Appearances and Reality

This little post is about appearances vs. reality.  Or maybe I could call it ying and yang.  Anyhow, there are the happy smiling moments I capture of my kids, and then there are the moments just beyond those, where the truth comes out, be it good or bad (as you'll see below).  First case in point: Kennedy.  She's always ready with a great little smile for a picture.  But it's not long before her silly side comes out.  I am glad.  I am glad she has a silly side.  Just the other day I gave her a funny look with the choice of socks she had picked out (bright blue, which completely clashed with her shirt and shorts).  She looked at me and said, "what?  They're just socks,mom."  Thanks for the reminder, Kennedy.  There are much more important things in life than matching socks.

Then there's this little bitty:  Jake and Leah, so sweetly toddling over to the grassy hill at the park in our neighborhood.  Me as the mom sitting across the playground thinking, "I sure have cute kids."  So I snap away a million pictures (what did we do before digital cameras?).  So of course I catch the very moment when Jake turns around and instead of hugging Leah, gives her a great big, "I'm the big brother" kind of shove, sending her tumbling down the little hill.  Thankfully, Leah is a rough-and-tumble kind of girl, so she shakes it off with only a slight whimper.  The best part of the whole shot is Jake's face.  He thinks he's pretty tough stuff.