For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 29, 2024

She’s right. Smart kid

April must be acquainted with Katy (from “Adam@Home”) in that they both want horses.

You better learn how to live with waiting, kid since you have no choice. But time passes so slowly for little kids. I remember when I was little, the 2 weeks leading up to Christmas were the longest 2 weeks in the world.

shades of art linkletter.

HAHAHAHA

In the second panel, it sounds just like some adult kids today that are very impatient and want it “now”. If everything was given to them right now – what’s left to work for?

I remember feeling like that when I was April’s age. Now I am glad when it’s over.

giggles, goofy kid. :D

At sevety-four, I feel like April sometimes, like wished it was the first Tuesday after the first Monday 2028 and inauguration day 2029 when a new president is sworn in and not DJT or JDV.

The innocense and logic of a young child! :-)

Enlightened philosophy of a child!

Instant versus delayed gratification

There’s no time like the presents

April’s song:

Gooses

Geeses

I want my geese to lay gold eggs for Easter

John: It will sweetheart!

April:At least a hundred a day.

John:Anything you say!

April:And by the way…

John:What?

April: I want a feast!

John:You ate before you came to the factory.

April: I want a bean feast.

John: Oh, one of those.

April:Cream buns and doughnuts and fruit cake with no nuts. So good you could go nuts!

John: You can have all those things when you get home!

April: No, now!

I want a ball!

I want a party!

Pink macaroons and a million balloons and performing baboons and, give it to me-

NOW!!

I want the world

I want the whole world!

I want to lock it all up in my pocket

It’s my bar of chocolate

Give it to me now!

I want today,

I want tomorrow!

I want to wear ‘em like braids in my hair and I don’t want to share them

I want a party with a room full of laughter

Ten thousand tons of ice-cream.

And if I don’t get the things I am after

I’m going to scream!

I want the works,

I want the whole works,

Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises

Of all shapes and sizes

and NOW!

Don’t care how, I want it now!

Don’t care how, I want it now!

April will soon learn about waiting. Canadians wait for healthcare.

Sigh…the quintessential Aries…

Some things are worth waiting for.

Christmas presents may not be one of them…

Anticipation will keep her waiting….

Hey April, real life sucks, be happy you’re not quite there yet ! ;-)

Why a horse? Get a hippopotamus for Christmas.

Having something to look forward to is important. Once it’s past, life can look very bleak. Unless you have something else to look forward to lined up, and sooner or later, you won’t.

Out of the mouths of babes.

I think she is really sweet. Still innocent at this age, it makes up for the impatience. Adults nowadays have the same behavior… But they should know better! Like a good meal, it takes time to prepare, anticipation to have, before enjoying the actual thing and rejoicing for it. Nowadays, quick gratification exists but enjoyment and rejoicing have gone by, almost forgotten, as time flows by unnoticed until it’s too late.