Adolescent Adventurers Gifts

"I feel sorry for kids these days - they're always being tested for something"

'I have this fear of the real world...'

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Look Mommy, hat!"

"Can you make me look like Wolverine?"

"Would you like some wings?"

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

Only a penny! A sensible and ingenious toy for children.

October 11, 2009: History is made when 8-year-old Tommy Wurtner becomes the first child to enter space.

Child driving a toy car

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

Kids with Fish Balloons

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Mistaken baby ducks.

'I know he followed you home but you can't keep him.'

"This is crazy! We've been here only 10 minutes, we've spent all our money, and we've got nothing to show for it!"

"Why did I start the story with 'Twice upon a time?' Because it's a sequel."

'You must all promise never to divulge what you are about to see.'

"If nothing else, school has prepared me for a lifetime of backpacking."

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

'Our tabby was pre-approved for a credit card!'

Childhood

"So you dreamed you were an adult?"

Little Pink Girl and Her Pink Horse

"Kids."

Swinging on the Chandelier

The First National Sand Bank.

'Can we skip to the part where I charge with a light saber?'

'It's all right, miss, I'm only loking for our cricket-ball!'

Local, free-range bug juice.

Somewhere in France - John O'Dowd jests away his junior year abroad

Kid in pedal police car pulling over a kid on a trike

Student to kid: 'School first, then Mount Everest.'

"And for my third wish I want a further three!"

"Yeah, I've noticed it too: Young Master's smell has changed a lot since he's become a teenager..."