Joyful Chaos Gifts

A mum trying to dry an excited child

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

'Look, Dad, I made a pair of boots out of your chest waders.'

"I think I preferred it before he became an equal-opportunity employer."

'Marm doesn't understand, 'I've got it, I've got it'.'

Every class has one. . .

'That was SO worth it!' - Christmas Tree Toppled

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

"Apparently, he had occasional sober periods."

Falling for art

"It was a mistake to let the children chose their own instruments for the new music class...I have eleven cymbals, and Billy Fitzgerald chose the bagpipes!"

A Cartoonist's and a Sculptor's File Cabinets.

Paint fight art!

"Too busy."

The terrible 2's. It was an awful stage.

"I'm afraid I can't do anything unless you have a receipt."

"He still isn't paper trained, but I got him rug trained."

"Where is Master going? Well, today is Young Mistress' fifth birthday party, so logic dictates he's going fishing. . ."

'Be patient. I'll grow out of it.'

'Well, you told me not to walk through the kitchen in muddy boots!'

"Mijo, just do what you always do before you write a paper...it's obviously working!"

"The authorities say that two reindeer are the only survivors of the crash."

The Christmas Cleanup

"If pressured, I will run!"

"Inspiration"

"What clown has blocked the entrance outside."

"Insurance Company Report...damage to 4500 roofs..."

"Mom! Jonah's engaging in nation-building again!"

"The trouble with teaching music is everyone is dancing to a different tune."

Trader captured by own toys

"He's having a bad hare day."