September House Party

I'm a few days late on this post, but thought I'd let you know about what's going on for the September House Party... I personally picked the palette for the party this month {wow, that's lots of P's}.

by {claudia harvey}

by {shannon dombkowski}

by {robyn meierotto}

did I mention that we now have all 3 of our kids in school all day? {well, if it would stop being so hot... they've been having early outs because of the heat since they started}.  It's a bit of a shock, a bit of a relief, but I'm definitely looking forward to their usual routine & my new routine {once I get into the groove}.  How cute are they, though in their school uniforms?  Collin is now in 8th grade, Evan in 5th grade & Lydia is in Kindergarten. She's been the easiest transition into school so far {besides the tired crankiness I knew would happen for the first few weeks after the full days}.  She loves her teacher & keeping her busy is a very good thing.  The boys seem to have transitioned well this year, too & hoping this is a good sign of how the year will progress {fingers crossed}.  I hope your kids are off to a smooth start too.

{robyn}

new releases 8.2

I have a new release today... & as much as I don't like to admit it... it's a back to school theme.  As always, I'm having mixed feelings about school starting again.  I enjoy our more relaxed summer schedule, no stress of homework & over-tired kids.  But I am looking forward to having the house to myself for those hours while all three of our kids are in school full time this year.  This will be a novel thing... being able to work pretty much un-interrupted through the day.  Anyway, I love the colors & I tried to make it simple & to the point... versatile enough to be used for so much more than school pages too.

you can also get the full kit here.

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

by {robyn meierotto}

remember today's new releases are 30% off, continue to look for new dollar days kits from me & you can still pick up the August House Party kits on sale for the next few days too!

have a great day!

{robyn}

August Dollar Days & August House Party

I know it's only Wednesday... but there are two new fun & exciting things happening starting today at DHD! We're starting our popular August Dollar Days & the August House Party kits are up in the shop too!  For August dollar days, there will be new dollar kits in the shop every.single.day this month! If you're not familiar with the House Party... it's a build your own collab with coordinating kits from the designers at the house. 

here is my first dollar days kit... the colors inspired from a dress I bought my daughter at Target

by {becca dickson} & yes, her cutie has the same exact dress :)

by {claudia harvey}

by {shelley haganman}

by {robyn meierotto}

& here is my kit for August House Party...

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

by {robyn meierotto}

hope you can all join in the fun today & pick up the new kits... there are tons of awesome new goodies up today!  enjoy!

{robyn}

thirteen.

Dan & I are now officially parents of a teenager.  Our baby is thirteen... how.is.this.possible?

Thirteen years ago on July 28, I woke Dan up very confused... my water had broke 3 weeks ahead of my due date.  24 hours of labor later, on July 29th... an emergency c-section & we became parents for the first time.  A perfect, adorable, blue eyed, chubby cheeked little man, with what looked like a perfect haircut from the get-go. Collin Daniel.  Even then, he was quiet, extremely lovable, very sweet, but with a little drama, a little temper if things didn't go just right. 

collin.  6 months. photo by Amy Becker.

Over the years it's been much of the same, just intensified as the years go on.  Still extremely lovable &  sweet, still shy & quiet, easily hurt feelings & still the drama that comes & goes.  I can't believe how much time has passed... in many ways we've all grown together, learning from each other in the many mistakes that of course happen with raising your first kid.  We love you so much, Collin & are very proud of the young man you're becoming.  Happy birthday Collin, I hope you enjoyed your party with your friends & your special day with us, too.

Collin with his friends.  Bailey, Cameron, & Cory.  Goofy 13 year olds.

concentrating hard while at lunch yesterday on his surprise present from us... a new iPhone. lucky boy.

love you Collin.  again, happy birthday.

July House Party @DHD

sorry, folks, I'm late to the party... mostly because we've been doing lots of fun stuff this last week & we had a big party of our own yesterday, celebrating our middle kid's 10th birthday. I'm hoping to post highlights from that later today, but first, I thought I'd better show you what I contributed to the DHD House Party.

by {claudia harvey}

by {shannon dombkowski}

by {becca dickson}

by {me}

I had to scrap this photo of Lydia at her swimming lessons last week. Although it's not that great... it definitely was a great memory!  This girl took several jumps off the low dive with & without a life jacket, a few jumps off the high dive to her teacher waiting at the bottom & went down the water slides for the first time by herself.  She's getting big enough & strong enough to swim herself to the places she needs to be & is so very determined. Of course, she still needs help every now & then when those little arms & legs get tired, but she has come so far.  She is definitely my fearless one. Collin & Evan amazed me as well this week with flips off the high dives.  So much fun to watch them!  Both of them were told by their teachers they are great swimmers & Collin almost beat his teacher racing across the pool.  Collin was also doing some work to retrieve bricks from the bottom of the pool & trying to save the dummy. 

Collin

Evan

Lydia

What a great week to be at swimming lessons. It was a nice hot week & the kids always love spending every day at the pool {I didn't mind it either}

I'll be back again later... today's going to be a multiple post day ;)

{robyn}