Who Put Up With Your Toddler Highjinks?

'Mother and Child' Pablo Picasso

Mostly your mom.

Mother's Day May 12.

And I bet you had the cutest little baby face!

Here's a Sesame Street favorite that didn't make the cover of Time magazine:
You're My Baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r501NT3NYw4&feature=related

Who Helped You Take Your First Steps?

'Farmstead" Van Gogh

Mom, and, alright, Dad, too. Sweet painting by Vincent.

Mother's Day May 12.

Who Bathed Your Chubby Little Self?

Jules Being Dried by His Mother (above, from 1900), Cassatt

Be glad, very glad, I didn't ask, 'Who changed your pungent little diapers?'

Mother's Day is May 12.

India's Mother भारत मा

Mother Teresa

Help that is perpetual Помощь, что вечно - вечно - многолетние - постоянные - постоянные

"Our Mother (Lady) of Perpetual Help" Unknown artist, 12th c.  

                                   '

Help that is everlasting - eternal - perennial - constant - permanent.
Помощь, что вечно - вечно - многолетние - постоянные - постоянные.

Moms love unconditionally, want to always be there for you. 

Mother's Day is May 12. Sunday.

On the Daily Walk

'The Stroll,  Madame Monet and son' Monet

Did you go on nature walks?

Mother's Day, Sunday May12.

Détente avec ma maman.(Relaxing with my mama.)

'Madame Monet with her son, Jean' Renoir

The chicks, too.

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12.

Who Kissed Your Fat Little Baby Hand?

'Baby's First Caress' Cassett

I'm thinking it was your mom.

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12.

Who Thought You Were the Cutest Little Thing in the Whole World?

'Mother and Child,' Uemura Shoen

Your Mama. あなたのママ

May  12. Mother's Day.

Who Told You Stories and Sang You Songs?

Grandmother Storyteller by Ada Suina, Cochiti New Mexico

I'm giving this one to Grandma.

Mother's Day. May 12. Don't forget Granny.

Check out the pottery from New Mexico:

Pueblo Storytellers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ubb28IEFU&feature=player_embedded

Pieta: Mother's Heart Cuore di mamma

Pieta, Michelangelo

          Pieta: pity, жаль,שאָד, huruma, pitye,شفقة ,samúð, pena, trua,  
              遗憾,κρίμα, jammer, llàstima, đáiong tiếc

 

No human connect is as profound as mother to child. This is universal truth.

 

                   
              Mother's Day, May 12, Sunday. Let's give Mom joy.

Who Showed You Who You Are?

Mother and Child, Andy Warhol

Your (fill in the blank) Mother.

You might choose, Irish, Italian, Mexican, English, Russian, Philipino, German, Scottish, Chinese, Dine, Arab, Dutch, Puerto Rican, French, Welsh, Jewish, Chilean, Danish, Japanese, Basque, Canadian, Romanian, Indian, Mayan, Angolan, Brazilian, Navaho, Turkish, Costa Rican, Portuguese, Nicaraguan, Guinea Bissaun, Lithuanian, Nigerian, Egyptian, El Salvadoran, Omani, Norwegian, or all of the above (for us Heinz Fiftyseven.)

Mother's Day May 12.

Who Sang You Your First Lullaby?

'Sleepy Baby.' Mary Cassett

Chances are, your mom.

Mother's Day May 12.




Tonight Ringo will sing you a lullaby

Good Night. The Beatles. The White Album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qjo15n0mGU

Who's Praying for You?

"Virgin in Prayer" by Giovanni Battista Silva

Bet your mom is.

Mother's Day is May 12, 2012. Sunday.

Someone Brought a Smile to Your Baby Face

Mother and Child by Renoir

Maybe someone still does.

Mothers' Day is Sunday, May 12.