16 Moments That Perfectly Capture the Beautiful Chaos of Family Life

Family isn’t just about perfect photos together. It’s a husband who puts tampons into the pantry, or a wife who wakes up at 6 a.m. to feed... the automatic feeder. We found photos that prove: family life is a balance between madness and happiness.

14 years ago, I happened to fall in love with a cat lady. At some point, I couldn’t take it anymore and asked her, “Maybe we’ve had enough of these cat souvenirs in the house?” And here’s what she came up with!

She opened her ’Cat Lady’s Corner’ in an antique shop where she displays all her rescues.

My wife and I took our childhood teddy bears with us on vacation.

This nightly ritual begins as soon as my wife places her water. Now she has to prepare 2 mugs before she heads to the couch.

Left this for my family to find on rapture day.

6:04 a.m., my wife didn’t wake up to feed her (we’ve had an automatic feeder for 6 months now).

For my husband’s 33rd birthday (when a hobbit comes of age), we had the full spread.

Breakfast — eggs, bacon, tomatoes, hashbrowns. Second Breakfast — waffles with berries and cinnamon sugar butter. Elevenses — caprese, Lembas bread. Luncheon — meat, cheese, more Lembas bread. Afternoon Tea — teas, blueberry scones, clotted cream, and a honey flight. Dinner — potato cream cheese soup. Supper — rosemary steak, potato, and carrot pasty with red wine gravy and mustard cream. Dessert — Farmer Maggot’s carrot cake.

I knit identical vests for my husband and cat.

The way my husband put away the birthday cake

It seems my wife and I use soap differently.

My sweet wife baked me a Saturn-shaped cake for my 29th birthday, as one Saturnian year is roughly equal to 29 Earth years.

My wife says that our dog and I look the same when we sleep.

I spent over 2 hours on this casserole and asked my husband to put it away while I put the kids to bed. This morning I found this. It was still on the stove.

Put on my dad’s uniform today and began the journey of fatherhood! I had to use my dad’s actual shoes because my wife wouldn’t let me buy dad shoes.

Woke up and realized that my wife had moved our coat rack.

I went grocery shopping and my husband put everything away... It’s a blue box so it must be pasta.

My wife always dreamed of a convertible. We finally bought one. Here’s her first ride.

And here are photos where everything went wrong.