Songs Grandma A and Aunt Grace Sang

Oh how I hate to get up in the morning.
Oh how I hate to get out of bed.
Some day I'll get the other pup, the one who wakes the buegler up, and spend the rest of my life in bed.


Three little fishies in an itty bitty pool.
Three little fishies and the momma fishie too.
Fim said the momma fishie fim if you can
And he fam and he fam all over the damn.
Bip-Bip-Biddem-Bottem-Watem Chu
Bip-Bip-Biddem-Bottem-Watem Chu
Bip-Bip-Biddem-Bottem-Watem Chu
And he fam and he fam all over the damn.


Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.
A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?



If you go out in the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go out in the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.
For ev’ry Bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
because Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their Picnic.

Ev’ry teddy bear, that's been good
Is sure of a treat today
There's lots of wonderful things to eat
And wonderful games to play
Beneath the trees, where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their Picnic

Picnic time for teddy bears,
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares,
And see them picnic on their holiday.
See them gaily dance about.
They love to play and shout.
And never have any cares.
At six o'clock their mommies and daddies
Will take them home to bed
Because they're tired little teddy bears.



The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,
I dreamt I held you in my arms.
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken,
So I hung my head down and cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are grey.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.


Oh, me name is MacNamara
I'm the leader of the band
Although we're few in numbers
we're the finest in the land
We play at wakes and weddings
and at every fancy ball
And when we play at funerals
we play the March From Saul

Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang
And the horns they blaze away
McCarthy pumps the old bassoon
while I the pipes do play
And Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute
And the music is something grand
A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band

Right now we are rehearsin' for a very swell affair
The annual celebration - all the gentry will be there
When General Grant to Ireland came, he took me by the handS
ays he,"I never saw the likes of MacNamara's band

"Oh! My name is Uncle Yulius and from Sweden I have come
To play with MacNamara's band and beat the big bass drum
And when I march along the street The ladies think I'm grand
They shout "There's Uncle Yulius playing with an Irish band"

Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green
And I am the funniest lookin' Swede that you have ever seen
There's O'Briens and Ryans and Sheehans and Meehansthey come from Ireland,
But by yimminyI'm the only Swede in MacNamara's band

I need a good nickname

So I'm sitting here thinking about my soon-to-be nephew (or neice) and I decided that I need a really good (special) name that the baby and I can share. In our family the aunts are called tsitse, I looked for this translation on babel fish and the only thing I came up with was...basically nothing. Aunt in Italian is Zia, in Spanish and Portuguese is Tia and in French is tante. I really don't like any of those plus many young children have problems with their Ts. I could always go for Auntie Mame or Mimi, but those name remind me of...well Bea Arthur. So I'm asking for help. Help me find a good nickname that the baby can call me. Something that fits when he is one or 21.

My sister Dawn at one.

I'm going to be an aunt!!!

So my baby sister is pregnant, Woo Hoo!! I really shouldn't call her my baby sister, she is thirty. This is the first baby in our family and everyone is ecstatic about it. I've already sent a box of brand new baby clothes to my sister and for some reason I can't stop shopping. We already have a stroller, car seat, hand made blankets and pacifiers in the shape of a raspberry.
Personally, I think the baby is going to be a boy, but both my sister and I really want her to have a girl. It's hard that she lives halfway across the country because the only contact we have is the phone.
Thank god we both have the same cel service or our bills would be a million dollars. It's amazing the things you can do now with the internet. Two weekends ago we shopped together. We were on the phone, she was in the store and I was on the store's internet website. Also, every Wednesday she takes a picture of her belly and how it has grown and changed and posts it on-line. With e-mail and web cams I am never very far from my new niece or nephew.
Plus, who knew you could have a 25 minute conversation about breasts?
By the time I get to visit her in person at the end of November the baby will be well into its fifth month and hopefully we can have a nice chat. So until then I will just say "Hello there little one, there are a whole bunch of people out here who can't wait to meet you."
Love and Kisses,
Aunt Amy