PAPA OFFERED TO TAKE MAMA AND THE FRITH OUT FOR DINNER AT THE COLLINS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
THE COLLINS WAS FRITH'S CHOICE - I THINK SHE HAS A CRUSH ON NATHAN, THE CUTE RED-HAIRED WAITER.
NO WAIT. THAT WAS MAMA.
FRITH SHOWED OFF HER STANDING-ON-ONE-FOOT ABILITIES (SHE SAYS SHE IS SKATING).
AND THEN PUT ON A PUPPET SHOW FOR THE LADIES IN THE NEXT BOOTH USING A BLACK CLOTH NAPKIN.
AND FINALLY, FRITHS LATEST IMITATION OF A SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER.
WE WENT TO THE OWL PROWL AT THE MOUNTSBERG WILDLIFE CENTRE A FEW NIGHTS AGO.
FIRST THERE WAS A PUPPET SHOW, FEATURING BUSHY AND HOOTS (A SQUIRREL AND AN OWL).
THEN WE MET CHOMPERS, A GREAT HORNED OWL. FRITH WAS VERY IMPRESSED - SHE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT CHOMPERS.
BEFORE WE WENT OUTSIDE FOR A CAMPFIRE STORY (AND ANOTHER MEETING WITH CHOMPERS, LOOKING SPOOKY IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT) FRITH DECIDED SHE OUGHT TO GO BACKSTAGE TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT. I THINK SHE GAVE THE SNOWY OWL A BIT OF A SCARE - HE PROMPTLY POOPED ON THE FLOOR.
FRITH HAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, INHERITED HER MAMA'S QUESTIONABLE SENSE OF STYLE.
HERE SHE IS DEMONSTRATING HOW ONE SHOULD WEAR A SOCK WITH A BLOWN OUT TOE. ON YOUR ARM, OBVIOUSLY.
OMI CREATED AND ASSEMBLED A CHINESE DRAGON WITH THE KIDS AT FRITH'S SCHOOL FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR.
FRITH, GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY.
WE WERE AT THE LIBRARY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND, WHERE FRITH DEMONSTRATED HER MAD CHALK-DRAWING SKILLS. SHE HAS STARTED TO DRAW CIRCLE-TYPE OBJECTS LATELY. SHE SAYS THEY'RE PICTURES OF MAMA AND FRITHA. AND WHALEY (THE ANCIENT BLUE RUBBER BATH WHALE).
mama, omi and the frith went to visit andrea and her new baby alexandra.
because they live in oakville, we took the train to avoid getting stuck in hours of highway delays.
instead, on the way home we got stuck in hours of train delays.
no big deal though. frith headed across the aisle and got to know some of the other passengers.
the only shot i managed to get at andrea's house.. frith in the rec-room. playing trains of course.
frith loves to jump on beds.
they are like big soft cushy trampolines.
omi's guest-room has the biggest best bed of them all.
so frith went to town last night. 
omi finally couldn't take it any more, and had to sit at the edge to prevent any frith-overboarding.
sometimes you just have to grab the frith and hug her. she's a prickly pear, but what are you going to do? she's just the most squeezable thing on this entire planet, i'll tell you what.
FRITH AND MAMA VISITED OPA AND MAMA BEAR AGAIN TODAY.
WE HAD A LOVELY SWIM, AND THEN ANOTHER MEMORABLE PIZZA PICNIC IN THE LIVING ROOM, WITH THE BEARS WEARING FRITH'S SWIMSUITS. FRITH INSISTED ON BRINGING FOUR SWIMSUITS ALONG "JUST IN CASE". JUST IN CASE IS HER SECOND FAVOURITE PHRASE THIS WEEK. THE NUMBER ONE FAVOURITE, IF YOU'LL PARDON THE EXPRESSION, IS A MASHUP OF "LITTLE BOY BLUE" AND "LITTLE BO PEEP" .. WAIT FOR IT..
WE ALSO MANAGED TO EXTRACT SOME OLD PHOTOS FROM MAMA BEAR'S CAMERA.
FRITH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD HERE I THINK..
WAS SHE EVER THIS TINY?
ANOTHER FOOT OF SNOW LANDED WITH A RESOUNDING WHOMP ON DUNDAS.
SO MAMA AND THE FRITH HEADED OVER TO OMI'S HOUSE WITH FRITH IN THE SLEIGH.
WHEN WE GOT THERE WE MADE A SNOW-KITTY IN THE DRIVEWAY, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE OVERZEALOUS MINISNOWPLOW DRIVER HIRED BY THE CONDO CORPORATION.
AFTERWARDS WE WENT INSIDE AND ATE GRAPES. GRAPES MAKE OMI SNEEZE. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
MAMA HASN'T HAD MUCH LUCK GETTING A PHOTO OF FRITH'S FACE THE LAST DAY OR SO. HERE IS FRITH'S BACK, AT BOSTON PIZZA.
AND HERE IS FRITH'S BACK, DRESSED IN THE CHICKEN COSTUME. SHE IS MAKING DINNER FOR A PARTY OF TWO SMALL BEARS SITTING ON POTS OF MANGO BODY BUTTER.
THE MEAL WAS MADE OF THE FOLLOWING LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET : O C G AND E. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS.
