PEEPEE

WHENEVER MAMA HAS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, SHE TELLS FRITH "MAMA MUSS PEEPEE MACHEN" (GERMAN FOR MAMA HAS TO PEE) .. FRITHA ALWAYS COMES ALONG TO KEEP MAMA COMPANY. SO, TODAY MAMA BOUGHT FRITH HER OWN POTTY. FRITH PROBABLY WON'T BE USING IT ANY TIME SOON, BUT IT IS THERE FOR HER TO GET USED TO, AND IT WILL BE READY FOR HER WHEN SHE IS READY FOR IT.

FRITH IMMEDIATELY CLIMBED INTO HER POTTY FEET FIRST. AND STARTED SAYING PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE. PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE.

PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE PEEPEE.

FRITH AND MAMA SELF PORTRAIT APRIL 30

THIS WAS TAKEN THIS MORNING, IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR, JUST BEFORE WE LEFT FOR OMI'S HOUSE. THE SUN WAS SHINING, FRITH WAS SMILING, AND MAMA GOT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SLEEP LAST NIGHT. THINGS WERE LOOKING UP, AND THE EVENT WARRANTED RECORDING.

(BY THE WAY, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY FRITH WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE THIS MORNING WITHOUT THE LETTER R.)

WEEDING

FRITH AND MAMA SPENT THE AFTERNOON WEEDING THE FRONT AND BACK GARDENS.

WE GOT MUDDY AS A COUPLE OF OTTERS.

IT GOT QUITE WARM, SO FRITH REMOVED HER OVERSHIRT, SHOES, SOCKS AND PANTS, AND THEN WENT AND PUT ON HER GREEN RUBBER BOOTS. ONTO THE CORRECT FEET, MIGHT I ADD.

THE DIAPER ALSO CAME OFF LATER, BUT MAMA DID NOT MANAGE TO GET A PHOTO OF THIS. SHE WAS LAUGHING TOO HARD.

FRITH AND MAMA SELFPORTRAIT APRIL 28

MORE EXPERIMENTING WITH THE B&W SETTINGS OF THE KAMERAFONE.

FRITHA PIPER

THE FRITH, DEMONSTRATING THE ETIQUETTE INVOLVED IN THE EATING OF A RED PEPPER.

COLLECTIONS

THE FRITH'S BALL WENT MISSING UNDER THE SHOE RACK AND IT TOOK SOME FAIRLY ADVANCED CONTORTIONS TO GET IT OUT AGAIN.



AFTER IT WAS FINALLY RETRIEVED, IT WENT INTO THE CURRENT FRITH-COLLECTION BASKET, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THIS VIDEO.

RAINDROPS

FRITH AND MAMA GOT OUT IN A WARM FREAK RAINSTORM. FRITH WAS CATCHING RAINDROPS WITH A SPOON AND DRINKING THEM.. PLEASE FORGIVE MAMA, SHE COULDN'T CHOOSE JUST ONE PHOTO (YOU MAY NOTICE MOE IN THE BACKGROUND, LOOKING PARTICULARLY SERIOUS. HIS BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE).

YO HO HO

THE PIRATE PRINCESS AVEC YELLOW GALOSHES.

WASSER

TODAY FRITH EXPERIENCED THE WONDER THAT IS A GARDEN HOSE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO DID HER CLOTHES.

A WALK TO THE PARK WITH PAPA

FINALLY, A WARM BEAUTIFUL DAY, PERFECT TO WEAR A SPIFFY NEW SPRING DRESS.

PAPA CAME OVER, AND WE ALL WENT TO THE PARK THIS AFTERNOON.

WHEN THE TIME CAME TO GO HOME, MUCH DRAMA ENSUED. LUCKILY IT WAS AT LEAST PARTLY SOLVED BY A RIDE ON PAPA'S SHOULDERS.

NUDIE NUDE NUDE NUDE

IT TOOK FRITH NEARLY THREE HOURS TO GO TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

APPARENTLY, THIS WAS HOW SHE WAS PASSING THE TIME.

(I STILL HAVE NO IDEA HOW SHE FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNZIP THE SLEEPING BAG, LET ALONE REMOVE ALL HER CLOTHING AND DIAPER)

A LITTLE GIRL

BECAUSE FRITH WEARS MOSTLY COMFY BOY CLOTHES (THANK-YOU HOLDEN!) WE SOMETIMES LOSE TRACK OF WHAT AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL SHE IS. SO.. PIGTAILS!

&*^$^%#$^&* RHINOVIRUS

THE ONE-EYED SNOT FACTORY, SUPERHERO AT LARGE.

THE VAST AMOUNTS OF SNOT REQUIRED MULTIPLE SHIRT CHANGES YESTERDAY.. LUCKILY, TODAY THE FRITH IS FEELING MUCH BETTER, AS IS MAMA. MAMA THINKS SHE WILL ONLY HAVE TO CHANGE HER OWN SHIRT TWICE TODAY.

THE INVALID GOES FOR A RIDE

A CASE OF THE SNIFFLES DOESN'T STOP FRITH FROM GOING FOR A RIDE IN HER LITTLE RED WAGON - INCOGNITO OF COURSE. CAN'T RUN THE RISK OF FANS SEEING THE SUPERSTAR WHEN SHE IS UNDER THE WEATHER.

SELF-PORTRAITS APRIL 18TH

ONCE AGAIN, MAMA AND THE FRITH EXPERIMENTING WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE FEATURE OF THE KAMERAFONE.

THE FRITH HAS A DELIGHTFULLY SNOTTY COLD, COURTESY OF THE MONDAY PLAYGROUP (AND CONSEQUENTLY, MAMA HAS ONE NOW TOO - IF THIS HORRID LITTLE RHINOVIRUS IS STILL KICKING AROUND BY THE WEEKEND, YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE DEEPLY CANTANKEROUS MAMA ON YOUR HANDS)

LAUNDRY

OMI AND THE FRITH DOING SOME EARLY MORNING LAUNDRY.

THIS SPIFFY KIMONO FRITH IS WEARING WAS DESIGNED AND SEWN BY OMI HERSELF.

CRAB ON A STICK ET AL

A QUICK VIDEO OF THE FRITH - AS USUAL, GATHERING SOME ITEMS (IN THIS CASE, AN EMPTY PACK OF GUM, A CRAB ON A STICK AND A RED BALL, PUTTING ON A GARDENING GLOVE, AND HEADING OFF TO PLACE THE OBJECTS ELSEWHERE. VERY IMPORTANT WORK.


AND THIS ONE SHOWS FRITH GOING TO GET HER LITTLE RED WAGON FROM THE GUESTHOUSE. MAMA'S VIDEOS DON'T HAVE ANY SOUND, OR YOU'D HEAR FRITH SAYING WA-GON. WA-GON. WA-GON.

AFTER-BATH

AFTER OUR BATH, MAMA LET THE WATER OUT. FRITH STILL DID NOT WANT TO GET OUT, SO MAMA TURNED THE TAP BACK ON. FRITH PLAYED UNDER THE RUNNING WATER FOR ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR. SHE IS ONE LITTLE WATERLOGGED BEAN TONIGHT.

BALL

ANOTHER CRAPPY SPRING DAY, ANOTHER AFTERNOON SPENT IN THE BACK YARD.

FRITH DOESN'T MIND THE WEATHER A BIT. WHICH IN TURN MAKES MAMA FEEL A LOT LESS CRABBY ABOUT IT.

FRITH ALSO DISCOVERED THE WILD ONIONS GROWING ALONG THE BACK BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. SHE SMELLS LIKE A GREEK RESTAURANT.

SHABBAT A LA NGS

SUSAN AND MIKE AND LITTLE MICHAEL WERE OVER FOR SHABBAT DINNER THIS WEEK.

IT WAS AROUND THIS MOMENT THAT MIKE REALIZED HIS PHONE WAS PROBABLY NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD. AND INDEED, SHORTLY THEREAFTER EVERYTHING IN ITS MEMORY MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED.

LATER, LITTLE MICHAEL SHOOK HIS GROOVE THANG. KID'S GOT RHYTHM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

RAINBOW FRITH

RECENTLY, FRITH REDISCOVERED HER FAVOURITE ORANGE HAT. COMBINED WITH HER PINK PANTS AND GREEN MONSTER SHIRT, IT MADE FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE OUTFIT.

FRITH DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

FINALLY, A QUICK VIDEO OF FRITH DEMONSTRATING HOW ONE SHOULD GO DOWN STAIRS

POOP

EVERYONE POOPS IS CURRENTLY JAPAN'S BEST-SELLING ENGLISH-TRANSLATED PICTURE BOOK. THE INTENT IS TO BREACH THE POOP TABOO FOSTERED BY ANAL-RETENTIVE HIGH-SOCIETY TYPES.

THE REASON MAMA MENTIONS THIS IS THAT SHE GOT A CALL FROM OMI THIS MORNING. APPARENTLY DURING THE MORNING NAP, THE BEAN FIGURED OUT HOW TO OPEN THE ZIPPER OF HER SLEEPSACK, HAD GOTTEN OUT OF IT, AND HAD SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED HER PANTS AND DIAPER AS WELL.

NOW, FRITH CAN BE PRETTY WELL RELIED UPON TO POOP DURING HER MORNING NAP.

SO OMI WAS PRESENTED WITH A WHOPPING SMELL, A CRIBFUL OF POOP, AND A PANTS-FREE FRITH SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR.

JUST GLAD IT WASN'T ME WHO HAD TO CLEAN IT UP.

AND YOU'RE WELCOME, FOR NOT BLOGGING A PICTURE OF IT.

FRITHA, QUEEN OF THE VIKINGS

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

IN A GADDA DA VIDA

MAMA AND FRITH SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN THE BACK YARD, HANGING WITH THE LOCAL WILDLIFE. THE NEW GENEROUSLY ALLOWED US A LITTLE TIME FROM HIS BUSY SCHEDULE OF KILLING CHIPMUNKS. PS WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE COME OVER AND DISPOSE OF THE CHIPMUNK CORPSE CURRENTLY LYING IN STATE OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR?

BUDS ARE STARTING TO COME OUT ON THE LITTLE WILD CHERRY TREE. FRITH MANAGED TO PULL OFF ONE OF LAST YEAR'S BERRIES.

AND EXAMINED IT INTENTLY FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER MOE? AS PREDICTED, FRITH IS NOW TALLER THAN MOE, BY AT LEAST A FEW INCHES.

FATNESS AND THE FRITH, GRUBBING AROUND IN THE RASPBERRY PATCH.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRITH, BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE SHADOW OF MAMA, AND ALSO, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THE SHADOW OF THE TAIL OF THE FATNESS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THIS IS HALF OF A BLACK WALNUT SHELL, ONE OF LAST YEAR'S CROP. THEY ARE ALL OVER THE GARDEN IN THE SPRINGTIME, AND HAVE ALWAYS REMINDED MAMA OF LITTLE PIG SNOUTS. AS THOUGH THE GARDEN WERE FULL OF PIGS, DIGGING THEIR WAY UP OUT OF THE GROUND, AND SURFACING SNOUT FIRST. ONE OF MAMA'S FAVOURITE THINGS.