Playground Chemist Gifts

"Gracie! How could you? Do you know what little girls are made of?"

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

'I stay trim because of high metabolism. Theirs, not mine.'

'You see, Brad, I'm not just a highly polished career woman.'

"What sorcery be this? Thine castle is bouncy!"

'I don't know what 'peer pressure' is, but it makes a GREAT excuse!'

"Hi-yah!"

"I feel I've outgrown this facility, Mrs. Thompson. Could we see what else is around?"

"I'm bored."

Swinging

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

"So, what do you do for play?"

"When I grow up, I don�t know whether to be a stunt amn or a train driver"

'I shoulda told you guys. . . Marmaduke makes up his own rules as we go along.'

"First snowman?"

"Recess does things to a man."

'Sure, I took your shovel. Ethics doesn't kick in for a year or two.'

'I prefer the term 'whistleblower' to tattletale.'

"I'm doing whatever I feel like doing, before I reach the age of accountability."

Children playing football.

Children jumping onto mattress in PE.

Playground Pipe Dreams

'Don't let them know you're a prodigy. If they find out, they'll take away your teddy bear.'

'Play post office? -- I don't like violent games.'

Boy swinging on wrecking ball swing: 'Stu had a future in demolitions.'

Imagination

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Have your parents sign this waiver concerning violations of personal space. . . then you guys can play tag."

Children playing games

"Did you check the little patch of grass by the swing set?"

"Maths is easy because it's so logical. 2 + 2 obviously equals 22."

'They're relics of the many ancient civilization that have dwelled at Blisshaven.'

"Ok, so I go back and forth… Then what?"

The Charge of the Kids

"It turns out I just wasted the whole morning networking with a dog."