Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Xmas my toddler gifted me
A kitten stuck up a tree

On the second day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the third day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the fourth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the fifth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the sixth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me with
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the seventh day of Christmas my Toddler gifted me
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the eighth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Eight soiled underpants
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the ninth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Nine metres of tinsel
Eight soiled underpants
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the tenth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Ten minutes of screaming
Nine metres of tinsel
Eight soiled underpants
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Eleven sticky cuddles
Ten minutes of screaming
Nine metres of tinsel
Eight soiled underpants
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas my toddler gifted me
Twelve sloppy kisses
Eleven sticky cuddles
Ten minutes of screaming
Nine metres of tinsel
Eight soiled underpants
Seven overnight wake ups
Six loads of washing
Five minutes peace
Four headache tablets
Three stolen biscuits
Two yowling cats
And a kitten stuck up a tree

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Thanks to Xbox for the idea.

Comments

19 responses to “Twelve Days of Christmas”

  1. Xbox4NappyRash Avatar

    Hahahaha. Nice one.

    (actually, it’s not really my song to begin with ;0) )

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  2. Taz Avatar

    cute..

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  3. Bobbi Avatar

    Very clever!

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  4. Ree Avatar

    Aw. Send Amy to me. I need a little girl to love on. 😉

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  5. Mrs. C Avatar

    Wait… you got 5 minutes’ peace?? LOL CUTE poem there.

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  6. Sharon Avatar
    Sharon

    Lovely. Hope you framed the 5 minutes peace lol!

  7. lceel Avatar

    Eight soiled underpants — hahaha — when we were kids my Mom use to threaten – “Do that again and I’ll sell you to the Indians.” Eight soiled underpants might have gotten her sold.

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  8. Hyphen Mama Avatar

    Bwahahahahaha…hilarious!

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  9. river Avatar
    river

    Very clever. I can never think of things like this.

  10. Lori Avatar

    Tra la la la… la la la la…….. My personal favourite is Bob and Doug MacKenzies version, but yours runs a close second!

  11. tiff Avatar

    Heh heh.

    You are poetic in your misfortune.
    Glad there were some kisses and cuddles in there!

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  12. Barbara Avatar

    5 minutes peace? It was at that point that I realised it was a work of fiction!

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  13. badness jones Avatar

    Love it!

    Merry Christmas!

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  14. nikki Avatar

    hhehehehe. Loved it.

  15. Cat Avatar

    I love how you worked in both the good and the bad! Did she chase the kitten until it tried to hide in the tree?

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  16. Marylin Avatar

    Awww how sweet!! 🙂

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  17. Talina Avatar

    Ha, very cute and personal. I can’t wait for mine to be here!

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  18. Trish Avatar

    Love it – brilliant – thought of similar theme myself after I saw you tube version but never had the time to do.

  19. Edma Avatar

    Thanks for posting, i dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. I thought I would leave my first comment