In House Entertainment

I am officially a stay-at-home mom. At least for the time being. And I love it, really I do. There are very few people on this Earth I like to spend my time with as much as Harper. However, with each passing day I begin to feel the art of adult conversation slipping away. So, to liven things up around here I have been singing. A lot. We have a song for everything around here. One of my favorite tactics is changing the lyrics of songs we know to fit the situation.

While Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “I Like Big Butts” (one of our favorite diapering songs) has remained virtually unchanged, “Shake Your Booty” by K.C. and the Sunshine Band is now “Shake Your Rattle” or, sometimes, the more subversive “Don’t Shake the Baby”. We have substituted “Harper Booker” for the “Hallelujahs” in Handel’s  “Hallelujah Chorus”.  And many of you know that M.C. Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” now announces “Diaper Time” instead of “Hammer Time”.

But our rendition of the children’s classic “Frere Jacques” has really taken on a life of its own. Lyrics follow, but please keep in mind the majority of the song was written before they had diagnosed her reflux.

Verse I

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Screaming your head off, (repeat)

And driving mommy crazy. (repeat)

Verse II

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Pooping in your diaper. (repeat)

Let’s go find daddy. (repeat)

Verse III (Brad wrote this verse)

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Mommy is the milk truck, (repeat)

And changes diapers also. (repeat)

Verse IV

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Being a fussy baby. (repeat)

Fussy, fussy baby. (repeat)

Verse V

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Sitting in your backpack, (repeat)

And chewing on your turtle. (repeat)

Verse VI

Harper Booker (repeat)

What are you doing? (repeat)

Smiling and talking. (repeat)

Such a cute baby. (repeat)

I don't know what this is, but I really wish we had a diapering robot.