Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Worst 5 Lullabies

One of the best things about parenting a precious baby is singing ridiculous songs and lullabies. Watching Michael's little eyes close and hearing the contented baby sighs makes singing goofy songs a wonderful experience. Here are some of lullabies I have composed for my boy:

"Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, or the Clowns Will Eat You"
"The Itsy Bitsy Spider Laid Eggs in Your Brain"
"Rockabye Baby in the Ford Pinto"
"Sugarplums and Thousands of Tarantulas"
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Imploding, Life-Obliterating Supernova"

My personal favorite is the one about the clowns. Here's hoping that my baby doesn't really understand what I am singing, or we'll probably end up with a resentful, goth teenager.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the banjo tunes

Chris said...

Let's introduce him slowly to banjo tunes. I want him to understand that the banjo is not real and it won't really hurt him. =)

Anonymous said...

Go to sleep, my zoodle,
My fibblety-fitsy foo.
Go to sleep, sweet noodle.
It's time to say ah-choo.

The chickens in the bathtub,
The closet full of sheep,
The sneakers in the freezer
Are all drifting off to sleep.

Go to sleep, my zoodle,
My fibblety-fitsy foo.
Go to sleep, sweet noodle.
The owl is whisp'ring, "Moo""

Sandra Boynton

Sarah said...

Beautiful, Chris. Please sing those to Austin when he stays at your house. That way maybe he & MD can get a 2 for 1 on therapy later in life.