HERE WE HAVE FATNESS AND THE FRITH SHOWING OFF THEIR YOGA POSES. THEY PRACTISE EVERY DAY.
STILL LIFE WITH ONE RED SHOE.
FRITH LOVES THE SOUND OF THE KAZOO, AND LAUGHS EVERY TIME I PLAY IT FOR HER. TONIGHT, HOWEVER, SHE PICKED IT UP AND, AS USUAL, STARTED CHEWING ON IT. I LOOKED AWAY, AND THEN LOOKED BACK IN SURPRISE A MOMENT LATER.
SHE WAS PLAYING IT. IT WAS AMAZING.
THIS IS THE FRITH'S NEW BEST FRIEND, MR AIR COMPRESSOR..
I THINK IT IS BECAUSE HE LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A GROWN UP VERSION OF HER FISHER-PRICE PUSHCART.
HERE WE HAVE OMI AND THE FRITH ENJOYING A SHABBAT DINNER
AFTERWARDS, A CHANGE OF CLOTHES WAS REQUIRED. WHILE THE OLD ONES DRIED OFF, FRITH SAT AROUND IN THE KITCHEN IN THE ALTOGETHER.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME VISITING WITH MÉMÉ AND PÉPÉ A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT TOOK TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET THERE, AND FRITH SCREAMED ALMOST THE ENTIRE WAY. ONCE WE ARRIVED, SHE WAS ALL SMILES, HOWEVER.
PÉPÉ IS A STAR AT GETTING THE BEST GRINS AND GIGGLES FROM THE BEAN.
IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS PHOTOGRAPH IS A LITTLE TOY MADE OF PAINTED WOODEN RINGS AND A STICK. THE AMAZING FRITH ASSEMBLED THE ENTIRE THING BY HERSELF, BOTTOM TO TOP. SHE WORKED HARD, AND DIDN'T GIVE UP. IT WAS SIMPLY INCREDIBLE TO WATCH, AND MADE MAMA CRY OF COURSE. HAPPY TEARS.
THEN, SHE PLAYED SUPERMAN WITH A PILLOWCASE.
AND LOOKED JUST BEAUTIFUL DOING IT.
THERE IS NO SWEETER BEAN THAN THIS BEAN.
MY DAD JUST SENT ME THESE PHOTOS - I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. THIS ONE LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN AROUND 1974.
THIS ONE SHORTLY AFTER I'D GIVEN MYSELF MY FIRST HAIRCUT - MAYBE 1971.
AND THIS ONE PROBABLY IN 1969 OR 1970. I FEEL LIKE I CAN FINALLY SEE A BIT OF MYSELF IN THE FRITH.
MAMA PICKED UP SOME GIRLY HAIR ACCESSORIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STAVE OFF A FEW OF THOSE "OH HE'S SUCH A HANDSOME LITTLE BOY" COMMENTS. STILL NOT QUITE ENOUGH HAIR TO MAKE THIS WORK, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE...
THE FRITH PREPARING TO HELP MAMA ASSEMBLE SOME RECALCITRANT IKEA FURNITURE.
SPORTING HER NEW LEGGINGS FROM HONEY-BUNCH. THEY CLOSE THAT PESKY GAP BETWEEN PANTS AND SOCKS AND LOOK TRULY AWESOME DOING IT.
FINALLY, DEMONSTRATING SOME MAD CHAIR-SITTING SKILLS...
AND PLAYING WITH HER TOES.
ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT CLOTHES ON THE FRITH..
TODAY I MANAGED TO CATCH HER IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO PUT A SHIRT ON.
OF COURSE, WHEN I CALLED HER ON IT, SHE WAS ALL INNOCENT SMILES.
LATER, FRITH HELPED MAMA AND OMI GET A LITTLE WORK DONE ON THE FUTURE-FRITH-BEDROOM. SHE IS PARTICULARLY GOOD WITH A HAMMER. ACTUALLY, WE JUST DRANK TEA AND SPREAD AROUND A LOT OF COOKIE CRUMBS.
I JUST SCANNED IN A COUPLE OF PHOTOS I FOUND FROM NEW YEAR'S EVE LAST YEAR.
THE QUALITY IS KIND OF GRAINY..
BUT IS THAT NOT THE SWEETEST LITTLE TWO-WEEK-OLD BEAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
FRITH HAS TAKEN TO CLIMBING THINGS OTHER THAN STAIRS. THIS MORNING IT WAS THE EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE WICKER CHAIR THAT LIVES IN THE CORNER. AT LEAST IT'S GOOD FOR SOMETHING.
LATER, SHE CONSIDERED MOVING INTO THE FRIDGE.
THIS IS THE NEW FRITH SNOWSUIT, FRESH FROM SEARS. IT IS SIZED FOR A TWO-YEAR-OLD. THE FEET OF THE 18-MONTH-OLD VERSION WOULDN'T FIT FRITHSQUATCH HERE.
BECAUSE FRITH WHIMPERS SO SADLY AT THE GATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, I THOUGHT I'D LET HER HAVE A (CLOSELY MONITORED) GO AT CLIMBING.
SHE WAS ..
.. SPECTACULARLY GOOD AT IT.
AND MADE IT ..
.. ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, WITHOUT INCIDENT OR FEAR.. *PROUD*
ALTHOUGH WE RAKED UP SIX BAGS OF LEAVES LAST SATURDAY, TODAY THERE WERE MORE.
LUCKILY.
FRITH HAD A BLAST SCUFFLING AROUND IN THEM.
AT ONE POINT SHE WAS BURIED UP PAST HER EYEBALLS.
THIS DEVASTATINGLY CUTE DRAGON JACKET COMES COURTESY OF HOLDEN (THANK-YOU!)
WE LIKE AUTUMN.
THIS MORNING AS I DID THE DISHES I COULD HEAR FRITH WORKING VERY HARD AT SOMETHING, JUST BEHIND ME.
CLIMBING INTO THE LAUNDRY BASKET, AFTER EMPTYING IT OUT, APPARENTLY.
THEN SHE WANTED TO BE FED IN THERE AS WELL (I COMPLIED - WHAT THE HECK.)
LATER, SHE TURNED UP HERE.
MÉMÉ NANCY AND FRITH GOT ON LIKE A HOUSE AFIRE AS USUAL - FRITH EVEN SHARED A TRISCUIT.
THEN FRITH THOUGHT PÉPÉ TERRY MIGHT LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF HER LOW-FAT BRIE.
WHEN HE HESITATED, SHE SORT OF INSISTED.
