ON THE MOVE

the frith blog has moved over to wordpress.. this blogger platform has been our home for four years, and we've been very happy here. but it has its bugs, including a busted search utility which never seems to get fixed, an impossible video interface, and a limited number of themes. all the posts from this blog have been imported to the new wordpress version - only the videos have not made the transition. the plan, over the next while, will be to import all the old videos into a single spot in our new home. meanwhile, this page isn't going anywhere. come and visit any time.. the old blogs will stay here indefinitely.

WINTER AND WINTER RELATED ACTIVITIES

THE END OF THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE. ALL GUMMI BEAR ZOMBIES PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR AND EATEN.

HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE IN THE "SNOW" (THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH TO SPEAK OF. NOT THAT MAMA IS COMPLAINING. FRITH IS THOUGH. NO SNOWMEN OR SLEDDING YET, AS SHE'D BEEN SPECIFICALLY PROMISED)

WAITING FOR THE SNOW.


AT GIGI'S PARTY, THERE WERE PONIES.

FROM NOW ON, NO PARTY WILL BE COMPLETE WITHOUT PONIES. THANK-YOU GIGI'S MAMA.



AN ATTEMPT TO USE THE BLOGGER VIDEO INTERFACE AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH LUCK WITH IT IN THE PAST, BUT WHO KNOWS. THINGS CAN CHANGE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT?

ASSORTED HOLIDAY MINTS

CHRISTMAS EVE WAS SPENT AT OMI'S HOUSE, WITH YUMMY THINGS TO EAT AND LOTS OF READING AND SINGING.

HERE'S FRITH IN HER SANTA HAT, WITH HER POLAR BEAR DRESSED UP IN HIS REINDEER ANTLERS. A POLARDEER I SUPPOSE.

CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS LOTS OF FUN. GAMMY AND POP POP WERE THERE VIA VIDEO-SKYPE, WHICH WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY, I THINK.

FRITH HAD A HARD TIME SITTING STILL ONCE THE PRESENTS SHOWED UP THOUGH.

WE ALSO SPENT A LITTLE TIME AT THE DUNDAS SKATING RINK. FRITH HAS NEW SKATES, BUT SHE DIDN'T ENJOY THAT PART OF IT VERY MUCH.

SO, SHE WENT FOR A WALK AROUND THE RINK WITH PAPA IN HER BOOTS INSTEAD.

HERE WE HAVE A COMPLETELY RANDOM SHOT OF FRITH IN HER PAJAMAS AND BEAR HAT, DOING AIR GUITAR. ENJOY!

TREE

WE HAD A REAL HONEST TO GOODNESS ALIVE TREE IN A POT THIS YEAR AT HOME. FRITH DECORATED IT WITH RIBBONS..


AND POPCORN STRINGS..

AND MORE POPCORN STRINGS (OMI HELPED)..

AND LIGHTS..

SHE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PROUD OF THE FINAL RESULT. IT TRULY WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND QUIRKY (YOU CAN SEE HOW IT LEANS DRAMATICALLY TO THE RIGHT. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S LEANING INTO THE PICTURE WITH FRITH)

SOLSTICE CONCERT AND HANNUKAH

THE ANNUAL SOLSTICE CONCERT AT FRITH'S SCHOOL WAS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING. HERE YOU CAN SEE FRITH IN HER WHITE WHO DRESS AT THE FAR RIGHT, NEXT TO HER BEST FRIEND CYNTHIA.

AND HERE WE HAVE FRITH COMING UP TO THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER SONG. SHE'S THE ONE BEHIND THE MIC STAND.

AFTER THE CONCERT, FRITH TOOK A PRETEND NAP ON THE FLOOR WITH HER FAVOURITE NEW PILLOW (THE FATNESS PILLOW, NAMED AFTER OUR DEAR DEPARTED PUSSY CAT BECAUSE IT IS SO SOFT AND FUZZY, LIKE HE WAS) AND "FATTY'S FAVOURITE BEAR" (SO NAMED BECAUSE FATTY ALWAYS LOVED THAT BEAR. I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW HE SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR THAT BEAR.

HANNUKAH DINNER AT THE TEMPLE WAS DELICIOUS AS ALWAYS, WITH PLENTY OF VEGAN OPTIONS TO GO AROUND (BUT WE ALSO BROUGHT ALONG THE OLD STANDBY BURRITO). THERE WAS ALSO FACE PAINTING, DANCING, AND MAGIC SHOWS.

OMI AND FRITH DID MOST OF THE DANCING.

GINGERBREAD AND STOLLEN

IT WAS CHRISTMAS, AND SO WE MADE OUR TRADITIONAL GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAKE.

MEME AND PEPE WERE THERE TO HELP.

ALTHOUGH MEME HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH US BEFORE, IT WAS PEPE'S FIRST TIME. FRITH SHOWED HIM THE ROPES.

OMI AND FRITH ALSO CONSTRUCTED A GINGERBREAD HOUSE.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE LITTLE ORGANIC GUMMI BEARS CLIMBING THE ROOF. THESE ARE GUMMI BEAR ZOMBIES, ATTEMPTING TO INFILTRATE THE HOMESTEAD.

WINTER CLOZE

FRITHA'S LAST-YEAR SNOWPANTS WENT THE WAY OF THE WILDEBEEST, SO MAMA AND FRITH WENT SHOPPING LAST NIGHT.

WE PICKED UP A PURPLE ENSEMBLE, INCLUDING THIS LOVELY STRIPED HOODED SWEATER.

WHICH WENT JUST PERFECTLY WITH HER YELLOW BJORN BORG HEADBAND.

SEE?

TOLD YOU.

HERE'S THE REST OF THE OUTFIT.

T REXETCETERA

WE OFTEN GO TO VISIT THE T-REX AND THE BRONTOSAURUS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS FRITH IS WILLING TO COME TO THE BIG FELLA. THOUGH SHE'LL ROMP FOR HOURS BETWEEN THE FEET OF THE LIFE-SIZE BRONTOSAURUS (NOT PICTURED HERE).

LEAVES ETC

EVERY YEAR WE RAKE THE LEAVES.. ONCE.

WE WAIT TIL THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM.. ENOUGH TO BURY A FRIEND IN.

AND THEN WE GO TO TOWN.

IT IS ALWAYS FUN.

SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE ALWAYS PUT IT OFF TIL THE LAST MINUTE.

REMEMBER LAST YEAR?

OR THE YEAR BEFORE?

OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT?

AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT?

MAMA HAS BEEN GETTING SOME HELP WITH THE DISHES LATELY.

HERE WE HAVE A STRIPED BUTTERFLY / TENNIS PLAYER EATING A MORNING BAGEL WITH CASHEW BUTTER AND SOME ALMOND MILK.

A WALK DOWNTOWN

WITH THE FLU COMING AND GOING AT OUR HOUSE..

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE A NICE LONG WALK IN A WHILE.

SO WE MADE UP FOR IT ON THE WEEKEND.

THIS ONE IS FROM THE HALLOWE'EN DANCE AT FRITH'S SCHOOL

POSSIBLY DOING THE TIME WARP HERE. NOT SURE.