Do you dread bedtime? Do your kids pull out every trick in the book– the drinks of water, trips to the bathroom, needing a better tuck, afraid of monsters, hungry, forgot Night-Night Bunny downstairs– and leave you longing for your couch and snack of choice? Then today’s ParentZ Bop is for you.
Susan Maccarelli of Pecked to Death By Chickens changed the classic Beach Boys’ tune, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and added the addendum: “If Tuck In Wasn’t 45 Minutes Long”. I love it. The original one is probably one of my favorite Beach Boys songs ever (I grew up listening to them- they are my dad’s favorites, so I am rather fond of most of their songs.) and now these lyrics have been stuck in my head for the past week. Even my kids have started singing along when I practice it! (Spoiler alert: cute singing toddler footage at the end of this one…)
I once knew a mom whose daughter had 5 specific bedtime stall tactics she would use in the exact same order every night:
- I’m hungry and I need some yogurt.
- I’m thirsty and I need some water.
- I need to pee.
- My butt is itchy.
- I scratched my butt and now my finger is stinky and I need to go wash my hands.
It was like a ritual. If you can relate to the Whack-a-Mole bedtime, you will love Susan’s lyrics- read along while you listen! Oh! And I finally got the sound right. I vow to re-record Don’s fantastic song “Behave” from last time so that it doesn’t sound like crap. But for now, enjoy Susan’s version of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice!”
Wouldn’t It Be Nice (If Tuck In Wasn’t 45 Minutes Long) by Susan Maccarelli
Wouldn’t it be nice if you were older
Then I wouldn’t have to sing 8 songs
And bring in yet another cup of water
Even Catholic Mass is not this long
You’ve got a scratchy tag inside your pjs
Another song request I’m like your Deejay
Wouldn’t it be nice if I could sneak down
Make some popcorn and a sip of Coke
Instead you smell the Whirly Pop and call me
Back to hear your subpar knock knock joke
Story time together we’ve been spending
Like ‘Groundhog Day’ it seems there is no ending
Wouldn’t it be nice
Monsters, shadows, potty breaks and loveys effing up my night
When I think its all good you complain your pull ups are too tight
I could be blogging
But you are still calling
Wouldn’t it be nice
You know the more and more you stall this tuck in
I’ll wash my hands of this and send your dad in
Not afraid to use him
Wouldn’t it be nice
We’ll be back in April with a great song from Lisa of The Golden Spoons!
Oh my gosh. This one is pure brilliance! LOVED it! 🙂
OMG love this one, too! And Lisa is next??? When is MY WEEK? (wait it’s not about me…) also LOVED Sophie at the end. So adorable. 😀
So excited! I feel like Paul Simon! Wait, he could sing too. Well, I feel like some songwriter that can’t sing!
My daughter is also known to call me into her room in the wee hours, not to ask for water — she already has water in there, but so I can watch her drink it.
LOVE it! Ah the stall tactics…
I can definitely relate to this!!! And mine actually re older – a little anyway (6, 9, & 11) but they still stall every single night! Love the toddler cameo at the end, too – she’s a cutie!
This one is going to be performed tonight at bed time! Thank you, I love it. Especially the line about Catholic Mass, so true (I’m Catholic).
That was awesome!
Even a Catholic mass isn’t this long!!!!! Ohmygoodness–these just keep getting better!!!!!!!!
LOVE the lyrics!!!! Hilarious!! And oh yes oh yes oh yes…. Wouldn’t it be nice!! (Now that song is in my head…. for the rest of the night!)
This was AWESOME! Even Isaiah liked it 😉
He was like, hey, nice song and nice voice!
This was so perfect!
This might be one of my favorites! Cracking up!! Reminds me of me and my daughter in so many ways. lol!
Hilarious! All of it’s great, and exactly what I’m going through right now, but I have a special place in my heart for “you call me back to hear your subpar knock knock joke.”