SIMCHAT BAT

THE BEAUTIFUL AMAZING PERFECT LITTLE FRITH ON THE DAY OF HER HEBREW NAMING CEREMONY - HER SIMCHAT BAT. HER HEBREW NAME IS SHALOM - WHICH, LIKE FRITH, ALSO MEANS A SORT OF PEACE.

FRITH AND MAMA - BOTH OF US IN WHITE. MAMA IS BRAVELY DRINKING RED WINE, NONE OF WHICH WOUND UP ON EITHER OF US - OR ON ANYBODY ELSE, ALL NIGHT. SURPRISINGLY.

GRANDMA JACQUIE HOLDING THE BEAN - MS J TOOK MOST OF THE PICTURES WHICH FOLLOW (EXCEPT FOR THE ONES SHE IS IN.. probably i didn't need to add that?)

FRITH IN HER BIRTHDAY SUIT, ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS.

LAURA (THE CANTOR FROM OMI'S SYNAGOGUE) SANG A SONG TO OPEN THE CEREMONY - FRITH WAS MESMERIZED FROM THE MOMENT LAURA OPENED HER MOUTH. MAMA CRIED, OF COURSE.

RABBI COHEN LED THE GRANDPARENTS THROUGH A CANDLE-LIGHTING RITUAL.

AND MAMA EXPLAINED A LITTLE ABOUT WHERE FRITH'S NAMES COME FROM. THIS GIRL HAS A LOT OF NAMES.

OUT OF NOWHERE, A FEEDING-FRENZY. (ACTUALLY, WE ALL TOOK HOLD OF ANY AVAILABLE FRITH BODY-PART AND BLESSED HER AS A FAMILY)

MAMA AND MICHAEL SANG A COUPLE OF YIDDISH SONGS (MAMA STRUGGLED GAMELY TO STRUM ALONG WITH MICHAEL'S BEAUTIFUL GUITAR PLAYING)

GRANDMA JACQUIE ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE CAMERA. (SORRY MS J, HOW COULD I RESIST INCLUDING THIS PHOTO?)

JACQUIE SANG ONE OF MAMA'S FAVOURITE SONGS - THE OYSTER, BY COLE PORTER. THE CROWD WAS DELIGHTED!