HOO HOO

MAMA MADE A BOOK FOR FRITH (CLICK HERE TO SEE IT)

GERMAN LESSONS

FRITH AND MAMA HEADED OVER TO OMI'S HOUSE TO HELP OUT WITH UNCLE KENNY'S WEEKLY GERMAN LESSONS.

BUT WOUND UP, AS USUAL, TAKING THE LESSON OFF ON A COMPLETELY UNRELATED TANGENT.

UNCLE KENNY WAS NICE ABOUT IT THOUGH. HIS GERMAN IS GETTING QUITE GOOD, INCIDENTALLY.

THESE SHOES WERE MADE FOR WALKING

FRITH DISCOVERED A PAIR OF MAMA'S SIZE EIGHTS HANGING AROUND IN THE KITCHEN AND DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TRY..

ALTHOUGH KEEPING HER BALANCE WAS A BIT CHALLENGING..

THE END RESULT WAS ENTIRELY WORTH IT.

DINNER AND A WALK

TODAY FRITH AND MAMA HAD DINNER ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE FUTURE IN-LAWS (HOLDEN AND FRITH ARE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED)

AND THEN TOOK A LO-O-O-ONG WALK AFTER DINNER, IN THE SWEET SPRING SUNSHINE. FRITH TALKED VEHEMENTLY FOR THE ENTIRE WALK (BAH BEDLIA BEAHBDRA ROED BALA BA), AND STILL MADE TIME FOR EVERY MUD PUDDLE.

CANADIAN DOLL

OPA AND MAMA BEAR WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE FRITH HAS FORMED A SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT TO A SET OF RUSSIAN DOLLS THEY BROUGHT FOR HER A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM HALIFAX. I THINK SHE FINDS THEM MATHEMATICALLY SATISFYING.

SILLY GOOSE

CONSIDERING THE SOURCE OF HER NAME, IT WAS ABOUT TIME THE FRITH MET A GOOSE. THIS IS FRANK.

(FRITHA'S GRANDPARENTS CAME TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND FROM OHIO, SO WE ALL WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER TO VISIT WITH THE LOCAL FLOCK. HERE WE HAVE FRITH AND GRANDMA PAT, WITH FRANK IN THE BACKGROUND.

A GIRL AND HER CAT

AFTER DINNER, MAMA AND THE FRITH WALKED OMI PART WAY HOME IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE.

I BELIEVE FRITH ACTUALLY SKIPPED PART OF THE WAY. MAMA FELT LIKE SKIPPING TOO, IT WAS SO COMPLETELY BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE.

IT WAS THE FIRST SPRING-LIKE DAY WE'VE HAD. THE NEW CAME TO MEET US A BLOCK FROM HOME, AND WALKED THE REST OF THE WAY WITH FRITH.

SOMETIMES A LITTLE AHEAD, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BEHIND.

BUT MOSTLY, RIGHT BY HER SIDE. (HERE, SHE STARTED SKIPPING AGAIN).

SHE'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN..

AT OMI'S HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON FRITH DEMONSTRATED HER MAD CHALK-DRAWING SKILLZ.

SHE IS A REGULAR SIMON.

IF SIMON DREW WITH HIS NOSE.

MAMA ALSO COULD NOT RESIST SHOWING YOU ALL WHAT THE FRITH LOOKS LIKE IN HER TREMENDOUSLY CUTE PINK PAJAMAS.

N'EST PAS VRAI?

ANOTHER SATURDAY, ANOTHER TRIP TO THE VILLAGE BAKERY

IT WAS A GRAY RAINY SATURDAY HERE IN OUR LITTLE VALLEY TOWN.

SO WE ALL DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE BAKERY TO EAT MANY, MANY OF THEIR PROPRIETARY GINGER SOFTS. HERE HOLDEN AND FRITH ARE ATTEMPTING TO CRAWL OUT THE MAIL SLOT, AND ARE DISCUSSING WHO GETS TO GO FIRST.

LATER WE TOOK A LITTLE WALK ON RAINY KING STREET, WHILE FRITH AND HOLDEN PLAYED HIDE-AND-SEEK.

FRITH FOUND HIM. BUT IT TOOK HER A BIT. GOOD SPOT HOLDS!

SHABBAT REDUX

THIS WEEK SHABBAT DINNER AT OMI'S HOUSE WAS ATTENDED BY THE FREEMAN CLAN, TWO OF WHOM ARE VISITING FROM OUT WEST.. HERE MADDY AND FRITH ARE MAKING THE MOST OF A FAIRLY VAST COLLECTION OF MARKERS (MADDY DRAWING, FRITH CHEWING)

AND HERE ARE THE REST OF US - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, PEGGY, BRUCE, TERI, AH-PAPA AND OMI IN HER NEW-STYLE KIPPA.