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MAMA, OMI AND THE FRITH DROVE TO OHIO TO SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH PAPA AND HIS FAMILY. FRITH SCREAMED MOST OF THE WAY THERE, BUT ABOUT AN HOUR OUT OF PAINESVILLE, SHE FINALLY FELL ASLEEP. MAMA HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE, AS IT IS VERY RARE FOR US EVER TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A SLEEPING FRITH.
HERE'S OMI HAVING A NAP IN OUR HOTEL ROOM. IT WAS A VERY CLASSY HOTEL, THE QUAIL HOLLOW RESORT.
THIS IS THE DOOR OF ROOM 203. WE WERE IN ROOM 207. ON OUR WAY BACK TO OUR ROOM ON CHRISTMAS DAY NIGHT, AFTER A GLASS OF WINE IN THE LOUNGE, WE PASSED ROOM 203 JUST AS A HANDSOME YOUNG NAKED MAN STUMBLED OUT INTO THE HALL. HE SQUINTED US, AND THEN BUMBLED BACK INSIDE. I THINK HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS BATHROOM. OMI NOTED HE WAS CIRCUMCISED.
THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK A WALK ON THE GROUNDS OF THE RESORT.
IT WAS COLD AND WET AND GRAY, AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL. ALL IN ALL, A MEMORABLE SECOND CHRISTMAS WITH THE FRITH.
BECAUSE HAVING A CHRISTMAS TREE SIMPLY WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH A TWO-FOOT HIGH DESTROYER-OF-ANYTHING-WITHIN-REACH, MAMA BUILT A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT OF BOOKS AND TEA-LIGHTS.
BEFORE OMI CAME OVER TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON, THE FRITH DECIDED TO BRUSH HER TEETH.
SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO STAND UP THERE ON THE TOILET WITH HER TOOTHBRUSH FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO HOURS. SHE WOULD NOT MOVE, NO MATTER WHAT WE TRIED. WHEN WE FINALLY TOOK HER DOWN TO TRY TO FEED HER SHE SCREAMED SO HARD HER HEAD NEARLY EXPLODED. VERY PECULIAR.
THE FRITH NOTICED THERE WERE MANY BAGS OF NOISY CRUNCHY THINGS ON THE PIANO AND, EMPLOYING HER INCREASING CAVEWOMAN LOGIC, USED THE DRUM AS A STEP-STOOL.
THE DRUM WAS KIND OF WOBBLY.
BUT SHE GOT THE CHIPS.
TODAY WAS THE FRITH'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. KEEPING HER PAWS OUT OF THE CAKE UNTIL THE GUESTS ARRIVED WASN'T EASY.
THE "NO PRESENTS" RULE WAS COMPLETELY AND JOYFULLY IGNORED..
TO THE FRITH'S UNENDING DELIGHT!
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY INTO THE GIFT BAG.
COUSIN MARIANNE BROUGHT A LOVELY SOFT BOOK WHICH SHE TOOK TO IMMEDIATELY - HERE'S GRANDMA PAT READING IT TO HER.
LITTLE OLIVER, JUST NEWLY HATCHED, IS GETTING A GOOD STRETCH IN, WHILE HIS MAMA, GRAND-MAMA AND FRITH'S AUNTIE CHRISTIE WATCH THE FRITH OPENING A YUMMY PRESENT.
AUNT NANCY IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON FRITH AS SHE PREPARES TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON THE CLOSEST CHEESE BALL.
HOLDEN, THE FRITH, JENAYA AND STANLEY ASSEMBLED BRIEFLY IN ONE PLACE FOR A QUICK PHOTO-OP.
SUDDENLY, SANTA ARRIVED! FRITH WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTED, BUT SHE MANAGED QUITE WELL. I THINK SHE PREFERRED MS. CLAUS.
LITTLE MICHAEL WAS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE HOWEVER.
AS WAS JENAYA.
HOLDEN THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST SPECTACULAR!
AND WILLIAM EVEN TOOK A TURN (THOUGH HE TOOK A QUICK SCAN OF THE ROOM FIRST, TO MAKE SURE NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS UNCOOL OR ANYTHING)
AND FINALLY, EVEN LITTLE OLIVER GOT HIMSELF IN THERE FOR A MINUTE.. HERE I THINK HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S ORDERING UP A CHEESEBURGER.
WE'RE QUITE CONVINCED THAT THESE TWO ARE DESTINED FOR FUTURE PARTNERSHIP.
FRITH WORKING THE ROOM - SHE WAS THE MOST CONFIDENT LITTLE HOST YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
AUNTIE CHRISTIE, MAMA AND THE FRITH MUGGING..
AND FINALLY, MORE MUGGING. WONDER WHERE FRITH'S SOCKS WENT?
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER PICTURES OF THIS CLOWNCAR EVENT, PLEASE SEND THEM ON OVER AND MAMA WILL PUT THEM UP ON THE BLOG FOR ALL TO SEE!
HERE WE HAVE FRITH DEMONSTRATING HER COUCH CLIMBING SKILLS (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OMI)
FRITH HAS TAKEN TO READING THE CIRCULARS, FIVE OR SIX OF WHICH TURN UP EVERY DAY.
SHE ALSO LIKES TO DISASSEMBLE THE DIAPER BAG ALL OVER THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
THIS WAS A VISIT TO COUSIN MARIANNE'S HOUSE..
FRITH CRAWLED OVER THE ENTIRE HOUSE, TOP TO BOTTOM AND ATTEMPTED TO EAT ANYTHING IN HER PATH.
BUT CAME BACK EVENTUALLY TO THIS LITTLE DOLL, WHICH IS WOUND UP AND PLAYS A QUIET LITTLE TUNE SHE JUST LOVES.
MAMA, OMI AND THE FRITH DROVE TO OHIO TO SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH PAPA AND HIS FAMILY. FRITH SCREAMED MOST OF THE WAY THERE, BUT ABOUT AN HOUR OUT OF PAINESVILLE, SHE FINALLY FELL ASLEEP. MAMA HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE, AS IT IS VERY RARE FOR US EVER TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A SLEEPING FRITH.
HERE'S OMI HAVING A NAP IN OUR HOTEL ROOM. IT WAS A VERY CLASSY HOTEL, THE QUAIL HOLLOW RESORT.
THIS IS THE DOOR OF ROOM 203. WE WERE IN ROOM 207. ON OUR WAY BACK TO OUR ROOM ON CHRISTMAS DAY NIGHT, AFTER A GLASS OF WINE IN THE LOUNGE, WE PASSED ROOM 203 JUST AS A HANDSOME YOUNG NAKED MAN STUMBLED OUT INTO THE HALL. HE SQUINTED US, AND THEN BUMBLED BACK INSIDE. I THINK HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS BATHROOM. OMI NOTED HE WAS CIRCUMCISED.
THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK A WALK ON THE GROUNDS OF THE RESORT.
IT WAS COLD AND WET AND GRAY, AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL. ALL IN ALL, A MEMORABLE SECOND CHRISTMAS WITH THE FRITH.
BECAUSE HAVING A CHRISTMAS TREE SIMPLY WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH A TWO-FOOT HIGH DESTROYER-OF-ANYTHING-WITHIN-REACH, MAMA BUILT A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT OF BOOKS AND TEA-LIGHTS.
BEFORE OMI CAME OVER TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON, THE FRITH DECIDED TO BRUSH HER TEETH.
SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO STAND UP THERE ON THE TOILET WITH HER TOOTHBRUSH FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO HOURS. SHE WOULD NOT MOVE, NO MATTER WHAT WE TRIED. WHEN WE FINALLY TOOK HER DOWN TO TRY TO FEED HER SHE SCREAMED SO HARD HER HEAD NEARLY EXPLODED. VERY PECULIAR.
AFTER THE PARTY WE TOOK A BATH.. BEFORE WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, ALL BATH ITEMS MUST BE THROWN INTO THE TUB.
HERE WE HAVE THE FRITH PLAYING WITH HER BOX OF PIRATE SHIP PARTS.
AND HERE WE HAVE FATNESS, WHO THINKS HE IS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
AND FINALLY, THE FRITH READING ONE OF HER NEW BOOKS FROM HER GODMOTHER NANCY AND WEARING HER PRETTY NEW DRESS, A PRESENT FROM HER AUNT NANCY.
THE FRITH NOTICED THERE WERE MANY BAGS OF NOISY CRUNCHY THINGS ON THE PIANO AND, EMPLOYING HER INCREASING CAVEWOMAN LOGIC, USED THE DRUM AS A STEP-STOOL.
THE DRUM WAS KIND OF WOBBLY.
BUT SHE GOT THE CHIPS.
TODAY WAS THE FRITH'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. KEEPING HER PAWS OUT OF THE CAKE UNTIL THE GUESTS ARRIVED WASN'T EASY.
THE "NO PRESENTS" RULE WAS COMPLETELY AND JOYFULLY IGNORED..
TO THE FRITH'S UNENDING DELIGHT!
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY INTO THE GIFT BAG.
COUSIN MARIANNE BROUGHT A LOVELY SOFT BOOK WHICH SHE TOOK TO IMMEDIATELY - HERE'S GRANDMA PAT READING IT TO HER.
LITTLE OLIVER, JUST NEWLY HATCHED, IS GETTING A GOOD STRETCH IN, WHILE HIS MAMA, GRAND-MAMA AND FRITH'S AUNTIE CHRISTIE WATCH THE FRITH OPENING A YUMMY PRESENT.
AUNT NANCY IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON FRITH AS SHE PREPARES TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON THE CLOSEST CHEESE BALL.
HOLDEN, THE FRITH, JENAYA AND STANLEY ASSEMBLED BRIEFLY IN ONE PLACE FOR A QUICK PHOTO-OP.
SUDDENLY, SANTA ARRIVED! FRITH WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTED, BUT SHE MANAGED QUITE WELL. I THINK SHE PREFERRED MS. CLAUS.
LITTLE MICHAEL WAS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE HOWEVER.
AS WAS JENAYA.
HOLDEN THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST SPECTACULAR!
AND WILLIAM EVEN TOOK A TURN (THOUGH HE TOOK A QUICK SCAN OF THE ROOM FIRST, TO MAKE SURE NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS UNCOOL OR ANYTHING)
AND FINALLY, EVEN LITTLE OLIVER GOT HIMSELF IN THERE FOR A MINUTE.. HERE I THINK HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S ORDERING UP A CHEESEBURGER.
WE'RE QUITE CONVINCED THAT THESE TWO ARE DESTINED FOR FUTURE PARTNERSHIP.
FRITH WORKING THE ROOM - SHE WAS THE MOST CONFIDENT LITTLE HOST YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
AUNTIE CHRISTIE, MAMA AND THE FRITH MUGGING..
AND FINALLY, MORE MUGGING. WONDER WHERE FRITH'S SOCKS WENT?
OMI THREW A LITTLE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE FRITH AND HER PAPA OVER AT HER HOUSE (PAPA ALSO HAD A BIRTHDAY RECENTLY) - HERE EVERYONE HAS JUST FINISHED EATING THE YUMMY BIRTHDAY-PIE.
AFTER SHE GOT HOME, FRITH PLAYED WITH ONE OF HER PRESENTS FROM PAPA FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IN HER NEW ROOM (YES, IT IS NOW ORANGE INSTEAD OF GREEN, FOR THOSE EAGLE-EYED ONES AMONG YOU)
I THINK SHE REALLY LIKES THE NEW PLAY AREA.
MAMA, OMI AND THE FRITH VISITED TORONTO FOR OPA'S BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY - MAMA BEAR KEEPS A PLAY GYM ON HAND FOR THESE VISITS, AND FRITH WAS IN HEAVEN FIDDLING AROUND IN IT.
THEN LAST NIGHT MAMA AND THE FRITH VISITED WITH PEGGY AND MADDY - HERE WE HAVE MADDY MAKING FROSTY-THE-SNOWMAN-COOKIES WHILE FRITH ZOOMS PAST IN THE BACKGROUND.
THERE WERE RUDOLF ANTLERS, AND OF COURSE MAMA TRIED VERY HARD TO GET A PHOTO OF FRITH WEARING THEM.
ALMOST..
FAIT ACCOMPLI.
FRITH AND THE NEW HANGING OUT IN THE ALMOST-FINISHED-FRITH-BEDROOM.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE FRITH-AS-MUSIC-BOX-DANCER.
FRITH-SPHINX
MAMA AND THE FRITH LIKE TO EAT EDAMAME AS AN APPETIZER, EVEN THOUGH IT TENDS TO GET A LITTLE MESSY. LATER MAMA LIKES TO PICK UP TRAILS OF SOYBEAN HUSKS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
I'VE HAD TO STOP LEAVING THINGS ON TOP OF THE ENTRY-SHELF, AS THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN GOAT CAN NOW CLIMB UP ON THE COUCH BY HERSELF AND PLUNDER AWAY.