MAMA, OMI AND THE FRITH VISITED TORONTO FOR OPA'S BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY - MAMA BEAR KEEPS A PLAY GYM ON HAND FOR THESE VISITS, AND FRITH WAS IN HEAVEN FIDDLING AROUND IN IT.
THEN LAST NIGHT MAMA AND THE FRITH VISITED WITH PEGGY AND MADDY - HERE WE HAVE MADDY MAKING FROSTY-THE-SNOWMAN-COOKIES WHILE FRITH ZOOMS PAST IN THE BACKGROUND.
THERE WERE RUDOLF ANTLERS, AND OF COURSE MAMA TRIED VERY HARD TO GET A PHOTO OF FRITH WEARING THEM.
ALMOST..
FAIT ACCOMPLI.
FRITH AND THE NEW HANGING OUT IN THE ALMOST-FINISHED-FRITH-BEDROOM.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE FRITH-AS-MUSIC-BOX-DANCER.
FRITH-SPHINX
MAMA AND THE FRITH LIKE TO EAT EDAMAME AS AN APPETIZER, EVEN THOUGH IT TENDS TO GET A LITTLE MESSY. LATER MAMA LIKES TO PICK UP TRAILS OF SOYBEAN HUSKS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
I'VE HAD TO STOP LEAVING THINGS ON TOP OF THE ENTRY-SHELF, AS THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN GOAT CAN NOW CLIMB UP ON THE COUCH BY HERSELF AND PLUNDER AWAY.
JUST WHAT EXACTLY IS THE DEAL WITH KIDS TODAY AND THEIR SAGGY PANTS?
PROOF POSITIVE THAT ALL THINGS ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER HAVE BECOME FAIR GAME. THE BEAN IS A BEANSTALK.
MAMA WE WANT TO GO OUTSIDE MAMA WE WANT TO GO OUTSIDE MAMA WE WANT TO GO OUTSIDE
YESTERDAY WAS A TOUGH DAY. THE FRITH GOT SICK; BARF AND SNOT ABOUNDED. IT DIDN'T STOP HER FROM LOOKING ABSOLUTELY SWEET IN HER NEW FOOTIE PAJAMAS HOWEVER.
BY THIS MORNING SOMEONE WAS FEELING A LITTLE BETTER THOUGH.
MAMA STILL HAS TO CHANGE BOTH OUR SHIRTS EVERY HOUR OR SO, AS SNOT STILL ABOUNDS.
ONE MUST STAY HYDRATED WHEN ONE IS RECOVERING FROM THIS SORT OF THING.
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.
