Last Day of Summer

I'm sad to say that this is the last day of summer for us. Chris and I head back to school tomorrow and Riley heads off to her first full day of daycare. She went twice last week for a few hours at a time so that the daycare lady, Shannon, and the other kids wouldn't be total strangers to her. She loves watching other kids so hopefully she will have a good time and maybe learn some tricks from them.

Yesterday Riley was really enjoying playing with one of the small couch pillows. She realized, I think, that she can pick it up and started giggling when we were playing with it.

It feels like the summer has gone by in a blink and I think part of that is the fault of the weather we have had here this summer. The only really hot weather we had was back in June and we never even had a heat wave. Not that I want to complain about the lack of unbearably hot weather, but the lack of seasonable, dry weather bothers me. We've had so much rain this summer that I actually haven't even had to water my dahlias more than a few times.

Speaking of the dahlias. I'm thinking of sending in a picture to the company I order my dahlias from for their annual photo contest. The prizes are gift certificates of varying amounts. I just can't decide which picture to send in. So I'm going to post two options and if you could leave a comment on which one you think I should submit I would appreciate it. Or, if you think I should try for some different shots, let me know that too!