St Patrick's Day - That's Not Gold at the End of your Finger

My sweet little niece, Violet, is quite a character. When her parents played up the St Patrick's day theme, they got a great, un-unexpected gem...at the end of her finger.

Beans, Beans...the Juicy Fruit?

Couldn't pass this one up from a friend. Amazing how articulate a little boy could be in a situation which he put himself in and try to save himself the embarrassment...I'm sure we've all found ourselves in this situation at least once in our lives.

A Lost Language

My Brother-in-law announced to his family that he had applied for a job in London to which his youngest son River had the extremely hilarious response. 

A Savory Jelly Bean?

When Josh let this statement out I knew this would be a classic story in our family and couldn't pass up illustrating Stevy, Harry Potter style. Click on image to enlarge.

Number 5

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I heard this one from a friend of a friend. I wish I knew who to give credit. This is definitely a classic.

No Baby's Breath

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I was getting really angry with both the boys that night for messing around and not getting ready for bed as asked a dozen times. But, once again, my son Josh, proved his quick thinking skills to defuse the situation with his own brand of humor. Did I mention his sense of humor really stinks!

New School

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Kids crack me up with the things they make up to get their point across. My son Josh, obviously, was not looking forward to moving when he made this exclamation after we explained having to attend a new school.

Clean Thoughts

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I heard this one from a friend who's child pointed out the pretty clouds coming from a factory.

Lost and Sound (Asleep) - Sleepwalk II

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The real story is this (as I remember it being told to me): My two older brothers were babysitting me and I crawled out of my crib. They heard noises upstairs and came to inspect. They found my crib empty, got freaked out, and thought someone broke in and took me. After the police showed up, I apparently crawled out from wherever my sleepwalk had taken me much to the surprise of my parents (who had to leave their bridge game?), my brothers and the police officers.

Pitter Patter - Sleepwalk I

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This sleep walking episode is one of several from my childhood. Though the scene and the characters are different, the event as portrayed is very close to the real thing. Mom and Dad, sorry for letting go on the entry tile.

Padawan Stevy

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My son Josh has an uncanny memory for lines from movies. When he was about 3 1/2, he didn't talk much, but floored us when he broke a lego-made sword and spat out a line verbatim from Star Wars II. When he smashed the sword into the floor we thought for sure this was going to be the beginning of a major tantrum.

A Christmas Wish

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In the spirit of the celebration of Christ's birth, this story came to me by way of my Brother and Sister-in-Law. I thought it was great so I added it to Stevy's collection of funny-isms . Thank you Tammi and Adam!

What's in the Closet?

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My son Josh shares the same fears most kids have. Lucky for my wife and me, he created his own coping mechanism.

Innocence Spared

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I still feel the pain of that brief moment in time of what I thought was coming out of my son's mouth.

The ABC's of De Feet

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This one is especially for my parents. In 1977, one of my favorite Saturday TV shows was ABC's Wide World of Sports, particularly the intro sequence with the ski jumper, Vinko Bogataj, and his spectacular bail-out in the famous 'Agony of Defeat'. From the perspective of a five year old, I could see how that fall would bring particular agony to the feet but it sure looked more painful to the other parts of his body.

Five Letter Word

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Five Letter Word was inspired by my son Zac. He was about 3 1/2 when he and I were headed to my parents for the weekend. I think the illustration tells the rest of the story.

If it Tastes Like it...

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'If it Tastes Like it...' was inspired by my son Josh as he was getting ready for bed one night. The title, of course is an abstract of the joke, well you know how it goes...It smells like...It looks like..., so on and so forth.

All Natural

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'All Natural' was inspired by my son Zac, who was about 3 or 3 1/2 at the time and was practicing his letter recognition but couldn't quite read at the time. The illustration is just about how the actual event happened. The ice cream was in fact Breyers and as I wrote down the story I thought how fitting the all natural Breyers  ice cream and the innocence of a child just worked. There's one for you Breyers.