Tag: school

  • Mrs. Grinch

    Mrs. Grinch

    So there I was, minding my own business volunteering at an elementary school event, when my daughter walks by and decides to tease me. I was not even being grumpy at that time.

  • Middle School Perks

    Middle School Perks

    I’m relieved that, so far, my middle schooler has said that it’s better than elementary school. Not clear on how much the food and the library are carrying the decision, but this was a conversation I overheard her having with her younger sibling.

  • All Ready?

    All Ready?

    A question everyone has been asking for weeks: “Are you ready for school to start?” Well, sure, except for this one thing that would literally prevent our child from being allowed to attend.

  • Forget The Alarm

    Forget The Alarm

    To clarify: that’s not “me” in the comic – that’s not how I (outwardly) wake up. I got to hear this happen one day when one of my kids woke up to the usual school day alarm and decided to try this approach for dealing with it.

  • Twin Day

    Twin Day

    The connections forming all the time in that little brain…wild.

  • Worst Of All

    Worst Of All

    Just in case there is a kid named “Joe” at my local school: it’s a stand-in name that’s nice and short for the speech bubbles, not used because of any relation to that name.

  • Curiouser And Curiouser

    Curiouser And Curiouser

    When this aired in the elementary school assembly it was difficult to hear the mic audio, so I almost missed out on this gem of kid perspective.