Stuff the Duvet

And a bonus version:

Stuffing a duvet into the duvet cover is an act of love. Unless you do it wrong, then it's an act of annoyance. There are many tips and tricks with how to get it all in there flatly, but I wish you the best of luck if you need to tackle the task. 

Explanation: During the summer, a duvet cover can be used on your bed without any filling. It's like a top sheet or thin comforter in that state. But as the weather gets colder, you need more warmth and can fill the duvet cover with a duvet of your preferred thickness. 

Text:
L: Speaking of laundry, if the duvet cover isn't warm enough for you - you can stuff it.
Bonus:
M: I feel targeted. I guess I could do that.
L: If you want it done right, I can do it.

Bubble Blaster Weed Whacker

 

We are nearing the end of both bubble blasting season and yardwork season, so I needed to get this one out before it got stale. I could have just saved it for next summer, but that would mean planning very far ahead. Finding time to draw comics is difficult, but I do enjoy drawing when I can get around to it. I think up a lot of comics that live in text form on my phone, but getting to sit down and draw them out takes more time than just jotting down the text. Finding balance is hard with anything, even enjoyable hobbies.

A bubble blaster is like a battery powered water gun, but it blows bubbles rather than squirts water. It is a way for young kids to blow bubbles without spilling the solution. While using traditional bubbles is great for coordination and such, sometimes you want the easy win rather than a learning experience. 

Text:
R: What is that noise?
L: Sounds like our neighbor is using a weed whacker.
R: Or it could be a bubble blaster?
L: Unlikely.
R: Maybe?

What Else Did God Make

We have been teaching our kids the First Catechisms (there's 150 in there and while I disagree with 133/134, the rest are sound theology and also we have only tackled the first like 10). There are songs to go along with them - Ask Me Whooo. I've only heard the first two albums (available on Spotify and YouTubeMusic) so like the first 100 catechisms set to song and they are a catchy way to learn some sound theology. Provided your kid actually sings along instead of making his own version and overpowering the chorus. Yes, God did indeed make the trees and flowers but ALSO so much more - all things, to be exact.

Links here:
First Catechism: https://opc.org/cce/FirstCatechism.html 

Ask Me Whooo: http://askmewhooo.com/home.html

Text:
Song and Mom: What else did God make? Whaaat else did God make?
Song and daughter: God made all things, all things, all things! God made all things, aaaaaall thiiiiings.
Son over song: Trees and flowers!

Be Grass

 

Sometimes your kids just say what they mean, and while it still comes out of left field - it is nice to know what they're going for. And this is a true story, transcribed how it happened (even down to the blue mug I was sipping my tea from). My kids were asking me to be a bunch of things, mainly animals so I would just make a sound between my sips of delightful Earl Grey. But then there's this. 

Text:
O: Can you be grass?!?
L: How??
R: You lay down on the ground, and we walk all over you.
L: Hard pass.

Be a Horsie

 

Someday my kids will appreciate my humor. Or at least groan respectably at it, like some of my nieces do. I know I'm hilarious, and that's what matters. 

Explanations: Horses say "neigh." "Nay" mean no. Yay, a pun! Toddlers don't seem to acknowledge those.

Text:
O: Can you be a horsie?
L: Nay.

Sea Eagle

 

We went to the beach in October and it was actually nice because no sunburns and also no crowds. As shown in this comic, toddlers can act like poor speech-to-text software with just assuming similar words are your words. He was super excited to see the birds, whatever they were. And we did not feed the beach birds - what goes in then goes up and comes down. 

Text:
L: Look - a seagull!
O: WOW! Eagle!
L: No, a sea gull.
O: Oh! Sea Eagle!

Weightlifting: Parenthood Edition

Happy early Birthday to my brother-in-law Dan! You can probably do both.

Yeah parenting is not for the weak. Deadlifts don't scratch and kick you while shrieking. Please note that my children are usually angels, but every child has overemotional times and WOW they are taxing on the whole household.

Explanation: A deadlift is a strength exercise where you lift a barbell, which does not move or scream at you. A livelift is something I just made up, and it's when you get exercised trying to move your child mid-meltdown. I'm sure there's an exorcism pun to be made there.

Text:
WL: I can deadlift 400 pounds of cold, hard iron!!! YEAH!!!
L: I can live lift 50 pounds of squirming, crying preschooler.
Ref: WINNER!

Indecisive

 

If you say someone is on the fence about something, what kind of fence do you picture? One of those natural wood, neighbor-dividing ones that Garfield the cat would caterwaul upon? Or a white picket fence that you'd have to balance daintily on? Some sort of wrought iron type? So many options.

Explanation: he's being indecisive about being called indecisive. That is a difficult word to spell.

Text:
A: Your family is know for being indecisive.
B: I'm not sure about that...

Tall Order Cook

I would love for this to happen in real life. You would probably lose your job but you would gain the admiration of all those in line. 

Explanation: A short-order cook has been explained in a previous comic (look back if you need to). A tall order is when something is going to be difficult or hard to accomplish. I do not want to be a tall-order cook.

Text:
P: I want *super complicated order*
S: We're gonna need the tall-order cook.

Parking Garage Meal

 

True Story - it was a stegosaurus. 

To be clear, we did not eat random food off the floor of a public garage. We do have standards. We also threw out the leftovers we forgot in the car overnight, because we care about our intestines and don't want to cause duress. 

Text:
Title: *Walking Through a Parking Garage*
L: ... Would you like a dino nugget?
M: With a side of that mac'n'cheese we left in the car overnight.
R: What obligation are you so desperate to get out of?!?!

Not Short Order Cook

This may have been inspired by a sign about being "short staffed" and someone complaining that they should hire taller people.

Explanation: A "short-order cook" is not referring to their size, it's referring to the time it takes to make meals (they make things that are quick like sandwiches or eggs apparently). 

Text:
A: Are you a short-order cook?
B: I'm a slightly-above-average-order cook. 

Time Not Well Spent

 

Happy belated Birthdays to my niece and nephew!
I feel this is in line with a comic I posted back in July about a lack of dedication. Did this one spawn after one too many times of lollygagging for a bit then when I sit down to actually do something then the children are no longer placid and totally need my attention to be on them instead of whatever I just started working on? Who can say.

Text:
M: How was your afternoon?
L: I wouldn't say I wasted the time, but I can't say it was well spent.

Shark Shutout

 

So we were driving along and saw a sign for all-you-can-eat sushi, which straight up does not sound like a great idea, but then my husband made it worse and this comic was spawned. I once had a coworker who would take the occasional gamble and have gas station sushi for lunch. He thought I was in the same boat one lunch but I gently corrected him with "no, this is from Wegmans." I don't gamble with seafood. 

Shark Tank is a show where people with ideas pitch said ideas to people with money and try to get their idea to happen. Not all ideas are good ideas.

Text:
A: Hello Sharks - my idea is simple yet attention-grabbing: All-You-Can-Eat Gas Station Sushi.
Sharks: Get out.