While this entry could very well be about all the things we've broken in this house (I've set a new record in shattered glassware this week and it really is surprising how destructive three little munchkins can be), I thought I'd share some of the songs we've made up for the kids.
In all the job descriptions I've seen for a father and mother, it never occured to me that lyricist, composer and vocalist would be among them. But with all the singing that goes on, it turns out these professions, are in fact part of the requirements. To be honest, it's much more fun than our role as CEO - Chief Excrement Officer.
Here's a sampling of our songs about the kids - feel free to sing along:
Brianna:
Little Munchkin (sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)
Little munchkin in a tree
I see her and she sees me
She is little, she is small
She's the sweetest girl of all
Little munchkin in a tree
I love her, her name is Brie
SuperBrie (sung to the tune of Super Freak)
She's a little Brie Brie girl
The kind you do take home to mother
She'll never let your spirits down
She's such a Brie-Brie scene (Oh yeah)
The girl's a little wild now
Her name is Super Brie
The kind you like to read about
In baby magazines
I'd really like to bathe her
And put her in the tub
Take a little washcloth
And give her back a rub
She's all right, she's all right
The girl's all right with me.
Oh yeah!
Reese
Little Reesie Piecie (sung to the tune of Little Tommy Tinker - see Sharon, Lois and Bram if you don't know it)
Little Reesie Piecie
Is a little sweetie
He's a cutie guy
Oh Reesie
Oh Reesie
I want to see your blue eyes
I love my Reesie (sung to a tune I don't know the name of - sorry!)
I love my Reesie
Oh yes I do
I love my Reesie
He knows it's true
He has blonde hair
And eyes of blue
Yes, Reese Matthew I love you
And I would walk
A million miles
Just for a smile
Cause Reese Matthew
I love you
NEW!!!
Reesie Man (to the tune of Spider Man)
Reesie Man, Reesie Man
Nobody's like our Reesie Man
He's so cute, he's so smart
His body is God's work of art.
Watch out!
For Reesie, Reesie Man
Reesie Man, Reesie Man
Nobody can do it like Reesie can
Thinks it out, takes a look
He likes to read his I Spy books
Watch out!
For Reesie, Reesie Man
Luke
The Lukie Rap (it's a rap I made up - feel the beat!)
My name is Lukie
I'm a cutie guy
I've got a twinkle
And it's in my eye
I like to squeak
And I like to squawk
I use words
Cause it's how I talk
I take a bath
Pull off all my clothes
I like to flap
And it really shows
I have a sister
Her name is Brie
When I was born
She was only three
And then there's Reese
He's my older bro
He gives me pats
And likes to bite my toe
New verse to the Luke rap!!!!
And now there's Ben,
He's our little man
Came after Luke,
Cause that was God's plan
As for dad
They say I look like him
He'll teach me bowling
And perhaps to swim
And last there's mom
You know she keeps me fed
Puts on my clothes
And tucks me in bed
My name is Lukie
My name is Lukie
My name is Luke, Luke, Luke, Luke, Lukie
Little Lukie (sung to the Welsh hymn Suo Gan - see "Empire of the Sun" if you want to know the tune)
Little Lukie,
Time for sleeping
Time to lay and rest your head
God will guard you
And will guide you
Send his angels round your bed.
Ben's song (sung to the Veggie Tale Larry Boy theme song)
Ben-ja-min
There's no baby quite like Benjamin
Ben-ja-min
Theodore Anderson
Ben-ja-min
Oh how we love our little Benjamin
Ben-ja-min
Rock on Benjamin
(I probably will try to come up with some new verses, but at least he's not without a theme song, and a rockin' one too!)
1 comment:
The song "I love my Reesie" is to the tune of "We Love You Conrad" from the broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie"
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