Egg Ordering

 

I look up how I want my eggs and the knowledge will. not. stay. I know scrambled is often ok, but what I really want is (let me look it up) eggs over medium. With no crispy wispy edges. It shouldn't be that hard to remember but when the server asks how I want my eggs, my mind goes blank and I'm like "uuuuuuuhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm scrambled." 

Text:
L: I know how I like my eggs, but I don't know how to say how I like my eggs.
M: Tis a struggle.

Pickle Burger

 

The pickle burger, drawn by my preschooler for my toddler.

It's interesting what my kiddo thinks she can or can't draw. I'm trying to encourage her and explain how objects can be drawn using simple objects, like a car is a square with circles for wheels or a spider is a circle with eight sticks for legs. Also, that's an aqua-mat, which is a surface they can draw on with water and it evaporates to clean itself off and be used again. Pretty nifty. 

Text:
R: What do you want me to draw?
O: Car!
R: I can't draw a car. How about a pickle burger?
O: OK!

Finger-Licking Good

 

Why are toddlers like this? I guess he likes it and wants to share? He has asked this of me several times, and every time he is so hopeful then nearly heartbroken when I don't acquiesce. 

Text:
O: Want to lick my fingers? 
L: Nope.
O: *whining* WHY?!
L: That's weird, my dude. 

Life

 

I saw a "Life is Good" t-shirt and that inspired this comic. 

Explanation: "Life is Good" is a brand of clothing. Life is also the name of a board game (Parcheesi is another board game). Life is also the name of a cereal (Honey Bunches is another cereal). 

Text:
A: Life is Good!
B: I prefer Parcheesi.
C: I like Honey Bunches.

Candle Sharing

 

This came to me in a dream. I might have woken up chuckling then wrote down the idea hoping it would be funny when fully awake (I think it is). I personally don't like candles that smell like food because then I want the food and it's not there. I'm fine with fruit scents, but I feel like that's different because you're sort of inoculated against that due to many lotions and soaps having fruity smells so there's not that immediate connection of "cinnamon roll smell means there's a cinnamon roll to eat" and instead is like "oh, citrus, nice." 

Text:
A: That smells amazing - can I have a taste?
B: No.
A: Aw, why not???
B: It's a candle.

Bluey Games

 

In the show "Bluey," there is a game about being tickle crabs and they are defeated by a seagull. My kids like this game. They like most of the games from Bluey, which means we have to be engaged watching the show so when they ask us to play some random game that's mentioned for a minute we can acquiesce. 

Text:
R: Squalk! Can you be a tickle crab so I can eat you?
O: No. No thank you. 

Wild Hair, Don't Care

 

True Story. Not sure if I captured her hair in all its curly wildness. Sometimes her hair tie is hanging on by only a few hairs and it's all in her face and she's like "no fixing needed, this is what I want" while constantly brushing it out of her face with a probably sticky hand. 

Text:
L: Want me to redo your ponytail, my girl?
R: No, I like it WILD!

Bad Idea: Swimwear

 

I came up with this at a waterpark. Got to get all the summer comics out before summer ends and we can get to the best season (autumn)! I thought to turn this comic into a Shark Tank type one, but I ended up not quite figuring that out and just drew it in the straight conversation style. 

A: You know what's a bad idea? A -
B: Insecure swimwear.
A: *horrified noise*

Hair Compressor

 

My preschooler has completed her first swim lessons and she loved it! The class recommended swim caps and goggles, and I tried just goggles but wow her hair just wrapped around those and it was not excellent. But a swim cap gets all that hair out of the way (one might even say, compresses it away), and the goggles are atop it not getting wrapped in curls. My toddler thought he wanted to try on a swim cap, but panicked once it was on because it was "so tight" and then I had to chase him to get it off as he cried to get it off. Fun times. 

Text:
M: Do we need an air compressor?
L: Like a swim cap?
M: ... what?
L: Hair compressor.

Strawberry Plant

 

They require MAINTENANCE?  But they are outside, with nature providing for them? I actually just fashioned a cage for my strawberries because the birds and bunnies kept getting them, so for a week or so we had delicious tiny strawberries, maybe one to three a day to share. 

Text:
L: My strawberry plant hasn't been putting out berries anymore - I guess the season is over early?
A: Have you been watering it?
L: Have I been what now?

Can't See or Hear

 

The mind of a child is amazing. This is depicting my daughter and my husband, who is behind the play teepee we have in our yard. It has windows and a climbing side and a door and a hammock inside but I didn't depict any of that due to... artistic reasons. 

Explanation: if you can't hear someone, you can't respond to their question. If you respond to their question, that means you can hear them. 

Text:
R: Dad, I can't see you!
M: Can you hear me?
R: No.

Have a Little Faith

 

I thought of this when I heard the phrase and capitalized a letter. 

Explanation: "Have a little faith" is a phrase meaning you should have confidence, at least a little. However, Faith is also a female name, so if you need someone to babysit your kid and she's named Faith you can use this comic interaction as a template. 

Text:
U: I don't know if I'm up for babysitting.
D: It'll be fine - have a little Faith.
F: Yay!

Dino After Eating

 

Happy Anniversary to my little brother and my sister-in-law!
Oh, the things you will say as a parent. "No acrobatics on the stairs." "Seats are for sitting." "Dinosaur impressions are not allowed while holding food." 

Text:
O: I be dinosaur!
L: You can be a dinosaur when you're done eating.