talk about a rain dance! lily was thrilled that it was raining today (heck, who wasn't thrilled?!) she stripped down and had a blast and i captured some of her fun.

haven't you heard? 2nd day of school pics are ALL the rage! no one takes them on the first day anymore- its very passe ;)

here lily is, suiting up for her second day of school. she LOVES her new class. she talked about her teacher 'miss shelby' several times in the past few days and was super excited to get to class this morning.

all ready to go!

showing off her bag

runs back for one last thing...

wants to read just one more book before school

checking to be sure everything is in her bag

offering me her sack lunch

big smiles

she jumps right into the action in class

then heads to the books :)

and just for a fun comparison, last year heading into school for the first time, she was still such a baby!

well i was sadly (and ironically) the only parent dropping her child for the first day of 'school' yesterday without a camera. i managed to take it with me to pick her up, so this is more of a 'look how messy a day at school makes me' post :)

think its bad to take pictures tomorrow? maybe i'll make 2nd day of school pics all the rage...

her locker is right next to her friend jet!

my wild animal

on our way home

lily 'praying'

i wouldn't even know it was college football season without facebook updates. i was driving to my sister's house today and saw planes with trailing marquee signs circling around and it didn't even dawn on me that there was a UT home game today!

my only other sign was the faint sound of drums from the high school band practice that has resumed every morning. thankfully it has been nice enough outside to actually enjoy breakfast in the fresh air while listening to the drumming.

i have hope that the cooler temperatures (and by cooler, i mean just the nineties, not triple digits!) and football season mean that its almost time for holiday fun, crazy work season, and sweet twin baby girls.

and of course i have just about a million pictures from our week :)