Wednesday pick-me-up

In less than 48 hours we leave our lovely little cottage in Wynberg. As delightful as spending the summer by the sea will be (and I am certain it will be), I'm feeling bummed out about the move. This place has been an amazing home for the last 15 months. It is full of such happy memories of incredible feasts, good times with so many friends (those just stopping by and those who stayed days and weeks in our guest room), holidays, visits with all the sweet babies our friends and family have had (and one particularly memorable babysitting experience), the birth of Becky Brown, and too many other things to list here. It has been the most perfect first home for us in Cape Town and we will miss it and living just down the road from our very wonderful neighbors Anna, Graham & Juno dearly. Plus moving is just a pain in the neck...no two ways about that. Exhibit A:

This is the state of our home at the moment. Oy! This amount of upheaval just wears me down. Enter Exhibit B:

I got the most awesome pick-me-up package from my Dad and Diane today. Halloween themed mini spatulas and Thanksgiving themed cupcake decorations. The perfect thing for this little ex-pat/baker. Turkeys dressed as pilgrims?! What is better than that, and who is better than them? Now I'm even more excited for turkey day!!