We have a Grinch ornament at our house that sings a part of the song that was in the original Dr. Suess holiday special (animated) sung by Thurl Ravenscroft. The words the ornament sings are these:
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel,
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch,
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!
Dan loves this ornament and presses the button to make it sing so often that his brothers and sisters keep trying to make him promise not to do it again until next year (much to my amusement). Dan sings along with the ornament with slightly altered words. He sings:
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are mean,
You're as handsome as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch
(Then he starts to mumble because he doesn't know these words yet).
When he first started singing it was something like "huggy as a cactus" and then it changed to "happy" as a cactus. Now Mr. Grinch is as handsome as a cactus. I like it when Dan pushes the button because he sings with such enthusiasm. When I get tired of it I won't try negotiating, I'll try hiding the ornament up high in the back of the tree!
Other happy things I haven't reported:
1. I got to spend time with a long time friend.
2. I watched last years Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Special.
3. I got a new Christmas CD (Motab again:)
4. We got to go to the extended family Christmas party and enjoy seeing the nice people we're related too. Derek didn't entirely lose his voice being emcee.
5. Derek and Jake had a good time at the baby blessing for cousin J.D. and got home safely.
6. I got to talk to a good friend on the phone today.
4 comments:
glad the party was fun... maybe someday we'll manage to work out our schedule to make it??? This last weekend was SO busy it wasn't funny!
and I love that grinch song... now I've gotta go put on the CD :)
What are you going to do for funny times when Dan goes to school?? I'll let you hang out at my house!
We love that song!
The lyrics sound like they could have been written by Der, Devin, and BD, all laughing their heads off over a cup of hot cocoa.
I agree with LC. Just listening to their conversation on Sunday was enough entertainment for the month. What are we going to do when our little entertainers go to school?
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