Happy Halloween!

Having friends with babies gave us the perfect excuse to throw a Halloween party...who doesn't want to see their little one in an adorable costume? 

Rafael was a perfectly round Jack-O-Lantern, Ramon was a cowboy, and I was a black cat. In our group of friends there was a Doctor in scrubs, Mary Poppins, and a Vampire couple. Raffi's little friends consisted of a frog princess, Superman, and Count Dracula.

Today, the perfect thick mist was curled all around the village, so fitting to Halloween! I baked a chocolate cake, covered it in cream cheese frosting, and topped it with little marshmallow ghosts. It was already getting dark when I took the photo of the cake at 4 o'clock, and it was so dark when guests arrived that the photos didn't turn out. So, we will have to keep this Halloween saved by memory. And make a note for next year: take photos while it's still light out!

It's crazy to think that, next Halloween, Rafael will be able to tell me what he wants to dress up as. This is all going so incredibly fast. (Have I mentioned that he's walking now?!)

I hope you and yours enjoyed a fun and festive Halloween! 

xoxo

Lately....

This is what my life looks like lately. Isn't it a beautiful chaotic cuddly mess?

Boston grows every day, and the friendship between he and Kiki gets stronger. I hear them rough-housing in the other room while I type and my heart sighs with content.


There is alot of pee and poo, alot of dog hair and alot of vaccuuming up dog hair...trips to the vet, planning for the new apartment, visits from friends, a shower here and there to wash off bits of grass and puppy kisses, grocery shopping and cooking dinner, changing bedding, baking oatmeal cream pies, taking cautious walks watching out for big dogs and anything little pups might want to swallow, making cake bunting for Halloween and Christmas, hurrying to the post office to send off orders, trying to give equal attention to both dogs, and worrying that Boston will never stop using our home as a toilet.


Did I mention vaccuuming up dog hair? There's alot of that. Alot.


So many great things, stressful things, fun things, annoying things. Life!


I hope you are all doing well....enjoying the beauty and the chaos called 'living.'


Sending you all so much love....


xoxo country girl


P.s. Hop over to Lana Lou's lovely blog where she has featured my current Wish List!
I wonder what's on yours? 

Kiki's Scary Halloween Doppelganger!

Brrrrrrrrrrr! Wouldn't want to be confronted with this frightening little demon-dog in a lonely dark forest!

A Few Of My Favorite Things

:: pumpkin carving at the farmer's market ::

:: watching a class of kindergarden children tromp through the woods ::

:: being reminded how much i love my husband and doggy ::

:: witnessing the quiet seeping in of autumn ::

:: looking at the world through kiki's curious eyes ::

:: painting cards for loved ones ::

:: discovering nests in trees now that some leaves have fallen ::

:: bundling up in colorful hats and scarves ::

:: storms coming in over the village ::

:: my mom cooking up hungarian chicken paprika in my kitchen ::

:: devouring the first cinnamon-sweet persimmon of the season ::

enjoy your monday!

xo country girl