Wanted: Sheet Music

I told you all in the previous post that Miss R. is having an issue with her emotions. Well, to top that off she is also pitching a fit when it's time to go to sleep. She has always been great at bedtime, but for the past two weeks she's been a nightmare. It's the age, I know, I went through this with the other two.

She screams that she's not tired and doesn't want to go night-night. She'll go on for an hour or more, by which time she usually gets herself tired enough that I can finally calm her with a song. I think it's my singing that calms her, though she could just be pretending to sleep to make me stop.

I'm a horrible singer, I know. I will only sing in front of my kids. I don't sing in the shower. I only sing under my breathe to the radio when Mr. Schmitty or anyone else is around. You won't hear me in the crowd when Happy Birthday is sung. I could never work at a TGI Friday's because of this. I'd be the one you would laugh at during American Idol auditions. Get the drift? I suck.

Anyway, besides this fact, I also don't know many children's songs. Sad, I know. When W. was born I don't think I knew anything but Row, Row, Row Your Boat, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. As you can imagine singing those short songs got somewhat old. I'd have to sing them each fifty or so times just to get the baby quiet. I got so sick of them that I remember I would even begin singing the alphabet just to break up the monotony.

I decided I needed to learn at least one good song. I looked up the words to Hush Little Baby and memorized them. W. loved it! And a few years later it was still a hit when I tried it out on T.

Now, fast forward to present day. Hush Little Baby, great for an opener but it's not bringing down the house. My little Primadonna needs some variety. My old standbys about the boat, spider, and star won't cut it. I even tried the Winnie-The-Pooh theme song that I picked up over the years. Nope.

"Keep going Mama!"

Crap. My ears hurt from listening to my own voice. It's like nails on a chalkboard. A cat screeching in heat. A wolf baying at the moon. Okay, stop. My mind is trying to think of something, anything. I can tell by the look in her sleepy eyes that it may only take one more song.

"What do you want to hear?"

"W.'s song. At the baseball game."

Huh?! What in the world is she talking about? OH! Wait, when we went to the minor league baseball game with the cub scouts! That's it!

I proceeded to sing the Star Spangled Banner. Can you believe that I actually messed up a few times. I should be blindfolded and put in front of a firing squad.

I finished my rendition and peeked at her. So adorable they are when they are asleep....her eyes blinked open and she looked me straight in the face. I jumped, it was kind of freaky.

"You sang that wrong."

I need a vacation.