Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts

Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Twelve Days of Christmas, Motherhood Style

I've written another song.  Please feel free to sing along.  (And don't be a smart-ass and skip to the end...Jeff pointed out that everyone would do that, and I got all pissed off and insisted that they wouldn't.  Please don't give him the satisfaction of being right.  He gets to be smug around me way too much.)

The Twelve Days of Christmas, Motherhood Style

On the first day of Christmas my children gave to me
a reason for Jeff's vasectomy

On the second day of Christmas my children gave to me
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy

On the third day of Christmas my children gave to me
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy

On the fourth day of Christmas my children gave to me
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the fifth day of Christmas my children gave to me
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the sixth day of Christmas my children gave to me
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the seventh day of Christmas my children gave to me
Seven temper tantrums
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the eight day of Christmas my children gave to me
Eight stains of milk and
Seven temper tantrums
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the ninth day of Christmas my children gave to me
Nine loads of laundry
Eight stains of milk and
Seven temper tantrums
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the tenth day of Christmas my children gave to me
Ten nights of teething
Nine loads of laundry
Eight stains of milk and
Seven temper tantrums
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the eleventh day of Christmas my children gave to me
Eleven diapers reeking
Ten nights of teething
Nine loads of laundry
Eight stains of milk and
Seven temper tantrums
Six nervous breakdowns
Fiiiiiive bathtub riiiiiings...
Four naughty words
Three bite marks
Two saggy boobs
And a reason for Jeff's vasectomy


On the twelfth day of Christmas my husband gave to me
A twelve-pack of beer.

Merry Christmas.







Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sing-A-Long!


This morning, as I got on my hands and knees to clean up the second warm puddle of urine my darling son decided to leave for me on the carpet, I was inspired to write a song.

I felt a bit like Francis Scott Key, imprisoned and watching a battle wage out his window (or in my case, my family room), and then deciding to pen the words to what would become our national anthem (at least according my sixth grade music teacher Mr. Smith--someone please let me know if this is one of those things we learn as children but turns out to be waaaaay wrong--although I don't know if I want to know that's not how our national anthem was written. Finding out I had it wrong this whole time would be like when I discovered Pluto was no longer considered a planet: Excuse me? Pluto's not a planet? Well, that throws off my whole mnemonic device....Dammit).

Anyway, without further ado, here is my song. If you know the tune to 'Blowing in the Wind', please feel free to hum along....

How many times will he pee on the floor
before he is potty traaaaiined?

How many times will she bite my shoulder
till she knows that she's causing me paaaiiiin?

How many days will he go with no nap
until I'm declared insaaaaane?

He's two-and-a-half, and drives me up a wall
and she's finally learning to crawl.

How many times will he sit on her back
till I rip all my hair out and screeeaaam?

How many times will she poop in the tub
till we call in a hazmat teeeeaam?

And how many nights will I skip my rem sleep
till I forget how to dreeeeaaam?

He's two-and-a-half, and drives me up a wall
and she's finally learning to crawl

How many times will I go to Target
before every cashier knows my naaaame?

How many trips will we take to the mall
to ride on that goofy-ass traaaaiiin?

And how many times will we watch Wonder Pets
till it's forever tattooed in my braaaaaiiin?

He's two-and-a-half, and drives me up a wall
and she's finally learning to crawl.

Yes, he's two-and-a-half, and drives me up a wall
and she's finally learning to craaaaaawwwwl.

Thank you...I'll be here all night....