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niccig
11-04-2008, 07:02 PM
GOOD NIGHT MOM (Instead of Good Night Moon)
In the messy green
family room
There was a telemarketer ringing the telephone
And a crying toddler
because his brother just popped his
red balloon
And a picture of--
The cow jumping over the moon (which someone colored on
with permanent
marker)
And there was a missing
teddy bear, and a girl with
gum in her hair
And one to be scolded
And laundry to be folded
And a very hungry spouse
And something stinky in the house
(that no one else seemed to smell)
And a comb and a brush and a colicky baby who just
won't shush
And a frazzled mommy screaming #*%#@
Goodnight messy room
Goodnight scribbled-on moon
Goodnight cow getting out while she can
Goodnight telemarketers and the
popped balloon
Goodnight long-gone teddy bear
Goodnight cereal bar smeared all
over the dining room chair
Goodnight spitup
And goodnight leaky sippy cup
Goodnight much-too-little house and goodnight grumpy spouse
Goodnight comb and goodnight brush
And goodnight to a certain 4-year-old who just needs to
hush right now I
mean it
Goodnight Elmo
Goodnight toys we'll pick up tomorrow,
or the next day
Hello chardonnay and TiVo--
"me" time finally

npace19147
11-04-2008, 07:08 PM
mmmm....chardonnay....

good one Nicci!

maydaymommy
11-04-2008, 07:09 PM
Did you write that? Very entertaining! And how true.
Thanks for sharing it.

citymama
11-04-2008, 07:13 PM
This was in the October issue of Parenting magazine! It cracked me up.

carolinamama
11-04-2008, 07:19 PM
So appropriate for my life right now. Thanks for posting.

newmomto1
11-04-2008, 07:24 PM
LOVE this!!!
Thanks for posting :)

niccig
11-04-2008, 07:28 PM
Did you write that? Very entertaining! And how true.
Thanks for sharing it.

No I didn't write it. I wish I was that clever. I'll be opening the merlot tonight and watching tivo though.
It was a forwarded email, and I thought we could all relate.

Swimfreak78
11-04-2008, 08:40 PM
Love this. Saw a variant in Parenting Magazine a few months ago as well.

ThreeofUs
11-04-2008, 08:51 PM
Love it! Thanks for posting!

I have recently been toying with changing the words to "You Rocked Me All Night Long"; it starts

I'm a milk machine
Every baby's dream
I've got the fastest darn let down
That you've ever seen

But maybe that's just T freakin' MI. :)

buddyleebaby
11-04-2008, 09:00 PM
Love it! Thanks for posting!

I have recently been toying with changing the words to "You Rocked Me All Night Long"; it starts

I'm a milk machine
Every baby's dream
I've got the fastest darn let down
That you've ever seen

But maybe that's just T freakin' MI. :)

:hysterical:

Melaine
11-04-2008, 09:03 PM
awesome! thanks for posting, I never heard it.

DrSally
11-04-2008, 09:31 PM
That's great! Did you make that up?