Orru Family Memories

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Across
  1. 1. Brand name of Gramma's favorite—and Unca B's least favorite—ice cream (see 40-down)
  2. 7. What Gramma calls Poppy
  3. 8. Gramma & the boys' favorite cereal
  4. 11. Restaurant especially missed by Ezzy during COVID
  5. 12. Two common food ingredients that Gramma hates but Dad loves (with "and")
  6. 16. When he was two, Nehemiah said stormtroopers were ____
  7. 21. What Unca B likes to call silly people
  8. 22. What boys call their American grandpa
  9. 24. Ezra's middle name
  10. 25. Part of first line of song Mom sings to boys: "I love you all the ___" (see 63-across)
  11. 26. Another of Ezzy's nicknames
  12. 32. Little round cars Gramma always points out
  13. 35. Ezzy is the only one in the Kiiru family
  14. 37. Family term for Dove chocolates
  15. 38. Family tendency of electronic mishaps is often described as the ___ effect / triangle
  16. 39. What Ezzy used to call Poppy's drinks when he was little
  17. 42. Name of Unca B's work: ____ Sciences
  18. 43. We had fun watching this together in Florida
  19. 44. Uncle B's actual name
  20. 45. One of Mom's nicknames for Unca B
  21. 46. Poppy's friend in 98-down (abbr.)
  22. 47. Nehemiah's favorite stuffed animal
  23. 48. Nehemiah often ____ while playing or working
  24. 50. Gikuyu word for grandpa
  25. 53. Traditional family beach vacation spot
  26. 54. As the song lyrics say, the boys are "curly-headed ____"
  27. 55. Gramma sometimes calls Nehemiah "____ Eyes"
  28. 57. One of Gramma's nicknames for boys; also a favorite ingredient
  29. 58. What Nehemiah did the year we all stood by the wooden gate for the Christmas picture
  30. 60. One of Gramma's favorite TV personalities
  31. 61. Actor/singer in some family favorite holiday movies
  32. 63. Part of first line of song Mom sings to boys: "...and all the ___" (see 25-across)
  33. 64. Gikuyu word for grandma (pronunciation)
  34. 65. Ezzy's favorite things to nibble when he was little
  35. 66. Boy who falls asleep first at Date Night (not including Poppy!)
  36. 67. What Nehemiah wants more than anything
  37. 68. What Poppy calls Gramma
  38. 69. App used to talk with Unca B during COVID
  39. 70. Where Gramma and Poppy almost built their house
  40. 72. What Gramma made people sit on in an ill-fated, snowless Christmas picture one year
  41. 74. "Forest or ____?"
  42. 76. What little Ezzy called the scampering animal that has a bushy tail and collects acorns
  43. 78. Adjective Gramma once said was most descriptive of Mom
  44. 79. Spicy and rude
  45. 83. What boys call their American grandma
  46. 87. Family cabin in Boone
  47. 93. Gramma's ringtone for Mom
  48. 94. Gramma's favorite perch
  49. 99. One of Nehemiah's nicknames
  50. 100. Favorite video game of the boys
  51. 101. A favorite family weekend breakfast meal
  52. 102. Ezzy & Nehemiah's former school
  53. 103. Opposite adjective to 51-down that describes certain other family members
  54. 106. Favorite Louis Armstrong Christmas tune: "___ You, Santy Claus?"
  55. 107. Family word for how Nehemiah and Mom sometimes contort their bodies or seem to be doing exercises
  56. 113. Classic movie Dad had never seen until the family watched it together in 2020
  57. 114. Poppy's middle name
  58. 116. One of Ezzy's nicknames
  59. 118. Maker of favorite family ice cream (Ohio)
  60. 120. Unca B defended Nehemiah when a stranger yelled at him for throwing this
  61. 121. Dad's home country
Down
  1. 2. Gikuyu word for grandma (actual spelling)
  2. 3. Gramma is the only one in the family who doesn't like ____ unless it's Christmastime
  3. 4. One of the family's favorite fancy special-occasion restaurants in downtown Madison
  4. 5. Comic strip read and enjoyed by three generations of Orru family members
  5. 6. Adjective often used by certain members of the family to describe something that creates comfortable, reassuring feelings
  6. 9. Day-after-Thanksgiving site where boys play 33-down
  7. 10. Where Ezzy spent most of his time pre-COVID
  8. 13. Type of place we celebrated 2020 Thanksgiving & Nehemiah's birthday
  9. 14. Dad's program is called African ____ Studies
  10. 15. One of Unca B's favorite endearing insults: "You're ____!"
  11. 17. Key ingredient of Gramma & the boys' favorite warm drink
  12. 18. Gramma's maiden name
  13. 19. What Mom calls Ezzy when he's being intense
  14. 20. Maker of favorite family treats in glass jars
  15. 23. Where the family spent approximately 600% more time than usual during the summer of 2020
  16. 25. Poppy used to work for this company (partial)
  17. 27. Where the menfolk took a break while waiting for baby Ezzy to arrive
  18. 28. What Mom & Dad often call each other
  19. 29. Go-to delivery restaurant for grownups during summer 2020
  20. 30. What Ezzy did in the Christmas picture the year we all threw snowballs
  21. 31. One of Mom's nicknames for Nehemiah: "___ of ones"
  22. 33. Boys like to play this at 9-down
  23. 34. Dad's nickname for Poppy
  24. 36. Mom loves to do this, often even without realizing she's doing it
  25. 39. Little Ezzy erupted into peals of laughter saying this cookie's name
  26. 40. Unca B accuses 1-across of being ____
  27. 41. One of Mom's nicknames for Nehemiah
  28. 49. Many a basketball game was played in Wisconsin ____
  29. 51. Adjective for Poppy, Unca B, and Dad's preferred environment (see 103-across)
  30. 52. Competitive family game that required revision of lighting design
  31. 55. Ezzy used to be obsessed with ___ equipment
  32. 56. A kind of humor appreciated by an elite few
  33. 57. Mom's nickname
  34. 59. Dad and Poppy both like to take ____
  35. 61. Color of cars that boys always used to notice
  36. 62. Just like Poppy, Ezzy doesn't really like this hobby
  37. 71. What little Ezzy used to call his favorite sport
  38. 73. What Dad usually calls Nehemiah
  39. 75. One of Mom's nicknames for Unca B
  40. 77. Favorite game to play when entire family is together
  41. 80. Meaningfully-named key ingredient of Christmas morning meal
  42. 81. Significant number in Nehemiah's birth stats
  43. 82. Type of place many 2020 meet-ups occurred
  44. 84. One of Gramma's nicknames for boys; Unca B disputes this name
  45. 85. When he was little, Nehemiah insisted an ornament on the tree wasn't this man
  46. 86. Phrase from an old comedy sketch; used in our family to indicate confusion or misunderstanding
  47. 88. Mom sometimes ____ in the kitchen
  48. 89. Ezra's fifth appendage lately
  49. 90. Ezzy's nickname that started before he was born
  50. 91. Where Dad can usually be found when not during school term
  51. 92. When yummy food disappears quickly from the lake house, it's usually blamed on ____.
  52. 95. What many of Nehemiah's friends and football teammates call him
  53. 96. When he was two, Ezzy said this was going to happen after they "put da big fing on dair"
  54. 97. Instrument played by both Ezzy and Unca B
  55. 98. 46-across lives in Wisconsin ______
  56. 104. Card game played during many a before-school Starbucks visit
  57. 105. Poppy's mentor
  58. 108. Favorite weather of Mom & Gramma; also title of song in "White Christmas"
  59. 109. Gramma and Poppy live on Lake ____
  60. 110. Ezra's favorite stuffed animal
  61. 111. Dad's preferred spelling of Ezra's nickname
  62. 112. How little Nehemiah used to say "love you"
  63. 115. Ruiner of all good things during 2020
  64. 117. Where Dad can usually be found during the school term
  65. 119. Where Poppy can usually be found after 8:00 p.m.