A PINK FATNESS AND FRITH IN MAMA'S AUTO

WE SPENT AN HOUR OR SO THIS MORNING HANGING AROUND IN MAMA'S AUTO.

EVENTUALLY FATNESS CAME ALONG TO INVESTIGATE. HE WAS A LITTLE BIT PINK, FROM ROLLING AROUND IN THE MOST RECENT SIDEWALK ART.

ANOTHER SATURDAY MORNING

WE ALSO WENT TO THE LIBRARY THIS MORNING. FRITH IMPRESSED THE HECK OUT OF MAMA BY PUTTING A BUNCH OF LETTERS UP ON THE BOARD (PREVIOUSLY SHE'S ONLY DEMONSTRATED AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO TAKE LETTERS DOWN.) THEN, WE DID A PUZZLE WITH JANE (WHO WAS SURPRISINGLY SWEET TODAY, THOUGH HER BROTHER WAS STILL A MENACE) - AND FRITH MATTER-OF-FACTLY PUT THE HIPPO IN THE HIPPO SPOT, THE GIRAFFE IN THE GIRAFFE SPOT AND THE HORSE IN THE HORSE SPOT. MAMA WAS SPEECHLESS. AND VERY PROUD.

THEN, WE CAME HOME FOR OUR NAPS. AFTERWARDS, MAMA HAD A SHOWER (WHICH MEANT FRITH HUNG AROUND IN THE BATHROOM PULLING AT THE SHOWER CURTAIN AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB INTO THE TUB EVERY MINUTE OR SO FOR THE DURATION, EVENTUALLY GETTING QUITE AS WET AS MAMA DID) AND THEN AFTERWARDS FRITH WORKED WITH THE BIG JAR OF SOAP FOR A WHILE.

FINALLY WE LAY AROUND ON THE BED FOR A BIT, READING AND DRYING OFF.

THE GOOD SHIP BLUENOSE

THE FRITH DECIDED THAT BLUE CHALK MAKES PRETTY GOOD MAKEUP.

SUNNY AFTERNOON

MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK AND DISCOVERED THAT THE NEIGHBOURS HAVE BEEN GROWING SOME BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWERS.

OF COURSE, WE THEN NEEDED TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT WHY SAID FLOWERS SHOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY BE BEHEADED.

THOUGH A LITTLE THE WORSE FOR WEAR, THE FLOWERS ESCAPED, WITH HEADS INTACT.

DIGGING NAKED IN THE GARDEN, WITH MOE.

AND FINALLY, TRYING ON MAMA'S FUZZY PINK TOE SOCKS.

FAIREST OF THEM ALL

I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS CAME TO BE. FRITH WILL OFTEN PICK UP THE BLUE RUBBER CIRCLE FROM HER POTTY, LOOK THROUGH IT WITH A BIG SMILE, AND SAY "FRITH? MIRROR?"

ALSO, IMAGINATION HAS KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR IN THE LAND OF FRITH. SHE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE WEEKEND MOVING PUPPE AROUND THE HOUSE, PUTTING HER TO BED ON A PILLOW, GIVING HER A BOTTLE, GIVING HER A TINY PUPPE TO PLAY WITH, AND THEN COVERING THEM ALL WITH A DECKE (BLANKET).

AFTER BEING A MAMA GOT PLAYED OUT, FRITH DECIDED SHE SHOULD AFTER ALL TO BE THE ONE TO GET TO LIE DOWN AND BE COVERED WITH A DECKE.

AH, DON'T WE ALL SOMETIMES.

GOO GOO G'JOOB

FRITH DOING WHAT FRITH DOES BEST. BEING AWESOMELY CUTE.

SHABBAT AND ONWARD

MAMA AND THE FRITH SELF-PORTRAIT #59 - JUST BEFORE SHABBAT DINNER ON FRIDAY.

FRITH, DOING THE PRE-SHABBAT DISHES IN HER FAST NEW JEMIMA PUDDLEDUCK APRON - A GIFT FROM MEME AND PEPE ON THEIR LAST VISIT.

SATURDAY MORNING, MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER. YES, NEITHER OF US ARE WEARING ANY MAKE UP. GIVE ME A BREAK, IT WAS 7AM.

WE BROUGHT A LEAF ALL THE WAY FROM HOME TO PUT IN THE RIVER. BUT FIRST, WE HAD TO SIT IN THE GAZEBO, REMOVE OUR SHOES, AND ARRANGE THEM IN A LINE ON TOP OF THE PICNIC TABLE. THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE IN FRITHWORLD. WE MIGHT AS WELL ALL GET USED TO IT.

PAPA'S NEW TATTOO

PAPA GOT A NEW TATTOO (IT SPELLS FRITH IN FUTHARK RUNES, AS IT WOULD HAVE APPEARED IN THE ORIGINAL ANGLO-SAXON FROM WHICH FRITH'S NAME IS DERIVED).

BRILLE

FRITH ROCKING THE BACK SEAT IN STYLEE.

THIS PICTURE AND THE NEXT ONE WERE TAKEN BY FRITH..

MASTER OF THE KAMERAFONE

SUPER-FRITH, SUPER-FRITH, SHE'S SUPER-FRITHY

THIS IS THE FRITH'S NEW BATHING SUIT.

THEY HAD A GIRLY-VERSION IN PINK - BUT THE FRITH, SHE IS A PURIST.

RETURN OF THE PUPPE

FRITH, IN HER COOL HALLOWE'EN SHIRT, HANGING WITH THE OMNIPRESENT PUPPE.

MARIANNE'S BIRTHDAY

COUSIN MARIANNE JUST SENT OVER THIS PHOTO OF HER BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST SUNDAY.. CAN YOU FIND MAMA AND THE FRITH?

MORE ASSORTED MINTS

THE FRITH, ACCESSORIZING LIKE A MAD THING AS USUAL.

THIS LATEST ENSEMBLE INCLUDES TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF RATTLING SOCKS (FROM HER NON-WALKING ERA) GREEN STRIPED PANTALOONS AND A PINK STRIPEY HENRY FONDA CIRCA ON-GOLDEN-POND HAT. WORD TO THE WISE - FRITH LOVES STRIPES.

MAMA AND FRITH TOOK A WALK DOWNTOWN, WHERE FRITH INSISTED ON COMING INTO CABIN FEVER - THEY HAVE A LITTLE SETUP-UP AT THE BACK OF THE STORE WITH A TABLE FULL OF KID'S TOYS TO PLAY WITH. SMART MANAGER. THE FIREMAN'S HAT WAS A BIG HIT - MAMA HAD ONE TOO, WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE. IT WAS ALSO A BIG FAVOURITE BACK THEN.

FOR SOME REASON, FRITH PULLED THIS LITTLE PACIFIER OUT FROM WHATEVER ROCK IT HAS BEEN LYING UNDER FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF (SHE HAS NEVER ONCE SHOWN ANY INTEREST IN USING THESE THINGS ) - TODAY, SHE STUCK IT IN HER MOUTH.

THIS LASTED ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS. THEN, ONWARD AND UPWARD.

ALL BETTER

THOUGH YOU CAN STILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BRUISE ON HER TEMPLE, FRITH SEEMS NONE THE WORSE FOR WEAR AFTER MONDAY'S FIASCO. THANKS BE.

WISE CLOTHES, GRASSHOPPER

FRITH DRESSED HERSELF THIS MORNING, TO TAKE HER WOODEN GRASSHOPPER FOR A WALK.

NOTE THE GREEN RUBBER FROG BOOTS, STRIPED LEGGINGS - AND THE PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE, UNDERPANTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PANTS.

ALL IN ONE PIECE

AFTER A RESTLESS NIGHT FOR MAMA - AND A PERFECTLY SNORE-Y ONE FOR THE FRITH - WE WOKE UP TOGETHER AROUND 7:30, HAPPY AS CLAMS. THAT IS BERRY JUICE ON HER FACE BY THE WAY. THE PURPLE BUMP IS HIDDEN BY HER HAIR. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT BAD TODAY. FRITH IS CONSTANTLY AMAZING ME WITH HER POWERS OF HEALING. PERHAPS SHE WILL GROW UP TO BE A MEDICINE WOMAN. IS THERE A UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR THAT SORT OF THING?

LET'S NOT DO THIS AGAIN, WHAT SAY?

FRITH IS A LIVE WIRE, AND IT HAD TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. NEARLY NINETEEN MONTHS IN, IT DID. HERE ARE PAPA AND OMI IN THE E.R., WITH FRITH BETWEEN THEM, DIRTY FEET AND ALL. FRITH TOOK A TUMBLE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE PRACTICING HER JUMPS, AND BUMPED HER HEAD. AFTER A QUICK RIDE IN THE AMBULANCE AND FOUR HOURS IN THE MCMASTER HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, DOCTOR RUTLEDGE SAYS OUR GIRL WILL BE OKAY. THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON MAMA AND PAPA.

VIDEO A GOGO

A COUPLE OF GRAINY FRITH VIDEOS FOR YOU..

DEGAS

FOR FRITH, AN AFTERNOON AT OMI'S, SPENT WITH ALL OF HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY (PLUS DWIGHT), WAS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.

CELEBRATION-BY-MITTEN, SPECIFICALLY.

THEN, THERE WAS THE CLOG DANCE ON TOP OF OMI'S WASHING MACHINE.

AS PAPA POINTED OUT, THIS PICTURE LOOKED REMARKABLY FAMILIAR.

HERE'S WHY..

FINALLY, WE HAVE GRANDMA PAT AND FRITHA HANGING OUT ON THE GRASS STARING UP AT THE SKY. A FAVOURITE FRITH PAST-TIME, AS YOU REGULARS PROBABLY KNOW.

ASSORTED MINTS

FRITH HANGING OUT ON MAMA'S BED, NAKED AS USUAL.

TRYING FOR A SERIOUS FRITH-AND-MAMA SELF-PORTRAIT - MAMA WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT SOMEBODY WAS SERIOUSLY PICKING THEIR NOSE.

FRITH LOVES TO SIT IN THE WINDOW SILL. NAKED.

THIS FAST LITTLE STRIPY NUMBER WAS A PRESENT FROM FRITH'S GREAT AUNTIES IN HOLLAND - A BIG FRITH THANK-YOU TO TANTES GRE, JOKE AND EMMA!

FRITH HAS WATCHED MAMA TAKE ENOUGH PICTURES WITH THE KAMERAFONE; SHE NOW HAS IT ALL FIGURED OUT. THIS WAS HER FIRST SHOT. I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS CONSIDERABLY MORE ARTISTIC THAN MOST OF THE ONES MAMA TAKES.

MAMA AND THE FRITH SELF-PORTRAIT #54 #55 AND #56