I’m seriously getting into comic strips again these days. I never would have suspected, since I’ve seldom paid attention to comics since I was, oh, say about 14. But lately they’ve held some appeal for a quick laugh or chuckle and “Ah HA!” moments.
That said, I just finished devouring We Were Here First
Having recently added to our family, life isn’t as calm and restful as it was when we only had one child. I can’t remember what we did before we had children so I can’t speak to that time period. We Were Here First
Things that made sense to us:
* Hiding in the closet to escape the children for at least 5 seconds.
* Finally crashing into bed at 1:30 a.m. due to trying to accomplish household tasks and projects after the kids went to bed. (10:30 p.m.? That’s mommy’s ‘quiet time’!)
* Not being able to remember the last time I experienced 10 seconds of uninterrupted silence during the day.
* Being sneezed on and having children throw up randomly.
* Endless loads of dishes
* Daddy doing the teeth brushing (because mommy finds that a disgusting project)
(The above strip is not in this particular book but I got carried away looking at the Baby Blues website and found this one in my explorations!)
If you haven’t checked out Baby Blues, but you are a parent in need of a good laugh and a reminder that all you do is worth it in the end – this is a great strip!
Chuckling away, thanks to Andrews McMeel Publishers!
Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know and Reading My Library.
I love that strip! I have one on the fridge where he comes home from work to find her sitting on the floor, the vacuum and a pile of laundry nearby, the kids running around on the furniture and the baby attatched to her breast. She says “Is there such a thing as a post partum epidural?” Love it!
Yes, yes, this one is a constant source of humor for me, too!! What a fun book review! 🙂
Baby Blues has been a fav of mine for years. So true to life you have to laugh even if it has happened to you. LOL
This is my all time favorite comic strip. Having three kids it is our life. I totally agree with what you say. My favorite one on my fridge is where Mom says “I want you guys to help me clear the table” and the kids hear “I want to remove all the joy from your lives while everyone else in the world has fun.” I need to get ahold of that book and read it!
I’m single with no kids, and I love this strip, too. It’s very funny.
This is one of my daily must-reads in our paper. I love Baby Blues. I need to check out the book now!
Love this strip! I have always enjoyed the comics and I used to have a bunch bookmarked, when there was this site that let you pick which ones you wanted and then save the page. Now it’s gone and I’m not really up to opening 20 pages just to view one comic on each page. Plus, my favorite comic of all time For Better or For Worse ended… that made me sad! But now I’m collecting the books. Awesome presents when the family doesn’t know what to get me! 🙂
Thanks for the link to the Baby Blues site (and review, of course). It is great fun!