Sleepy Arm

 

I think all parents have had this happen. You are falling sleep, your arm is totally asleep, you peek at your child only to see them wide-eyed looking right at you. Heavy sigh.

Text:
M: How did bedtime go?
L: My arm fell asleep before he did. 

Food Down the Drain

 

So I saw a reel about this and then I looked this up and yep it's a thing but the American plumbing sites say don't do that please. But apparently it can be done if it's the right consistency? So because I know this, now you do too! And we use our disposal or trash bin for spoiled leftovers because that's how I was raised.

Text:
G: What is your hang-up with the economical choice of flushing leftovers down the toilet?
A: You have to ask "is this food similar to poop?"
B: *green face*

Light Weight

 

My pastor is starting a series on Genesis/Creation and he titled his sermon on Genesis 1:3-5 "A Light Day at Work" and I came up with this comic when I read the title. 

Explanation: I'm no weightlifter, but I think one of the lowest classes is lightweight. But I don't think they lift lights. I could be wrong. 

Text:
A: Will you ever increase your weight class?!
B: *lifting a barbell with a lightbulb on either end*

Circus Kids

 

I was reading a local county brochure about summer camps and came up with this comic. I may have lost track of my child for a moment, but that is neither here nor there. Rather, he was neither here nor there. He was quietly reading in another room, so all was well.

Explanation: A common circus act is an escape artist. Children are escape artists, especially when you want them to do something they do not want to do. 

Text:
A: They have circus and magic classes for little kids.
L: Absolutely not - I'm not sending them to learn how to be escape artists. 
...
L: Dang it, where is Ori?!

Bronto Boba

Bonus:

Well now I want to look up that drawing I did for DiNovember 2023 when I did a "tea" theme for each prompt. 

I did boba for the Carnotaurus prompt. Now I could go back and change my comic to reference a short-armed dinosaur, but I think the joke is clearer with a long-neck. 

Explanation: The Brontosaurus dinosaur has a very long neck. She would need a very long straw to get that bubble tea all the way up to her mouth. The paleontology community seems to keep flipping between Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus being the same or different dinosaurs. They look very similar and one could be a juvenile of the other but there are some differences and it's fascinating how little we know about dinosaurs. 

Text:
A: Where are the special straws? I have a boba for - 
B: Not the brontosaurus again!!!
Bonus:
A: Apatosaurus. 

Lions of Daniel

Alternate version:

We had a special speaker at church a few weeks ago and he spoke from Daniel 6, which is probably the most famous chapter of Daniel. There is a lot going on in the rest of the book - I recommend reading it. My daughter really likes the story of "Daniel's friends" i.e. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (she watches the Saddleback Kid's "Stories of the Bible" version).

Explanation: God sent an angel to shut the lions' mouths but in my comic, that just means they don't eat Daniel and can still complain. The cubs in the second version are quoting the song from Veggie Tales, "Oh no, what we gonna do? The king likes Daniel more than me and you."  Are the cubs in the first comic acting like my kids when I tell them they can't have a snack as I'm preparing dinner? MAYBE.

Text:
Dad Lion: Daniel is OFF the MENU! Stop asking!
Cub 1: But daaaaaaaaaaaaad
Cub 2, belly-up: HUNGRY!

Alt version:

Dad Lion: Daniel is OFF the MENU! Stop asking!
Cub 1: Oh no!
Cub 2, belly-up: What we gonna do?

Can't Dill with a Pickle

 

Some days it be like that. Yes, that is my toddler using a Magna-Tile as a phone to order pickle pizza. 

Explanation: "Dill" and "deal" sound similar, and dill is a popular flavor with pickles. A child being ornery can be described as "being a pickle" - this might be a phrase often used in Bluey. 

Text:
L: Your sister is being a pickle. And I can't dill with that so your dad has her.
O: Yesh - pickle pizza. Bye!

Pizza Wars

When I visited my family over Christmas, my kids happily talked about their favorite pizza, which is pickle pizza. It's not on any menus that we've found, but we make our own pizza when it's pleasant outside (since we grill it) and also we have a local Italian place that makes it for us (just add pickles on a cheese pizza). My daughter really, really likes pickles but honestly, the pizza is good. My brother commented that it was an issue that could unite the pro/anti pineapple crowds.

Text:
Scene 1: Person A is angry with a sign "Yes Pineapple" while Person B is angry with a sign "No no no Pineapple."
Scene 2: Person C is happy with a sign "Yes Pickles!" while Persons A&B look on, confused.
Scene 3: Person A is angry with the back of his sign "No Pickles No" and Person B is angry with the back of his sign "No no no Pickles" while Person C is still happy with his sign "Yes Pickles!"

Miscalculated Risk

 

I like playing Sudoku, but not the really hard ones because then it gets frustrating. Sometimes I incorrectly narrow down a square but it still works out. It's not really guessing because I thought I had logic'ed it out. Like "it can't be 3 or 4 so it must be 2" but actually 4 was still in the running however 2 was correct so it's all good.

Text:
Title: Sudoku
A: You totally guessed!
L: No, it was a miscalculated risk that worked. 

Kidsteer

 

My dad has a skid steer and my daughter now tries to spot them in the wild. If you have young kids who like construction vehicles, I recommend looking up Diggerland in NJ - it was a wonderful adventure for my kiddos and also us because who doesn't want to dump dirt with an excavator. 

Explanation: A Bobcat is a construction vehicle that looks quite similar to a skid steer. The best way to tell them apart is to be able to read the logo on them. BUT WAIT I WAS WRONG? "A skid steer loader is a type of machine, a Bobcat is a brand of skid steer." So... she did see a skid steer. It was just a branded one. It still wasn't a kid steer. So I have that.

Text:
R: Mom, look! It's a ... kid-steer.
L: Close, that's a Bobcat.

Buy the By

 

The comedy of words that sound the same. Some call them homonyms. Those people are nerds :)

Explanation: "By" and "buy" sound the same and mean very different things which change the meaning of that sentence. 

Text:
L: Is that a tub of duckies in that shop's window?
M: Yes, we should go by that shop.
L: Seems extreme, but sure - let's go buy that shop.
O: Quack!

New Phone Same Look

 

True Story. I needed a new phone because my old phone was crashing when I took photos and that's a major thing I do with my phone because I have small kids and they're cute. And it would corrupt the image I had tried to capture in the crash so that was further frustrating. So I went from a 6 to an 8 and was able to get the 8 to look like my 6. Yay!

Text:
M: How is your new phone?
L: I spent the last two hours making it look and act like my old phone.