Shattering the Image

So, in an attempt to foster authenticity I am writing this post today.

You see we all hide behind masks...or in this case blogs...and choose to share whatever we want with our audience. So, maybe I am the only one, but when I read other people's blogs I sometimes come away a little jealous, a little envious, a little jaundiced (don't be too impressed, I used the online Webster's).

It seems like so often the things we put on our blogs are the things we're most proud of. To the reader it may appear that everything in our life is perfect...we have the perfect marriages, the perfect homes decorated to the nines, the perfect days, and definitely the perfect children.

How many pictures do we go through before we find the ones that we deem "blog worthy?"

So, in today's attempt at authenticity and so that I can remind you (once again) that I am just an ordinary girl with struggles and baggage and highs and lows, I wanted to share these pictures of my sweet kids. Some of you may remember that I had the kids' pictures taken recently and we definitely got a few good ones. BUT, we also had a few bloopers, too. Here are my little ones in their blooperfied best!

Feel free to laugh...I sure did!!