Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for June 06, 2024

It could be a medical story

There was a toot.

This is a game my sister and I actually play. It’s an improv game called Letters, and the goal of the game is to write a letter by going around the circle one word at a time.

no Ipads for them?

How about leaving Hammie out of the game?

I use to sing the Shaving Cream song with my kids as we traveled, Hammie would enjoy that! (The Bennie Bell version)!

So is it Wanda’s or Wren’s turn?

…wait, there’s more!

Hammie once again sounding a lot like Bart Simpson.

Now that’s a dad!

No—that’s a boy.

When traveling with small children it’s best to leave very early in the morning so they can sleep most of the way.

Sorry Darryl, no ifs ands or butts about it.

I’m with you, Dad.

This reminds me of the Internet posting years ago about a school writing assignment where two students would write alternate paragraphs of a story.

I gotta admit it was just getting interesting.

No. You do not want to see where it goes.

Hey! Just be glad they’re not fighting like they usually do or screaming the usual crap like “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”, or crying that they have to go potty AFTER you’ve pulled out the rest stop!

“There”. “Were.” “Two.” “Eyes!”

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In real life there would be a monitor in the back for the kids to watch a movie AND they would each have a child’s version of a tablet. Also, kids still enjoy a bag or backpack with books, coloring materials, etc.

There ya go, daddy!

Would have been interesting to see how Wanda would keep altering the course of the story after Hammie’s input.

I used to drive from the UK through France to Spain when visiting my in-laws. When the boys were really young, they loved the overnight ferry crossing to France, but it meant getting up early in the morning to disembark.The eldest wanted to stay awake to see everything while the youngest went ‘nah, sod that, I’m going back to sleep. After a couple of hours. the eldest would flag and go to sleep and the youngest woke up. So for around 4 hours we had peace and quiet until they were both awake of course.

That’s why God created candy sleeping pills

“Once upon a butt, there was a time,…”

There. Was. A. Zit!

Well Dad, it is YOUR turn. you’re holding us up.

“There”

I would like to see how the story ends

My Mom would have broke out into reading logic books aloud.

Dad you do not want to know with Hammie.

Hahahaha! This is soooo something my boys would have done!!! Cracks me up. I’m with Darryl, I want to see where this goes! :D

That didn’t last long

That’s still better than “It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.”

R.I.P. Sparky

Reminds me of Mad Libs – the fill in the blank game from the 80’s/90’s – while vacationing in Myrtle Beach on a rainy day, we were in tears laughing our heads off with what my young niece and nephew came up with. I’m with Darryl

What do you expect from a six year old boy? It did set a bad precedent but it’s not impossible to turn around the narrative at the start. Like the character in the book, Tangled Web, fondly referred to as “Aunt But” because of her tendency to add the phrase to everything she said.

When one is raising small children, and nothing else, one tends to long for less basic conversation.

The world’s a better place with Hammie McPherson in it.

No you don’t Darryl.

lol

In the book LITTLE WOMEN, they once played a game called Rigmarole. One person would start a story, keep going as long as she liked, then stop in mid-sentence for the next person to pick up.

“…erfinger.”