Stuff My Kids Say, Part 20

This is a late release of the second quarter best quotes for 2019!!

My Homework for the School Holidays

MY HOMEWORK FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

(Or: What I have learned from two terms)

BY ROBERT TUCK

The twins R and J are officially halfway through their first school year now. Here they are in their classroom:

Some of the earlier school highlights are HERE.

As a parent, there has been an adjustment from childcare or preschool. Some differences are obvious - it costs less, there are fewer hours, they wear a uniform, and so on. 

But the important differences are more subtle.

One of the main changes in transition to primary school is information supply.

'MURICA~!

To celebrate the anniversary of the most influential democracy in the planet, here is a flag my son J drew about six months ago, when he was going through a weird phase of drawing different flags...

Review: The Simpsons Carbonated Beverages

On a recent family trip up the coast, we stopped at a local shopping centre for some supplies, then discovered a shop selling nothing but imported candy, chocolates, soft drink and other junk food.

I felt like a kid in some kind of store.

While I was disappointed with the unavailability of Skittlebrau and Gummy Venus de Milo's, I did discover these...

So here is the review of Duff Beer and the Flaming Moe...

Soccer

What a week for the round ball game. Liverpool! Spurs! Marrickville Red Devils U6's Navy!

Yes, we have recently entered the world of Saturday morning sport.

Stuff My Kids Say, Part 19

I haven't had much time to write lately. It turns out four kids is a lot of kids. It's definitely more than three, although I can't confirm if it's as many as five. The fact that four is many children does consume pretty much all of my potential blogging time. 

Hey Rob, how's the family?

Anyway, here's a bunch of stuff the oldest three have said over the last few months...

Jokes

This is titled "Jokes", but first it is about money. Then it is about jokes. This will all make sense soon.

It starts when I was recently walking home from school with the twins, pictured here...

...And we somehow got into a long discussion where I attempted to explain a slightly higher level concept of money to them.