Congrats to my cousin "Chalkbord Buddy" Jenni and her husband Jay on completing thier final step to adopt little Dena. Check it out on her blog - its a great story!! - - http://4footkorean.blogspot.com
In honor of the new addition, I thought it would be appropriate to give you my best advice on your new RADO family status. Stick to these pieces of advice and you'll do just fine!
Top 10 pieces of advice for joining the RADO Clan:
10 – Its called the Rooster Lamp, and don’t bother putting it on your Christmas List, Cause you’re getting it anyway.
9 – Whether it’s the Rooster Lamp or a Safety Pin, if it comes from Aunt Helen, Look REALLY excited when you open it, because after she has all eyes on you, your picture WILL be taken.
8 – When you bring that 1st boyfriend to family gathering, warn them of Cousin Jeannie…She takes great pride in bringing up embarrassing stories from your childhood. And if she doesn’t know one, she’ll make one up!
7- Aunt Roz is the sap who is always crying. Keep all discussions as emotion-free as possible to avoid this. She’ll still start crying.
6 – Every year you’ll be invited to the Sute reunion. You’ll never actually KNOW how you’re related to the Sute’s, but the Family reunion will always be 50 miles away,hosted by and full of people you don’t know, and please be prepared to bring your own table, chairs, meat, side dish to share, napkins, silverware, and a trash bag to clean it all up.
5 – Although somewhat elusive, Uncle Duke can be summoned immediately by reporting a broken lightbulb at the Immaculate Festival.
4 – You are now officially related to “That Guy” that decorates his pickup truck with Christmas lights for the holidays. Embrace it!
3 – Misbehavior at Family events (specifically wrapping Paper wad fights in tight spaces filled with 40 of us) will almost always end with Roz loudly yelling “EY!” Please refer to Cousin Doug for demo. All the other cousins try to do it but Doug is really the only one who has nailed it. You’ll also hear this at your sporting events when she’s waiting for you to come out of the locker room. That is if you aren’t blinded by her fluorescent orange ball cap first.
2 - If you have Aunt Helen on the phone, it IS acceptable to put the phone down to use the restroom, eat dinner, or catch a rerun of “Friends” anything longer than that and she may catch on!!
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER??
1 – Everyone in this family is crazy but me…see me for ANY other questions you might have!!!
:)
7 comments:
Welcome Dena!! I see the family resemblance!
Melissa,
Thanks so much for adding this to your blog. I totally agree with all the Rado advice. It's ALL true. And very funny!
She has experienced a few of these already.
Love,
jen, jay and dena
We also welcome DENA to the "RADO " Family! She's a very lucky 8 yr old girl to have such a SPECIAL Mommy & Daddy - now ! I'm not sure that she can count high enought to be able to include all the immediate & distant counsins in our clan & that include's Grandma Rado's relatives - maiden name Sute - REF # 6 on Mo's list.
And..... Since I was limited to only 300 characters in my first comment - to make Melissa honest - REF: 2 - I am sending another message - and then signing off, because a rerun of "Friends" is about to come on TV ! Love & Hugs to all........
To clarify - Dena actually just turned 7 but with all the kids in this family it is really hard to keep track. Love and hugs to Auntie Helen for her great sense of humor.
Does anyone know how I can adopt a cute Asian girl? I'm thinking she should be about 25 yrs old, 5'8", 115 lbs, B-C cup, and likes to cook and clean. Any help you can give me is much appreciated. Thanks!
Just wanted you to know that I thoroughly enjoyed the truthful advice you had for Dena about the family - I haven't laughed that hard in a long time....and the fact that you discussed my brother and both my sisters but NOT ME leads me to believe what I thought all along - that, like you, I must be another one of the few "non-crazies" in this clan! :o)
Love you!
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