Monday, December 25, 2006

12 Days of Christmas

You must all now sing for my pleasure:

(Ahem..disclaimer: while most of the gifts were received, it is not necessarily the "true love's" fault)

OK, now SING:

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
-a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
-two stuffy nostrils and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me
-three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils and a week of cleaning house without the kids. (Haha)

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- "FIVE bowls of mushy cereal, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- eight broken train parts, seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- nine dolls called "Baby", eight broken train parts, seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
- ten thousand castle pieces, nine dolls called "baby", eight broken train parts, seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me
-eleven stinky dishrags, ten thousand castle pieces, nine dolls called "baby" eight broken train parts, seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, and a week of cleaning house without the kids.

ON THE TWELVETH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......


-(deap breath here) twelve different battery operated toys playing at the same time, eleven stinky dishrags, ten thousand castle pieces, nine dolls called "baby", eight broken train parts, seven wakes from snoring, six runny noses, FIVE BOWLS OF MUSHY CEREAL, ,four tangled slinkies, three fussy boys, two stuffy nostrils, AND A WEEK OF CLEANING HOUSE WITHOUT THE KIDS!

Whew! Now wasn't that fun!?!

6 comments:

Mrs. RF said...

Yup! Chuckle.

Smiles said...

Let's do it again!

lis said...

YES!

brandywine said...

With true love(s) like that, who needs enemies?

Unknown said...

I'm so proud of myself...I made it through the twelveth day without take another breat:)

Cara said...

It's too late to sing it, but I enjoyed listening to it in my head!