Category: Life with Children

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Growing Pains

No matter what the doctors say The one thing that a mother knows, Children’s growth spurts always occur Just after you’ve bought them new clothes!

It’s Just the Way I Talk

Mama says I talk too loud, That my talking hurts her ears. She says if I don’t tone down, She’ll be deaf in two more years. Grandpa says I talk too low And that I tend to mumble. He says when I talk so low, My words are one big jumble. Teacher says I talk […]

The Babysitter

Mother hired a babysitter To stay with me while she went out. She said that it would do no good For me fuss and stomp about. To have a sitter sit with me Is quite an awesome task, it seems. Our neighbors one time called the cops Because of babysitter’s screams. She said the sitter […]

Make Believe Tea

She was the cutest little two year old And she was smart as she could be. She was playing with her tea set And she was serving Daddy tea. She was bringing cups of water, While he was watching Evening News. He smacked his lips and drank each one, No way her Daddy could refuse. […]

Little Girl’s Jonah Story

Teacher said the Jonah fable Was nothing but a story tale. She said a man could never fit Through the narrow throat of a whale. Peggy said, “It’s in the Bible And so the story must be true. Do you think God, who made the whale, Doesn’t know what a whale can do?” Teacher said, […]