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DECEMBER 14, 2009 2:29PM

Wife-asaurus Sings the Songbook of Wife-asaurus.

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(Available per song or as an album, which Wife-asaurus prefers, cause then you can take in the thing as it was intended, in its totality, as an oeuvre.)

Track 1: “It’s Tummy Time” (A Wife-asaurus original. If the charts could be topped by a song like this, this song would be a real chart-topper. Pokey likes it. He loves tummy time as long as she’s singing “It’s Tummy Time” to him. Minutes go by before he realizes he’d much rather be on his back, or eating, or pooping, or if he’s lucky, all three at once.)

Track 2: “Penis Down, Ruffles Out” (When I’m changing Pokey – which is way more often than she changes Pokey, but who am I to say anything – she likes to stand in the doorway and remind me the proper way to ensure he doesn’t pee through the diaper then his clothes. She reminds me by chanting Penis Down! Ruffles Out! til I’m done. This morning, I closed the door on her. Judging by her reaction, I shouldn’t do that again.)

Track 3: “I’m Gonna Pee On You …” (When Pokey eats, he eats for a long time. Every so often, Wife-asaurus needs to go to the bathroom, but can’t cause … I dunno, I guess it’s tricky getting to the toilet with a baby clamped onto a sensitive part of you. So she toughs it out by belting this song from her collection. She belts it loud. She thinks she sounds like Joan Jett. I think she sounds like someone who should shut the hell up when she’s belting it real loud at four in the morning.)

Track 4: “Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey” (The tune is equal parts ‘Clang clang clang goes the trolley,’ and ‘Dreidel-dreidel-dreidel.’ Here’s the whole entire song. “Monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey/Everybody dance with the monkey/Dance, dance, dance with the monkey/We’re gonna dance with the monkey tonight.” Now repeat that over and over and over and over and over, changing keys and octaves if necessary, until two things happen: Your kid falls asleep and your significant other runs to the back room to throw on his headphones. The good headphones. The Bose Noise Reduction headphones.)

Track 5: “I Got the Boobies!! To Prove It!!” (One of the few unexpected upsides to the breastfeeding weeks has been she’s got great big hooters now. Not that they were small before, necessarily, but damn. They’re almost obscene. The first time she noticed, she strutted around like a rapper, flaunting ‘em while she rapped freestyle bout her boobies. I tried to get her to swing ‘em back and forth for a while but she’s a prude.)

Track 6: “Crappy Cake” (Jim tried out some new crab cakes. I like ‘em. Jim likes ‘em. Most people like ‘em. I brought a couple home the other night for a snack. She didn’t like ‘em. This song is her tribute to not liking ‘em. Sing the Lollipop song, only replace lollipop with crappy cake, and you get ‘Crappy cake, crappy cake, oh crappy crappy crappy, crappy cake!’)

Track 7: “There’s a Poop In The Diaper, Dear Daddy” (Her version of the Hole in the Bucket song. And if you’re surprised she can get a whole song’s worth of material outta a six week old baby crapping out his diaper, you are not alone. I’m beyond surprised. I’m dismayed. By the way, if you’re noticing a certain … scatological bent to her songs, it’s by design. This is a concept album.)

Track 8: “You Smell Like Pee” (O Christmas Tree, only with the words changed. At first, to whom she would sing this was limited to Pokey. Until she realized I often smell like pee. Now it’s open season on me, and I can’t seem to make her realize the whole fucking house smells like pee. One walks in the front door, all one smells is pee.)

Track 9: “Golden Showers” (I always thought/hoped/prayed that if I was gonna get a golden shower, it would be, you know, sexy. Well, it ain’t sexy, getting your kid’s pee in your eye. Nope. Not sexy at all. Specially when your wife’s singing the Beatles to you as you’re wiping pee from your eyes and mouth. On the other hand, I now know kid pee doesn’t sting but it doesn’t taste good either, and she has the closing song for her album, and Pokey has a new nickname: The Sniper.)

Album Only Bonus Track: “These Are the People Who Annoy Me” (Strung together on one track, five voicemails left by Jason, Alan, Laura, Jimmy and Sarah. They’re all drunk. Jason wonders if I agree with his contention the only people who hate the smell of Christmas trees are Jews and Muslims; Alan reminds me to remind him to tell me of the time he got in a fight with Axl Rose over a woman; Laura lets me have it for not telling her the cops have a nickname for her and it ain’t pretty (Mrs. Salty); Jimmy wants to know what the fuck’s so wrong with root beer schnapps that I won’t drink it and look down on him for drinking it and if I can switch days round with him so he can impress some woman with his house in Michigan; Sarah wants me to talk to Jimmy and Cheryl for hanging around drinking and keeping her there way late on a Wednesday night, even though she was drinking with ‘em, so it’s not like anyone was being held against her will, she was just as drunk as they were.)

Album Only Bonus Artwork: Pokey Not Giving Daddy His Pen Back.

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Advantage of having daughters. No pee in face. But big shopping bills later. Can't win, can ya?
Funny piece, Squirrel
Good to see you back S., but I understand why you've been away. I want to know where I can get this song track? Do you have it available through iTunes? I have a friend who is pregnant for the first time and I thought it would make a great shower gift for what she and her husband have in store for them? So glad you haven't lost your sense of humor and the picture is great...a chip off the ole block. Rated.
I'm checking Itunes for the album this very moment.

Oh, and WTF? Root Beer Schnapps? That's just wrong.
Classic. Our girls changed their own diapers by six weeks. Must be something wrong with yours. Is he walking yet? Mine is (mind you she's 16.)

Thanks for the laughs.
Pokey! He has your hand.
"Penis Down, Ruffles Out" . . . sure to be a classic.
Bootleg copies already are making the rounds in Shanghai. Root beer schnapps? Please look down at Jimmy for me. [wanders off singing to himself, "and the pee you make is equal ....]
Now I'm wondering what Pokey's first words will be...
I wish this album had been out 6 or 7 years ago - I sang every camp song I could think of and then started over again. Somehow, "Penis Down, Ruffles Out" sounds way more entertaining than " Oh, They Built The Ship Titanic" and "Golden Showers" would have pleased the crowd (of two) much more than "Swing Lo Sweet Chariot" ever did!
Hey, "muslin" is a fabric, not a religion. Rated for all the pee.
Is this available on 8 track tape?
I love the photo at the end. Priceless, fella.

And I am well acquainted the sniper activity. The first lesson I learned was "control the aim", 'cause the kid sure isn't gonna. Once in the face taught me. :-D

Thumbed for a musically-inclined spouse. The soundtrack just cracked me up.
I enjoyed this. It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made check my birth control supply. Hahaha.

You are a great writer. Keep working. I'll read as much as I can. Rated.
Pokey is going to be SO HUMILIATED by all this when he's 18. :-)
Wife-asaurus and I would get along just fine, thank you. Many years ago my little boy and his friends asked me if I had a song about EVERYTHING, and I told them yes. If I can't think of one, I make one up. Still do it. And my kid will be 21 in 11 days.

Thanks for the photo of Pokey. That's some little beautiful hand, and that ear just begs to be nibbled :)
Finally a glimpse at the little Poke! Just wait till she starts calling you Daddy instead of Squirrel.
You'd better hope Wife-asaurus never reads your blog, you think the door closing thing was bad....

And it's good to see you, hope you are getting some sleep.
~~Can't tell by the photograph......How many thumbs does Pokey have???~~
Oh lord, my husband and I made up a song to sing to my son when he was a baby and it drove my father to absolute distraction when he visited. I blush when I think about it now. I still remember all the words and the tune. How embarrassing!
My husband composed the "Poppy Diaper Song" when my son was an infant -- it distracted the baby while changing him. I still intend to transcribe it for posterity. I hope you are able to record some of your own to embarrass Pokey when he is older.
Curse that auto-correction! That should have been poopy, not poppy!
in contention for the All Pee All The Time of all time post. and oeuvre is golden.

cute fingers.
This was hysterical! Loved the songs and lyrics and can so relate, with the grand kids frequently by my side. You have a very talented wifeasaurus!

Your son's hand wrapped around the pen looks so healthy and strong! A writer in the making?! From the looks of him, a very handsome young fella. Besides pee and poop, this post reaks of pappa pride!
Sent me down memory lane. I'm sooo glad I'm not breastfeeding or changing boy diapers anymore! Enjoy this time anyway. And wait until you both join the PTA...heh, heh, heh.
Craziphonic tune ! Nice return Squirrel...RRR
Awwww, look at that little precious hand! That niblet of an ear!

Awwwwwwww!
I would totally buy Wife-asaurus' album. Singing "I'm Gonna Pee on You," especially if it's done loudly, is bound to get my family's attention around here. Love the shot of Pokey with your pen. He's a natural writer!
Aaahhh yes, memory lane... My sons in their infancy were the fastest guns in the East, but they never got me once. Their father, however, was "decorated for bravery" quite often! To my continuing amusement. But even though I carry a tune very well & he's been known to frighten birds with his voice, both of our boys preferred his singing to mine. To his continuing amusement. ; D Excellent post! Hang in there, you're all doing fine. : D
These songs bring back memories! I'm laughing, but only because I don't have any more diapers to change and none of my kids has been attached to a body part in years!
diaper baby face down = no pee in face
hehehehehehe. terrific!
You, my friend, are in for a wild ride. :) Happy first Christmas with the Pokey boy.
I got the pee in the face when I was 6 from my infant brother. Can you imagine how a 6 yr old girl (who was pissed off that she didn't get a sister howled???? Maybe one of the 439 reasons i didn't have kids - but you're making me think it might not have been sooooooo bad :-)
. . . Mrs. Salty? Is that an American thing?
hee hee Sigh. I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who makes up these songs.
Already rated, know I'm gonna love it (and been wondering where you've been)! Now, to the reading...

Oh, yeah - about the peeing thing. Did you see the piece about 'changing' them face down? Then, they pee not-in-your-face!
Awww, Pokey is soo cute.

The pee stage will pass and you will have your house back. Trust me.

(I can't believe the one day I don't check OpenSalon is the day you post. Sigh. My luck sucks.)
Wow. That is the best soundtrack I've ever read. Awesome.
"Eric, Eric, get over your colic do. / I've gone hysteric from sitting here rocking you. / Although I try my best / You cannot seem to rest / But you'd look sweet / Upon a sheet / Sleeping an hour or two."

That goes to the tune of "East Side, West Side" and Mom used to sing it to my little brother when he was a baby and I was two.
Our family favorite was "I Smell Doods" to the tune of James Brown's "I Feel Good."

Very funny. R.