A Massachusetts Mother And Her Four Children, Including The Newest One

Say you have a Continuum, with Skepticism on one end, and Unalloyed Joy on the other. Place each of these four Baby-Onlookers on that continuum and you get a pretty wide spectrum. The mother's Unalloyed Joy is pretty much universal, or perhaps that's the look that draws mrwaterslide into Mother and Child photos. It's the varying looks on the faces of the three other children that make this photo priceless, to me anyway.
I bought this photo on Ebay, and it was offered among a group that portrayed this same woman and her child. The photographer was the woman's husband (at least, that is, according to the Ebay seller). Out in Ohio, folks are hoeing in their gardens and trying to make a living, but up in Massachusetts, they loll-about in brainy indolence and dabble in amateur photographer.
It's a great photo, and I love it. Happy Mother's Day.