The chaos of parenting, in pictures

These photos resonate on all levels. 

Lifestyle photographer Danielle Guenther has created a photo series, called Best Case Scenario over a period of two years. They are a comedic look at how life really is living with kids. 

The reality is not what we usually see on Facebook – or between the pages of magazines. The reality is messy. And hectic. And crazy. 

As a parent I can so identify with creeping around a dark bedroom, cellphone flashlight in hand scouting around nappies and doing blanket patrol, or the side-glances in a packed restaurant as your kids try and scale the table with a mouthful of sugar sachets. 

And, of course, the silence-is-golden-all-fall-down when the kids have fallen asleep. 

Take a look at a few of Danielle’s photos from Best Case Scenario below: 

(Above: 'Parenting is Exhausting') 

(Above: 'Oh NO!!!') 

(Above: 'Clean up on Aisle 5!') 

(Above: 'Just Another Mouth to Feed') 

(Above: 'Hold on a sec...') 

(Above: 'Keep Your Head in the "Game"') 

(Above: 'Check, please!') 

(Above: 'The Escape Plan') 

The only alone time I have is when I am asleep and that is also touch and go...a trip to the loo is like a scene from the pied piper. 

It's like trying to get the perfect family picture to post on Facebook, right? 

With my troop it takes a good amount of sweet taking and wowing and a couple of handfuls of snaps to get the right one… when in actual fact a true depiction would look something like this:

(Best Case Scenario photos via Facebook.com/DanielleGuentherPhotography)