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using the cunning bib daily - its very becoming. The
lavender bag is charming with the little rosettes and
Swiss handkerchief is a lovely one. Besides always
needing handkerchiefs I adore that color. Also I
adore the strange beautiful bird, made, I think
by Carol - I have it in our dressing room on the
wall, for a bit of colour. She is clever to invent
him. I like him awfully. Bumbie is wild over
the little train sent by Leicester, also his lizard
and doll which he has in his tub. He has a
great big one this year and the more birds beasts
and humans he has around him the happier
he is. Marce sent him a check and its going
into buggy, high chair and [?] dresses and
nighties with other checks, from grandfather and
Aunt Grace and friends.

We had a wonderful time in Schruns -
had friends with us all the time - and took
many big skiing trips. Bumbie had a
wonderful nurse whom we hope to have again later on
and three or four times we spent days at
a stretch in mountain huts to be near good
snow with Bumbie in good hands at the
big old country hotel - the Taube. It's as