Mabel Watson Payne points out houseplants on high shelves that she now plans to tend with her new green and yellow plastic gardening tools.
All presents from grandmother came in boxes with lift-off tops to allow their baby recipient to open them on her own without help.
They contained new swimsuits (one pink, one blue) for ongoing baby-swimming classes, and a new cardigan (also blue, and hand-knit, but by unknown hands) plus a great many amusing doodads, each chosen with evident thought and care.
