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Recent family pictures. There's Shirley in her element at Christmastime with our three lovely grandchildren. Little Phoebe screwed her face up as three year olds are often wont to do at photo time. She is holding her cuddly friend - Monty the Sloth. Below, still holding Monty, Phoebe has managed to get herself in Margot's cot. Two sisters together. I like the latent mischief in this photograph. Phoebe will be four years old next week and we don't know what to buy her. After all she has got everything she needs and Christmas has only just passed us by. I put a search into Google - "good birthday presents for a four year old girl" and most suggestions involved colourful plastic. Here in the western world, we give our children far too much plastic - mountains of the stuff. Early next week, I think we will visit a branch of "Smyths" toy stores and the "Hobbycraft" store close by. I am sure we will find something for her there. She is surpr...