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Eclipse Excuse

April 19, 2024April 8, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Ursula is looking for any old excuse to avoid her Monday math quiz.

Ursula is looking for any old excuse to avoid her Monday math quiz.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags bratty, daddy daughter, disappointment, Escape from School, great expectations, lazy, stay at home dad

No Housework Day

April 19, 2024April 6, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Ruth wants Noah to help with chores but it's No Housework Day

Noah’s trying to get the ball rolling on a weekly observance of “No Housework Day.”

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ruth ThorsenTags chores, disappointment, great expectations, husband and wife, lazy, stay at home dad

April Fools Redux

April 19, 2024April 3, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Noah isn't sways by Ursula's Bono bait-and-switch.

You’d think by now Ursula would know that her parents actually do talk and so the same bait-and-switch toy store tactic won’t work a second time.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags Bono, bratty, daddy daughter, disappointment, great expectations, mischief, shopping, stay at home dad, U2

April Fools 2024

April 19, 2024April 1, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Ursula uses a Bono bait and switch on her mom

Ursula never misses an opportunity to try to bait-and-switch her way into an expanded Lego collection.

Categories Ruth Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags bad behavior, Bono, bratty, disappointment, great expectations, holidays, mischief, mother and daughter, shopping, U2

You’re Not Wearing That to Church!

April 17, 2024March 30, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Ursula and Noah have some questionable ideas about churchwear.

Ruth has her hands full trying to get Noah and Ursula ready for the Easter Vigil.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ruth Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags bratty, church, costumes, daddy daughter, great expectations, husband and wife, mischief, mother and daughter, playing make believe

Agnes Doesn’t DIY

April 17, 2024March 23, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Noah asks Agnes to teach Ursula to make doilies but gets an answer he wasn't expecting.

Noah miscalculates Agnes’ craftiness… also, the apple sure don’t fall far from the tree, but which tree?

Categories Agnes Burgoyne, Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags arts and crafts, bratty, daddy daughter, grandmother, great expectations, in-laws, lazy, shopping

Can We Go Now?

April 17, 2024March 22, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Noah is duly impressed with the doilies Ursula has picked up... more so than Ursula herself.

Noah has a mistaken idea of where doilies should come from.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags arts and crafts, boredom, bratty, daddy daughter, great expectations, lazy, shopping

Thrifted Doilies

April 17, 2024March 20, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Noah is still shopping and Ursula is still bored... but finds a stash of doilies to dump in the cart.

Ursula is still bored, even though they’ve only been here 20 minutes and it’s only the sixth thrift store of the day.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags boredom, bratty, daddy daughter, disappointment, great expectations, shopping, stay at home dad

Pi Day

April 3, 2024March 14, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
Noah celebrates Pi Day with a homemade pie but Ursula wants to celebrate Chocolate Cake Day instead

Noah celebrates Pi Day with a homemade pie but Ursula wants to celebrate Chocolate Cake Day instead.

Categories Noah Thorsen, Ursula ThorsenTags awkward questions, bratty, daddy daughter, great expectations, holidays, stay at home dad

The Mathasorus

March 13, 2024March 11, 2024 by Pyra Draculea
A guest cartoon by Ursula, showing why math is dangerous

A special cartoon from guest artist Ursula.

Categories The Cartoonist, Ursula ThorsenTags bratty, daydreams, great expectations, playing make believe, watching cartoons
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