Pooped

We have been so busy this summer doing fun things but not taking enough time to rest.  I sit here at the pool blogging, watching Sydney fall asleep for a much needed nap.  We just got back from Milwaukee a few days ago and we are having a hard time getting back on PST.  The girls started a summer program at the preschool today... it was nice for them to see their friends again.  Poor sydney has had a hard time out growing her naps and is sleeping in our bed everynight. Poor Mommy and Daddy.  Will it ever end? She just turned 3 last week and she told me she does not want to be a big girl, she wants to still be the baby.  Her words, not mine.... sigh. 
So again, i am sitting here at the pool with my overtired baby,  luke and ava who is always pretending to be a dog.  I am watching the other kids playing at the pool where the Mom's are laying on their chairs while their kids play games in the pool and don't seem to fight at all.  My 3 kids are clutching onto me and i am seemingly the only Mom in the pool.  I am jealous of the other moms with their independent kids.  And then i look at all the bigger kids at the pool and those Mom's are really relaxing, reading books.  And then I remind myself that i am going to miss these kiddos hanging all over me and i am going to want back these tired and cranky kids on these exhausting but fun summer days.