Behind the Scenes

You know how people tend to post picture perfect snapshots of their day? I know I do. But, I also post the real stuff too. Sometimes though, you have no idea what's been going on when a picture has been taken even when everyone is all smiles. I don't have it all together...like ever.

I looked through some pictures to find a few examples:

What you see: Cute kids making pizza.
What you don't see: Their mom who is behind the camera trying to get a picture for Facebook, while wondering why she ever thought this was a good idea? "Boys! The sauce goes on the dough. Stop! That's enough cheese! Oh jeez. There's sauce on the floor."

What you see: A happy child at the State Fair posing in front of the butter cow.
What you didn't see: The EPIC and I mean EPIC meltdown this child had beforehand. He refused to get his picture in front of it. Had a fit that the games in the area were closed and then went ballistic when we left the building. Screaming, pinching, hitting. And there were people witnessing this and probably wondering what kind of people we were. Apparently it was all over the fact that I wouldn't go back to take his picture after he refused. Anyway...once he calmed down and apologized, we took him back and this was the result. Kids. Are. Crazy.

Backwards
What you didn't see: A mom telling her child to put his dirty clothes in the laundry basket.
What you DO see: Said mom when she found her child's underwear hanging on the back of his door on a hook hours later. Why?

What you see: My sister and I during her marathon with my witty sign.
What you didn't see: Everything leading up to this moment. Kendra having a rocky start to her race. Mom falling into a pothole and needing stitches for the crater in her arm. Me passing out and hitting my head from being tired and freaked out by the crater arm. And then Kendra's meltdown when she saw us because she wanted to quit. (In this picture she was ready to kill me because of my pep talk)

What you see: A mom and her son hanging out at the park on a beautiful day.
What you didn't see: 2 fits about a stinking rock which lead to me practically dragging him back to the van and telling him we were leaving because of his attitude. Not my best moment and not his either.

What you see: Kid taking a break from walking at the park
What you didn't see: Me having to lug the kid for the next 5 minutes because he didn't want to walk anymore and decided he'd just stay in the road.

What you see: 2 goofy kids enjoying their day.
What you didn't see: Me trying to get one nice picture. (I love this though)...but goodness. They were all over. And see that sucker lying there on the step? Yeah...I'm pretty sure I still let him eat it because some things are not worth battling over.

What you see: Aww. Cute family and all smiles!
What you didn't see: Children running wild. Fighting. Rolling in the grass. Not listening to the photographer. Refusal to cooperate. Frustrated parents. And WIND. Oh the wind. Dang near blew us away. Oh yeah...and it decided to be like 84 degrees on that fine October day so I was sweating like crazy!

I find it almost comical at times to look back and see a picture and think...yeah, that doesn't tell the whole story! But I do love those moments that are frozen in time.