Cookie Eat Cookie Throw

If you read last week's blog about my aunt Rosalyn, this week I am speaking about her son Marionel. He was always a special kid. His eyes were big and bright as a baby and when you looked into his eyes it looked empty (like he is thinking into space). He grew up in the Dominican Republic until my mom helped him come to New York. Despite his learning disabilities, Mario made a lot of friends and picked English really fast! One day Travis and I were talking to him. He was stuffing his face with chocolate chip cookies. He was trying to communicate everything in English so he said, "Cookie eat, Cookie throw." He kept repeating it and laughing. Till this day, we are still bewildered what he meant by this. Nonetheless, I made a t-shirt for it.

My dear aunt: "Be KWETI"

My dear aunt Rosalyn is such a character. She is the most confident person you will ever meet. She sways her hips from side to side in an exaggerated form and she adds S to the end of everything to sound more sophisticated. So Rosa decided to to take English classes to take her sophistication to another level. She came back home saying little words each day. One day her son was acting up and she turn to him and said, "Be Kweti," "Be Kweti"! Everyone burst out laughing including my parents who don't speak English that well themselves. Of course, she wanted to tell her son to be quiet. Even though we have told her several times how to pronounce it, she still insist on using her made up word Be KWETI.

Esto No Se Le Puede Contar a Nadie!

My Mom likes saying this. In english it means you can't tell this to no one. She uses it in the context like this is unbelievable or you can't make this stuff up. She loves saying this as she throws both her hands up typically grabbing her head. Her head which is swaying back and forth. Now, picture this...she is biting her bottom lip with her eyes closed at the same time. It is hilarious! We made a "documentary" which she debuted her line on film. I wish I can find that tape so I can put it on youtube.