Ellie, 4 and a half years old, is quite the woman of the world. She is very outgoing and chatty. Here is a photo of her taken recently when the family were on holiday in Amsterdam.... or 'Hampsterdam' as she liked to call it.
She has now started school and along with the other 3 she comes to us on a Tuesday after school to play and have dinner before they are collected by Mairi. We enjoy sitting down with them and hearing about their day.
Here is her place at the table. In the upper right corner there is a coaster which has a picture of The Girl with the Pearl Earring on it. Mairi brought it back from Amsterdam for me ... the reason being that she attended an extracurricular art class last year in which she painted that exact subject. And did a very good job too!
Also as part of their trip to The Netherlands they visited the art gallery where the painting by Vermeer was displayed.
Ellie knew the painting and recognised it.
She turned to me and said: "This is my mummy's painting. And do you know that they've got one in Amsterdam exactly the same!"
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