![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-PDpEYN.jpeg)
There isn't much of the insta-life pictures to post today, but the captures are quite accurate as to what our last week has revolved around. The school is coming up on Monday - how is it that the summer has disappeared into nowhere with my list of things to do only marked to about 30% down? I already know that I am the one going to have waaaaay more summer withdrawals then any of my "schoolers". I love having my kids at home. Though it can surely get crazy really fast and I definitely need "my" quiet time at night, when school starts I feel like a part of me just disappears for half a day along with their little backpacks and lunch boxes.
So I cleared the schedule for this entire week from meetings and work ( no worries - though no class, i still got my barre work in. comes "built in" with my morning routine now), and just let them book my days as they saw fit. We've hit a lot of playgrounds, ice-cream stands and cafes ,read, probably, every book we own ( and that alone is record breaking), traveled a little out of our typical revolving areas by TRAIN ( that's a big deal nowadays, you know. just me and five of them. i was nervous, though there was absolutely no need - scoot and mycarrier made it very easy. but more on that later) colored and painted and just talked.
I may or may not have shed some ( or a lot of) tears in the evening when looking at my suddenly all grown up older children, and then some more when gifted with those first , but very conscious smiles from the littlest one. Life sure be difficult at times, but these sweet moments are just that much more meaningful when you taste a grain of salt, and what is life without contrasts, right?
![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-WKoCfJ.jpeg)
![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-QHVZUW.jpeg)
![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-b_06l_.jpeg)
![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-klYH6z.jpeg)
![Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually. Life according to my Instagram. Quite accurate, actually.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/62/627738/life-according-to-my-instagram-quite-accurate-L-Yq6rNt.jpeg)
wishing you a great weekend with lot's of love from all of us!