Today started off with Addie and I butting heads, both of us crabby. She from not enough sleep; me from feeling sorry for myself that I’ve been referee between two girls for what seems like days on end. All I kept thinking was “I’ve had enough. Only one month. One month til school starts.”

Then we hit the beach.

Happily our day ended on a much better note.

There is something about the smell of the warm ocean breeze, the sting of the salt on your toes, and watching two girls soak up every minute of their day with such joy that really wipes the slate clean and leaves you longing for more. More days like this. More beach trips. More time.

Now I can’t stop thinking, “only four more weeks til school starts?”