Both dh and I are the oldest in our families, so now that our siblings are getting married, we have kids for them to have in the wedding. Next month will be the third wedding with our kids in it. At my brother's, my oldest was 4 and he did a little poem at the reception:

Auntie Terina is the best
Auntie there ever could be.
She lets me feed
her dog, CC.

Uncle James dropped
Me from the grocery cart,
When we were shopping
At the Wal-Mart!

Congratulations on
Your Wedding day.
I love you both.
Hip hip hooray!

So it's cutesy and fine. Then at my youngest sil's, my oldest ds, now 6 did this one:

Auntie Carrie-Lynn is the best
Auntie there ever could be.
She loves music and horses
And she really loves me.

Uncle Andrew's intentions
Proved to be the best.
He loves my auntie more
Than the rest!

Congratulations on
Your Wedding day.
I love you both.
Hip hip hooray!

Notice a pattern? LOL

So now there's another wedding, another sil is getting married (to another Andrew LOL). But now that ds is 7, I want to let my 4 year old ds do the "Congratulations on Your Wedding day. I love you both. Hip hip hooray!" poem and have my 7 year old do something a little bit more mature. Does anyone have a good thing for this. I want sweet, humourous, clean (obviously), etc.

Some of the thoughts I've had are:
He always leaves the seat up, and leaves wet towels upon the floor
The toothpaste has no lid on, And he never locks the door!
She’s not that clean and tidy, Though she may sometimes delude
Leave things out at your peril, In a second they’ll have moved!
He’s a very active person, And he always wants to win
Where as she likes lazy days, he’ll try to drag her to the gym!
She romances him and dines him, Home cooked dinners and the like
She even knows his favourite food, And cooks for him every night!
She’s thoughtful when she looks at him - A smile upon her face
Will he look that good in 50 years, When his dentures aren’t in place?!
He says he loves her figure, And her mental prowess too
But when gravity takes her over, Will she charm him with her IQ?
They’re both not wholly perfect, But who are we to judge
He can be pig headed, and she won’t even budge!
All that said and done, They love the time they spend together
And I hope as I’m sure you do, That their love will last forever.
He’ll be more than just her husband, He’ll also be her friend
And she’ll be more than just his wife, she’ll drive him round the bend.
As we have all beared witness they took a solemn vow
This poem for .......... and ......... A married couple now



Or 1st Corinthians 13. But other than that, I'm at a loss. I don't really know if the first one is really appropriate for a 7 year old. He could do 1st Corinthians, that would be fine, and maybe he will. But I'd like him to be able to do something fun too. My 4 year old will be saying:
My Auntie Celia is the best
Auntie there ever could be.
She likes playing hide
And seek with me.


Uncle Andrew will
Sail the ocean blue.
I'm sure he'll take my aunt
With him too!


Congratulations on
Your Wedding day.
I love you both.
Hip hip hooray!


But I really want to find something great for my 7 year old. Memorization isn't a problem, and he can read pretty well, so he can take notes up there. I found the kids thoughts on marriage and thought about him reading them as if they were from his cl***. I don't know, I'm not crazy about that. So far I've just not been having much luck. So help me out ladies. I've got a month! LOL

Jay, I agree with you. The poem seems like something that might be read at a grown up gathering to sort of "roast" the couple, but not by a 7 year old nephew. I'm not sure what else to suggest, but I'll put my thinking cap on. Now where is it? :mrgreen:

These are from childrens' literature, but not necessarily Christian.

Hug O' War

I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war, where everyone hugs instead of tugs, where everyone giggles, and rolls on the rug, where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.

~ Shel Silverstein author, playwright and songwriter


"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When someone loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.

"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"

"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

~ The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

(VW seems to be a pretty common reading for weddings.)

Thanks Madre,

I'll have to look at it with James as if he doesn't like it, there's no point in trying! LOL