BOON

MAMA WENT TO GET EYEGLASSES AND THE FRITH CAME ALONG FOR MORAL SUPPORT. EXCEPT SHE STARTED TO CRY WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT FOR THE EYE TESTS (THE FRITH, NOT MAMA). SO HEATHER (THE NICE GLASSES-LADY) GAVE HER A RED BALLOON WHICH IMMEDIATELY MADE EVERYTHING RIGHT IN THE WORLD.

I WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO OF THE FRITH WEARING SUNGLASSES, AS SHE ACTUALLY LEAVES THEM ON LONG ENOUGH TO SNAP A PHOTO NOW SOMETIMES. NOT TODAY THOUGH. ALTHOUGH THIS DOES GIVE YOU A PERFECT VIEW OF ALL SEVEN FRITH TEETH.

AND OF COURSE, SOME MORE FATNESS-LOVE.

THIS IS ONE LONG-SUFFERING KITTY CAT.

I MUST SAY

ALTHOUGH FRITH IS WEARING A FAIRLY SPECTACULAR ED GRIMLEY HAIRDO IN THIS PHOTO, THE MORE SPECTACULAR THING ABOUT THIS IS THE FACT THAT SHE IS WALKING TOWARD THE CAMERA.

BUT A CLOSE-UP OF THE HAIRDO WAS STILL NECESSARY.

FRITH SEEMS TO LIKE KITTY TOYS MORE THAN BABY TOYS MOSTLY.

SHE ALSO SEEMS TO LIKE KITTY TOYS MORE THAN THE KITTIES DO.

THE FRITH AND HER TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT

OMI'S OLDEST FRIEND ALMUTH CAME TO VISIT A FEW WEEKS AGO (MAMA LIKED HER VERY MUCH) - WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR ALMUTH TO LEAVE, SHE GAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL SCARF TO MAMA AS A GIFT.

FRITH DECIDED TO MODEL IT TODAY. LET ME BE CLEAR, SHE PUT IT ON LIKE THIS HERSELF. IT WAS, AS USUAL, AMAZING.

DISHWASHER

AS USUAL, FRITH AND MAMA WERE OVER AT OMI'S FOR SHABBAT DINNER. AFTERWARDS, FRITH HELPED OMI LOAD THE DISHWASHER.

SAFECRACKER

BECAUSE THE KITCHEN CHEMICAL-TYPE-STUFF MUST BE LOCKED UP UNDER THE SINK, THE FRITH HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE UP A NEW PROFESSION..

SAFECRACKING.

JUST A FEW MORE CHRISTMAS PICTURES!

COUSIN MARIANNE SENT OVER SOME MORE PICTURES FROM OUR VISIT LAST WEEK..

HERE WE HAVE FRITH TEACHING MAMA HOW TO PLAY CHOPSTICKS.

AND HERE WE HAVE MAMA, THE FRITH, OMI AND NEL BOS, A FAMILY FRIEND VISITING FOR DINNER.

DESTRUCTO : THE HUMAN WRECKING BALL

ANOTHER TIME-LIFE PHOTO ESSAY. HERE WE HAVE A NICE TOWER BUILT OUT OF MEGA-BLOX.

THE FRITH REACHES FOR IT..

.. AND DESTROYS IT.

AND THEN LOOKS UP SADLY, WONDERING WHERE IT HAS GONE.

LATER, SHE HELPED MAMA DO THE DISHES. CLEARLY, DOING CHORES IS NOT HER FAVOURITE PAST-TIME.

A TRAIL OF DETRITUS AND ONE MORE CHRISTMAS VISIT

FRITH HAS TAKEN TO READING THE CIRCULARS, FIVE OR SIX OF WHICH TURN UP EVERY DAY.

SHE ALSO LIKES TO DISASSEMBLE THE DIAPER BAG ALL OVER THE KITCHEN FLOOR.

THIS WAS A VISIT TO COUSIN MARIANNE'S HOUSE..

FRITH CRAWLED OVER THE ENTIRE HOUSE, TOP TO BOTTOM AND ATTEMPTED TO EAT ANYTHING IN HER PATH.

BUT CAME BACK EVENTUALLY TO THIS LITTLE DOLL, WHICH IS WOUND UP AND PLAYS A QUIET LITTLE TUNE SHE JUST LOVES.

THE TRIP TO OHIO

MAMA, OMI AND THE FRITH DROVE TO OHIO TO SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH PAPA AND HIS FAMILY. FRITH SCREAMED MOST OF THE WAY THERE, BUT ABOUT AN HOUR OUT OF PAINESVILLE, SHE FINALLY FELL ASLEEP. MAMA HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE, AS IT IS VERY RARE FOR US EVER TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A SLEEPING FRITH.

HERE'S OMI HAVING A NAP IN OUR HOTEL ROOM. IT WAS A VERY CLASSY HOTEL, THE QUAIL HOLLOW RESORT.

THIS IS THE DOOR OF ROOM 203. WE WERE IN ROOM 207. ON OUR WAY BACK TO OUR ROOM ON CHRISTMAS DAY NIGHT, AFTER A GLASS OF WINE IN THE LOUNGE, WE PASSED ROOM 203 JUST AS A HANDSOME YOUNG NAKED MAN STUMBLED OUT INTO THE HALL. HE SQUINTED US, AND THEN BUMBLED BACK INSIDE. I THINK HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS BATHROOM. OMI NOTED HE WAS CIRCUMCISED.

THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK A WALK ON THE GROUNDS OF THE RESORT.

IT WAS COLD AND WET AND GRAY, AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL. ALL IN ALL, A MEMORABLE SECOND CHRISTMAS WITH THE FRITH.

CHRISTMAS EVE

BECAUSE HAVING A CHRISTMAS TREE SIMPLY WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH A TWO-FOOT HIGH DESTROYER-OF-ANYTHING-WITHIN-REACH, MAMA BUILT A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT OF BOOKS AND TEA-LIGHTS.

BEFORE OMI CAME OVER TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON, THE FRITH DECIDED TO BRUSH HER TEETH.

SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO STAND UP THERE ON THE TOILET WITH HER TOOTHBRUSH FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO HOURS. SHE WOULD NOT MOVE, NO MATTER WHAT WE TRIED. WHEN WE FINALLY TOOK HER DOWN TO TRY TO FEED HER SHE SCREAMED SO HARD HER HEAD NEARLY EXPLODED. VERY PECULIAR.