Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Birthday Pocket Banner
Promise: Aydin chooses one happy memory and one hope, Alice helps prepare and hang the banner, and Zylar contributes a signed welcome note so the birthday celebrates belonging rather than performance.
The part everyone joins: “One to remember, one to dream, one to welcome who I am.”
Lyrics
Soft Ribbon-Lift Count-In
Alice: Folded banner, pockets three.
Aydin: Save a piece of now with me.
At the doorway, morning bright,
Alice holds the banner light.
Aydin sees three pockets sewn:
“One for joy, one hope, one home.”
One to remember,
One to dream,
One to welcome who I am.
Place them gently,
Sing them clear—
Birthday pockets hold the year.
At the table, Aydin draws
Picnic laughter on one card.
In the first pocket it can stay:
“That is joy from yesterday.”
For the second, one paper star:
“I hope to try the trail that’s far.”
Zylar signs one welcome note:
“Glad you’re here,” is what she wrote.
One to remember,
One to dream,
One to welcome who I am.
Place them gently,
Sing them clear—
Birthday pockets hold the year.
Not a test and not a race;
Every year can have its pace.
Memory, hope, and welcome true
Make one birthday song for you.
At the maples, branches low,
Alice ties the left-side bow.
Aydin ties the right side tight.
Zylar checks the pockets’ height.
All three keepsakes peek inside;
Ribbon breeze lifts either side.
“Make-believe the pockets sing:
Welcome to your next-year spring!”
No real pocket has a voice;
That is just their birthday choice.
One to remember,
One to dream,
One to welcome who I am.
Three small pockets,
All held near—
Welcome to another year.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Milestones; welcoming a new age with memories, hopes, and belonging.
Energy: Bright, warm, and belonging-centered; approximately 86 BPM with a three-part remember–dream–welcome refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Place one remembered joy, one hope for the coming year, and one welcome note into the banner, then sing “one to remember, one to dream, one to welcome who I am.” Children may tap, point, hold up one finger, speak, sign, hum, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Aydin may lead “one to remember”; Alice may answer “one to dream”; Zylar or the group may sing “one to welcome who I am.”
- Participation choices: Children may hold up one finger for each pocket, tap three times, draw or imagine a keepsake, speak, sign, hum, or listen.
- Child ownership: A child may choose a memory, hope, welcome message, different private keepsake, or pass.
- Celebration boundary: No child must reveal a personal hope, perform growth, accept attention, blow candles, eat, open gifts, or pose for a birthday ritual.