Monday, April 28, 2008

EVERYBODY DANCE

MÉMÉ CAME TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND WITH LOTS OF YUMMY NEW BOOKS .. WHEN MAMA GOT TO OMI'S HOUSE, THIS WAS HOW THINGS STOOD.

THERE WAS ALSO A DANCE PARTY HERE IN TOWN.

A LOCAL BAND PLAYED AND THEY WERE RATHER LOUD, WHICH FRITH FOUND A BIT INTIMIDATING.

BUT IN THE END, OMI AND MÉMÉ DID MANAGE TO CONVINCE HER TO SHAKE HER GROOVE THANG, A LITTLE.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD



FRITH KEPT INSISTING WE SHOOT ANOTHER MOVIE? ANOTHER MOVIE? WHEN MAMA FINALLY STARTED SHOOTING, SHE WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO. BUT SHE FIGURED IT OUT EVENTUALLY.

LOBSTER BABY

FRITH WITH BREAKFAST ON HER FACE, PLAYING WITH LOBSTER BABY.



EATING CORN ON THE COB. IS IT GOOD, FRITH? "IT'S AWESOME. AWESOME."

Saturday, April 26, 2008

SLINGBLADE

FRITH LOOKED SO PRETTY TRYING ON MAMA'S SHOES IN THE SUNSHINE.

WITH THE EVER-WATCHFUL FATNESS BY HER SIDE.

HOWEVER, MAMA TOOK MORE THAN THIRTY PHOTOS OF THIS LITTLE SCENE.

IN TWENTY-EIGHT OF THEM, FRITH WAS MAKING THE WOLFMANJACK FACE.



A QUICK FILM OF THE AFTERNOON. FIRST FRITH IS TRYING TO PUT ON THE SHOES. THEN SHE NOTICES HOLDEN'S PAPA COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE. THIS, FOR SOME REASON, INSPIRES HER TO BEGIN SINGING O CANADA. THE GRAND FINALE IS, OF COURSE, WOLFMANJACK.

Friday, April 25, 2008

FRITH BJORG

FRITH AND MAMA SPENT THE AFTERNOON AT THE PARK YESTERDAY.

THE OUTFIT WAS, AS USUAL, ALL FRITH'S DOING.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

SATURDAY MORNING

MAMA AND THE FRITH SPENT THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING HANGING OUT IN THE FRONT YARD WITH BOOKS, PILLOWS AND BLANKETS.

FRITH DECIDED AFTER A LITTLE WHILE THAT SHE WANTED HER OWN PILLOW AND BLANKET. SIGH. THEY GROW UP SO QUICKLY.

COSTUME DRAMA

WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME DOWN THE STREET AT THE COSTUME AND PROP GIVEAWAY BEING HELD BY THE DUNDAS LITTLE THEATRE. FRITH PICKED UP A RED STUFFED HEART AND A MOUSE DRESSED LIKE MRS CLAUS.

HERE SHE IS HOLDING HER NEW POSSESSIONS. ACTUALLY, MAMA TOOK THIS ENTIRELY GRATUITOUS SECOND PICTURE BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD TO DOCUMENT THESE INCREDIBLE DAFFODILS.

DRESS UP

AFTER THE VISIT TO THE DUNDAS LITTLE THEATRE, WE CAME OUTSIDE TO FIND A GROUP OF KIDS PLAYING ON THE LAWN IN THE SUNSHINE.

FRITH NOTICED THAT THE LITTLE GIRLS WERE WEARING DRESSES. SHE INSISTED WE WALK HOME IMMEDIATELY SO SHE COULD PUT ON A DRESS.

THIS IS THE OUTFIT SHE CHOSE.

WE WALKED BACK, AND MAMA TOOK A SEAT ON THE GRASS. FRITH THEN WENT UP TO THE GROUP OF KIDS AND ANNOUNCED "I AM WEARING A DRESS". THEY WERE OLDER KIDS, AND PRETTY MUCH IGNORED HER. THIS OF COURSE BROKE MAMA'S HEART, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO FAZE THE FRITH IN THE LEAST.

AFTER A WHILE WE WANDERED INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTRE TO WATCH THE SWIMMING LESSONS, AND TO READ ONE OF THEIR LENDER BOOKS ABOUT POTTY TRAINING.

THE USUAL, PLEASE

FRITH WATCHED MAMA PULL UP SOME WEEDS THIS AFTERNOON, AND DECIDED TO HELP. MAMA DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE THAT THE WEEDS (ACTUALLY, MOSTLY GRASS) FRITH WAS PULLING UP WERE GOING INTO THE EMPTY WATER JUGS. AH WELL. HERE SHE IS POSING WITH THE FRUITS OF HER LABOURS. NAKED. IN BOOTS. WITH THEO. OF COURSE.

NO PHOTO

JUST A QUICK ONE : THIS MORNING, FRITH WAS DRIVING HERSELF CRAZY TRYING TO GET A FORK OUT FOR HER BREAKFAST. "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" SHE SAID. "I CAN'T GET THIS DRAWER OPEN."

Friday, April 18, 2008

MS MAGOO

FRITH LOVES TO SIT AROUND IN MAMA'S CAR PRETENDING TO DRIVE.

WEARING MAMA'S GLASSES IS JUST AN ADDED BENEFIT.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

HANGING AROUND THE HOUSE

AFTER A BUSY AFTERNOON OF GARDENING AND VISITING, MAMA AND THE FRITH JUST WANTED TO RELAX AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY FOR A WHILE.

THE PERFECT TIME TO WORK ON OUR WOLFMANJACK IMPRESSIONS.

BOTTLES

FRITH AND MAMA WERE WALKING PAST THIS VACANT LOT YESTERDAY ON OUR WAY TO OMI'S HOUSE. FRITH NOTICED THAT THERE WERE LOTS OF BOTTLES LYING AROUND (MOSTLY OF THE LARGE WHITE PLASTIC DETERGENT OR WASHER FLUID VARIETY) AND THAT THIS LOOKED MESSY. MAMA AGREED. FRITH THEN POINTED OUT THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD PICK THE BOTTLES UP. MAMA AGREED. WHO SHOULD PICK THEM UP FRITH?

SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE :

OMI SHOULD.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

PLAYING WITH LIGHT

FRITH GOT DRESSED UP IN HER SUPERMAN BATHING SUIT AND EASTER BONNET..

AND STARTED HANGING AROUND IN THE WINDOW.

THE LIGHT STREAMING IN MADE FOR SOME INTERESTING PHOTOS. THOUGH I THINK, DUE TO THE OUTFIT, THESE PHOTOS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INTERESTING ANYWAY.

DRUM THEY TOLD ME

THEO, FRITHA AND OMI PLAYING DRUMS BEFORE BED.

STEEL MAGNOLIA

IN OUR ONGOING BATTLE TO KEEP PLASTICS AND CHEMICALS OUT OF OUR HOUSE..

MAMA AND THE FRITH PICKED UP SOME STAINLESS STEEL ITEMS TO BE USED IN THE BATH.

FRITH JUMPED IN IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED MAKING LUNCH FOR MAMA (BROCCOLI AND CARROTS, I UNDERSTAND)

LUNCH WAS DELICIOUS.

LAZY MORNING

IN WHICH THE FRITH LAYS DOWN SOME POST-MODERN ART ON THE WINDOW, AND THEN ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE CRAYON UP HER NOSE :

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

AUTOSHOP 101

A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON SPENT OUT IN THE BACKYARD WITH FRITH AND FATNESS.

FRITH OBSERVED MAMA VERY CLOSELY DURING THE UMPTEENTH GATE REPAIRS THIS AFTERNOON..

THEN SHE DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE RASPBERRY BUSHES FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.

WHEN MAMA CAME TO INVESTIGATE, FRITH WAS WORKING ON HER CAR.

SHE HAD SUNK A REAL SCREW INTO EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE HOLE IN THAT CAR, USING MAMA'S REAL SCREWDRIVER. I THINK THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW MAMA CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE HOW PROUD SHE WAS AT THIS MOMENT.

NO FLAT TIRES AT ALL


SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE FOR YOU OF THE CAR REPAIRS UNDER WAY. WHEN I ASK FRITH WHAT SHE IS DOING, SHE SAYS "PUTTING SOME SCREWS IN MY CAR" AND THEN "THERE'S NO FLAT TIRES. NO FLAT TIRES AT ALL."

SO THERE.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

AT HOME WITH THE FRITH

FRITH NOW MOSTLY DRESSES HERSELF.

WHICH MAKES FOR SOME SPECTACULAR OUTFITS.

AND FATNESS (THE WORLD'S MOST PATIENT CAT) ..

HAS BEEN KEEPING HER COMPANY WHILE SHE WORKS HER WAY THROUGH A NASTY HEAD COLD.

MOVING FRITH

TWO MORE FRITH VIDEOS.. ON THE COUCH, NURSING A COLD, TORTURING FATNESS.



Thursday, April 03, 2008

MIXED NUTS

MAMA AND THE FRITH TAKING A RARE SELF-PORTRAIT-BY-KAMERAFONE. WE WERE OUT FOR DINNER TOGETHER AT THE WINCHESTER.

FRITH WITH BOTH LEGS STUFFED DOWN ONE ARM OF MAMA'S PARKA. SHE SAID SHE WAS BEING A MERMAID.

WE WENT FOR A WALK TO THE BANK AND THE LIBRARY THIS AFTERNOON. FRITH WORE THREE PAIRS OF PANTS. THE RED "IRISH BEAR" ABSOLUTELY HAD TO COME ALONG FOR THE TRIP.

SPRING FINEST

IN HONOUR OF THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, FRITH AND FATNESS GOT ALL DOLLED UP AGAIN.

THOUGH I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW INVOLVED FATNESS WAS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.