a busy october

hey!

i have missed being here.

i've missed blogging.

 i've missed reading and commenting....but i'm hoping to be back!

it was a very busy october for the prep family, starting with birthdays!

 mine

muffy's

and my sweet magnolia

then there was halloween
(she was goldilocks)

in between all of the parties, i have taken on a new business

at work that's keeping me on my toes.

and drumroll please (the BIG news i promised....)

mr prep and i are opening our first retail store!!

sorry to those of you who thought i could be prego! ha!

it's an office supply and stationery store right in the

midst of our downtown's main street and the dream of mr prep.

(it actually looks a lot different now since we're ready to open)

i'm in charge of stationery, cards and invitations so this is super fun for me!

do you have suggestions or ideas for me?

we have a couple vendors set up,

but i'd love more ideas....especially for the holidays!

thanks for all your love and support out there.

 i hope to be here more often again!

fall favorites

fall, football, fun & lilly

from her blog to mine

(ps--so sorry i have been absent from the scene lately, 

big announcement coming soon!)

99 days

'till Christmas!

start shopping now!

ha!

actually, i already have my lists made 

(but not complete) 

and will be shopping this weekend.

i'll be in chicago for work and cannot wait to hit michigan avenue.

look out american girl, muffy has a long list!

happy anniversary

nine years ago today

i was a bride

he was a groom

and we were the wedding couple

happy anniversary to us!

school picture day

today is muffy's school picture day

i rolled her hair in spongy pink curlers last night

then put out the monogrammed corduroy jumper 

and big bow i had been planning on her wearing for almost a year

let's just hope the end result and the 

overpriced pre-paid picture package 

resembles this sweet picture i took this morning!

first days

there has been a lot of excitement at my house

 with muffy's kindergarten orientation

 muffy and her bff

and first day

 can you believe she is the TALLEST in her class?

she was so excited, but the heat got the best of her and, 

(bless her heart) 

she threw up after lunch and 

daddy had to pick her up in the nurses' office!

the poor kindergarten teacher: 

one kid stuck a pencil in his eye, 

muffy went home sick and 

another little girl cried the entire day.

i'm hoping today went a LOT better!

on our marks, get set...

with kindergarten just one. day. away.

muffy and i went the boston children's museum for their newest exhibit

i figured she needed all the practice she could get!

 there was a reading area

an audio/visual area

(books on tape for you and me!)

a science center
(something to do with magnets)

an art center

circle time center

and even an interactive school bus with 

real vinyl stick-to-your-little-legs seats

she absolutely loved it!

today we are going for kindergarten orientation 

and meet the teacher this morning,

a noon-time picnic on the lawn and a 

meet-and-greet the after-school teachers from 430 to 6. 

whew! a full day of school for us all.

the official day is thursday....lots of posing for her tomorrow!