Halloween

Oh how sad it has been this week- we had a big snow storm here in Massachusetts- for those friends not here - and we here at The Cottage Garden had no power from Saturday evening through Thursday late afternoon! You realize how dependent we are on  electricity...no heat, hot water, phone, stove --our house is on the town everything and we do not have a wood stove or a camp stove ( but it is on the list of things to have on hand...just in case!) so we were cold and closed all week and no Halloween. Now all my friends and colleagues know I adore Halloween and we sing songs, carved a pumpkin and we  probably would have baked some pumpkin muffins but we were thwarted in some of these activities.  The dress ups came out and we had knights and princesses and princes all last week, singing Halloween songs and telling hobgoblin stories and pumpkin stories so I have attempted to sing some of our favorite songs for you and will see if I can actually attach them for you. Here are all the words-

HALLOWEEN SONGS

 Song

Halloween there are witches in the air!

Have you seen their shadows everywhere?

So beware and take care or they'll pull your hair!!!

VERSE

I’m stirring and stirring and stirring the brew,

I’m stirring and stirring and stirring the brew

Tip toe, tip toe

Boo!!!

Witch Song

words and music by P. Alessandri

There was an old witch believe it if you can.

She tapped on the window and she ran, ran, ran.

She ran helter skelter with her toes in the air.

Cornstalks flying from the witch's hair!

Swish went the broomstick, meow went the cat.

Plop went the hop toad sitting on her lap.

Weeeeeeee said I such funny, funny, fun...

Halloween night when the witches run!!!

Halloween Poem

3 little ghostesses

Sitting on postesses

Eating buttered toastesses

Greasing their fistesses

Up to their wristesses

Ohhh what beastesses

To have such feastesses!!!

Song

I sing this using a little scarecrow stick puppet

I’m a jingle jangle scarecrow, with a flippy, floppy hat

I can shake my hands like this, I can tap my feet like that

When all the cows are sleeping,

And the moons behind the barn,

Up jumps the scarecrow and sings right out loud.

I’m a jingle jangle scarecrow, with a flippy, floppy hat

I can shake my hands like this, I can tap my feet like that

When all the hens are roosting

And the moons behind the barn,

Up jumps the scarecrow and sings right out loud.

I’m a jingle jangle scarecrow, with a flippy, floppy hat

I can shake my hands like this, I can tap my feet like that

When all the children are sleeping

And the moons behind the barn,

Up jumps the scarecrow and sings right out loud.

Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins sitting on the gate.

The first one said oh my it’s getting late.

The second one said there are witches in the air.

The third one said well I don’t care.

The fourth one said I am ready for some fun.

The fifth one said lets run and run and run.

Oooo went the wind and out went the light.

And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight

Jack O'Lantern Song

JackO'Lantern, Jack O'Lantern

you are such a pretty sight.

As you sit there in the window

looking out at the night.

You were once a yellow pumpkin

Growing on a sturdy vine.

Now you are a Jack O' Lantern

See your candlelight shine.

Jack O'Lantern, Jack O'Lantern

you are such a pretty sight

In the day you're bright and yellow

In the night you're filled with light.

Enjoy!

Here are Photos from the last 2 weeks

Lets go Riding in the Car Car

Raking Leaves

Playing with Barbara in the Leaves

Digging a Hole for  our resident Gnome "Bop"

Princess Karolina

The Restaurant is Open

Oh a Happy boy

I need to put the babies to sleep

Carving our Pumpkin