case and glued on red fringe-all of the haircuts my father attempted on his three daughters with super short bangs...the matching outfits we were forced to wear during the holidays back in the 60s, and of course, the many birthday parties held in our finished basement where we played musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey.....Yes, life was so much simpler then. I usually watch those old home movies about once a year and get a could cry out of it.
My poor husband was a little intimidated by all the commotion.....4 generations of Lo Cicero's(that's my mother's maiden name) eating Mexican food, drinking wine and margaritas!. When there was a lull, I got the crazy idea to put on the old family videos...that was quite the spectacle...watching my 9 year old self do the charlston in a dress I made out of a blue pillow case and glued on red fringe-all of the haircuts my father attempted on his three daughters with super short bangs...the matching outfits we were forced to wear during the holidays back in the 60s, and of course, the many birthday parties held in our finished basement where we played musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey.....Yes, life was so much simpler then. I usually watch those old home movies about once a year and get a could cry out of it.
Of course, there was another celebration of sorts this past weekend....the 40th anniversary of Woodstock...I could have actually gone - being 16 at the time with my 18 year old boyfriend, but that old fashioned Italian dad of mine said NO WAY.....come to think of it, I wouldn't let my 16 year old daughter go either...
Enjoy your families!
5 comments:
Oh Linda, that sounds like so much fun! I'm glad you got to get together! I know, can you believe it's been 40 years since Woodstock! One time we were at a John Mellencamp concert and it started to rain and Lindsey said to me, 'Wow, this is just like Woodstock!' Twyla
Wish I could've have been there.... any pics of the event?
love the family photo...although we were italian we never had those big Sunday dinners where everyone shows up and you just eat all day but the husband tells stories of going to Uncle Tony's house and eating from when they walked in and for the next 8 hours!! Plus they squeezed a dozen family members into a dining room the size of a bathroom....they also fought alot......my father-in-law has the scar between his eyes where the wife hit him with a wine bottle.....Lovely family.
My husband comes from a large family. The very first time I went to his Mother's for dinner I asked: 'Why was everyone arguing'. He said, We weren't arguing, we were just talking. It freaked me right out!
THat sounds like the funnest time, and a little bit like when the Donovicks get together...Fun Fun FUn!!!!
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