Parenting Tricks and Treats #3

Trick #3


Children, who have been through trauma, their anxiety about the holidays, causes many to sabotage the actual Halloween night. To take the pressure off the holiday, surprise them with a Halloween Caroling night. I’ve included Halloween Carols (Halloween songs to Christmas music). Allow your children to dress up in their costume and go to neighbors’, grandparents’ (being one I can’t get enough of my grandkids personally), aunts’ and uncles’, and senior citizens’ homes and sing for them. It is a fun family activity and you might even get some free candy. You can end the evening at home drinking hot cider.

Halloween Caroling – Scream-Along

The Twelve Days of Halloween
(The 12 Days of Christmas)

ON THE FIRST DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GOUL GAVE TO ME-
AN OWL IN AN OLD DEAD TREE.
ON THE SECOND DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
2 TRICK-OR-TREATERS AND…
ON THE THIRD DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
3 BLACK CATS,…
ON THE FOURTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
4 SKELETONS,…
ON THE FIFTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
5 SCARY SPOOKS,…
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
6 GOBLINS GOBBLING, …
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
7 PUMPKINS GLOWING
ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
8 MONSTERS SHRIEKING,…
ON THE NINTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
9 GHOSTS A-BOOING
ON THE TENTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
10 GHOULS A GROANING,…
ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
11 MASKS A-LEERING,…
ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF HALLOWEEN, MY TRUE GAVE TO ME-
12 BATS A FLYING

DOWN IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH
(Up On the House Top)

DOWN IN THE PUMPIN PATCH, WITCHES PAUSE,
OUT JUMPS GREAT PUMPKIN, HEAR THE APPLAUSE!
DOWN THROUGH THE ROWS WITH GOODIES AND TOYS,
ALL FOR HIS FOLLOWERS HALLOWEEN JOYS!
HAUNT! HAUNT! HAUNT!
WHO WOULDN’T WANT,
HAUNT! HAUNT! HAUNT!
WHO WOULDN’T WANT,
TO BE IN A PUMPKIN PATCH,
CHEER! CHEER! CHEER!
WAITING FOR GREAT PUMPKIN AND BEING SINCERE!

GREAT PUMPKIN IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
(SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN)

OH, YOU BETTER NOT SHRIEK, YOU BETTER NOT GROAN,
YOU BETTER NOT HOWL, YOU BETTER NOT MOAN;
GREAT PUMPKIN IS COMIN’ TO TOWN!

HE’S GOING TO FIND OUT FROM FOLKS THAT HE MEETS,
WHO DESERVES TRICKS AND WHO DESERVES TREATS,
GREAT PUMPKIN IS COMIN’ TO TOWN!

HE’LL SEARCH IN EVERY PUMPKIN PATCH,
HAUNTED HOUSES FAR AND NEAR,
TO SEE IF YOU’VE BEEN SPREADING GLOOM, OR BRINGING LOTS OF CHEER!

SILVERY YELLS
(Silver Bells)

WE’RE ON SIDEWALKS, WE’RE ON PORCHES, DRESSED IN COSTUMES TO SCARE;
THROUGH THE CITY WE’RE RINGING THE DOORBELLS.
TRICK OR TREATING, CANDY EATING, GOOEY STUFF IN OUR HAIR,
BUT THE MOST FUN IS SHRIEKING OUT LOUD;

SHIVERY YELLS, SHIVERY YELLS.
THAT’S THE HALLOWEEN NITTY-GRITTY
MOAN AND GROAN, LEAVE US ALONE;
HALLOWEEN’S JUST ONE NIGHT A YEAR.

Carol Melim, LCSW

Licensed Therapist, EMDR Certified
Lighthouse Psychiatry | Advanced TMS Therapy and Research
& Lighthouse TMS Centers
“a beacon for recovery and discovery”


Treat #3

BUTTERNUT SQUASH & SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • ¾ cup milk
  • ¾ cup vegetable broth
  • 1 pound sausage
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 pound jumbo shells, cooked al dente
  • 15 ounces ricotta
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup parmesan, shredded
  • Additional parmesan, shredded
  • Olive oil
  • Salt & pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Arrange onion and butternut squash in an even layer on a lined baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Roast for 40 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, cook sausage over medium heat. When sausage is mostly browned, add spinach and garlic. Cook until spinach is wilted and remove from heat.
  4. Place roasted butternut squash and onion in a food processor.
  5. Pulse until a smooth puree forms. Allow to cool. Stir in milk and vegetable broth. Pour butternut squash sauce into base of a 9×13 baking dish.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, stir together ricotta, parmesan, and egg. Add sausage and spinach into ricotta and stir until evenly distributed.
  7. Fill cooked pasta shells with 3-4 tablespoons of filling. Arrange shells in butternut squash sauce in the 9×13 baking dish.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes covered with aluminum foil followed by 15 minutes uncovered. Top with additional parmesan.

 

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