Summer is coming to an end

The summer is ending, part of me is happy, part of me is sad. I watched both Payton and Garret progress in swimming, Payton has now passed shark, and unless she starts private lessons, the next level for her is Jr. Lifeguards and she can't do that until she turns 12, so we have one more summer for her to be a shark to practice. Garret is a minnow, and did pretty well, he said the water was too cold, and didn't want to jump in, tried to explain it to him, but there is no reasoning with a 6 year old. I did watch some of the kids who were learing how to dive, it was so funny, there were some that were great, and some that were just putting their hands up like they were going to dive and jumping in, it was actually pretty cute. I am going to miss seeing the kids wake up on their own, coming out of their rooms all bleary eyed, hair all messed up, now it will be get up, lets go, school is going to start, lets get moving. A first grader and a fifth grader, they are growing way to fast for me. I wish I could keep them small.