Last night we handed out our traditional
hot chocolate for all the cute littleghost and goblins of the neighborhood!
As usual we had a roaring fire going
to warm them all up!
My cute little guy was
Ironman last night!
I just love that little boys
want to be superheroes!!!
Ironman last night!
I just love that little boys
want to be superheroes!!!
After trick or treating we
drank hot chocolate
sat around the fire and told "spooky" stories!
Little kids can tell some pretty scary ones!
~wink~wink~
But my mom tells a pretty scary version of
Little Orphan Annie!
LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE
by: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
- INSCRIBED WITH ALL FAITH AND AFFECTION
- To all the little children: -- The happy ones; and sad ones;
The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones;
The good ones -- Yes, the good ones, too; and all the lovely bad ones. 
ITTLE Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, - An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away,
- An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep,
- An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep;
- An' all us other childern, when the supper-things is done,
- We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
- A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about,
- An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- Wunst they wuz a little boy wouldn't say his prayers,--
- An' when he went to bed at night, away up-stairs,
- His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl,
- An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wuzn't there at all!
- An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an' press,
- An' seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an' ever'-wheres, I guess;
- But all they ever found wuz thist his pants an' roundabout:--
- An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin,
- An' make fun of ever' one, an' all her blood-an'-kin;
- An' wunst, when they was "company," an' ole folks wuz there,
- She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care!
- An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an' hide,
- They wuz two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side,
- An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about!
- An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue,
- An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo!
- An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray,
- An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away,--
- You better mind yer parunts, an' yer teachurs fond an' dear,
- An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear,
- An' he'p the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters all about,
- Er the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween!
What a great idea - hot chocolate and a fire! My husband handed out treats to the kids (dark Milky Way mini's), and he was wearing shorts and a polar fleece. I'll be glad when it's hot chocolate weather here. I make mine with dark chocolate, coconut milk, and a little pinch of cayenne and cinnamon. Can hardly wait!
ReplyDeleteI am sooooo sad I wasn't there, this looks like it was a fabulous evening!
ReplyDeleteway too fun!
ReplyDeleteRebekah ~ I hadn't even thought about coconut milk in my hot chocolate! That sounds divinely creamy and delicious! I am so going to have to try that!
ReplyDeleteMary ~ you know you guys are always welcome over here anytime!!! It would have been fun to have you! Dad told the story about the 15 ft Polynesian woman too ~ it was pretty spooky by firelight! ;) Can you believe we got mom to come out to the firepit though???
Anne ~ We need to have you guys over sometime for some backyard firepit fun! I'm thinking maybe chestnuts again?
I LOVE that story! My dad used to tell it every year at the library. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a CLASSIC for sure!!! Glad to hear someone else loves it too!! Miss you my friend! :D
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