HEADBAND

FRITH AND MAMA TOOK THE SUNFLOWER HEADBAND PROJECT WITH US EVERYWHERE THIS WEEKEND. FRITH PLAYED AT THE LIBRARY, MAMA SEWED. FRITH CLIMBED THE JUNGLE GYM, MAMA SEWED. FRITH CHASED FATNESS AROUND THE BACK YARD, MAMA SEWED. THESE ARE BASED ON THE PATTERN OF THE PURPLE FLOWER HEADBAND, A GIFT FROM GRANDMA PAT LAST YEAR. WE (AND ALL OUR GREEN FRIENDS) WILL BE WEARING THEM OUT ON THE STREETS OF DUNDAS UNTIL ELECTION DAY!

THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF A VIDEO OF FRITH..

A VIDEO FOR FRITH.. YOU MAY WANT YOUR SPEAKERS ON FOR THIS ONE.

A LAZY AFTERNOON

MAMA HAS BEEN CRAZY BUSY THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SO TODAY, WE SPENT A LITTLE QUALITY FRITH-AND-MAMA TIME JUST HANGING OUT. HERE, WE (FRITH) DECIDED WE SHOULD PRETEND IT WAS WINTER (TO BE FAIR, IT WAS MISERABLE OUT TODAY).

THEN, SHE CHANGED INTO HER BATHING SUIT AND CRAWLED UNDER A QUILT TO READ A BOOK.

FINALLY, A SNACK.. ORGANIC DATES WITH ORGANIC CASHEW BUTTER ON ORGANIC CRACKERS. YES, THERE IS A THEME IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

PUDDICOMBE FARMS

MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK OUR FIRST FIELD TRIP WITH FRITH'S SCHOOL LAST WEEK.

WE WENT TO A WORKING FARM CALLED PUDDICOMBE, WHERE WE TOOK RIDES IN A BIG HAYWAGON, AND A LITTLE TRAIN.

WE ALSO GOT TO PICK OUR OWN APPLES FROM TINY LITTLE ORGANIC APPLE TREES. FRITH WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE GET JUST THE RIGHT APPLES. IN THE END, WE DID.

WE ALSO VISITED WITH SOME CHICKENS, AND PEANUTGOATS, AND COWS AND MULES AND DONKIES AND HORSES.

THE MULE WAS THE BIGGEST HIT. WE FED HIM OUR APPLE CORES. HE APPEARED TO BE GRATEFUL. AT LEAST HE DIDN'T SLIME US, LIKE HE DID TO FRITH'S TEACHER LOUISE (THAT'S LOUISE ON THE RIGHT, IN THE SCHOOL PICTURE FURTHER DOWN).

ARE THEY PETTISH?

A VIDEO FROM THE VISIT TO THE FARM. I WILL JUST SAY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS ONE. THE RUNNING COMMENTARY IS BORDERING ON PRICELESS.


SAME VISIT TO THE FARM. FRITH MEETS A ROOSTER AND SOME CHICKENS, AND ASKS IF SHE MAY PET THEM. ARE THEY PETTISH? SHE WANTS TO KNOW.


ONE MORE FROM THE TRAINRIDE AT THE FARM. HERE WE HAVE THE ADDED BONUS OF SONG.


FRITH IN THE MORNING WEARING HER SUPERMAN SUIT AND BACKPACK, BUILDING BRIDGES.


HANGING ON THE COUCH. FRITH STILL DOESN'T QUITE GRASP THE WHOLE META-NESS OF TALKING ABOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO WHILE THE VIDEO IS STILL BEING SHOT.

SCHOOL PICTURE!

HERE WE HAVE FRITH IN HER FIRST SCHOOL PHOTO. SECOND FROM THE LEFT, FRONT ROW, DRESSED IN HER OWN SPECIAL WAY.

HERE WE HAVE MAMA IN HER FIRST SCHOOL PHOTO. SECOND FROM THE LEFT, FRONT ROW, DRESSED IN HER OWN SPECIAL WAY.

THE FRITH - A RETROSPECTIVE

UNTIL MAMA FINDS THE TIME TO GET THE KAMERA BATTERY ISSUE SORTED OUT, HERE'S A LITTLE RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT A MUCH YOUNGER BEAN :

SOME MORNING PICTURES

IN THE FEW MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL EACH MORNING, FRITH AND MAMA TRY TO GET A LITTLE TIME IN TOGETHER.

MOSTLY WE SPEND THIS TIME EATING BREAKFAST.

AND HAMMING IT UP..

AND GETTING CAUGHT BY PAPARAZZI.

SATURDAY MORNING WE SPENT AT THE ANCASTER FAIR. ALONG WITH OUR TIME IN THE GREEN PARTY BOOTH, WE VISITED WITH COWS, HORSES, GEESE, ROOSTERS, CHICKENS, BUNNIES. AND THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHEEP. WE ALSO RODE THE MERRY GO ROUND, THE SPINNING CARS AND THE FLYING ELEPHANTS. WE MAY GO BACK FOR THE TRAIN RIDE TODAY, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME ANY MORE

APOLOGIES FOR THE LACK OF PHOTOS LATELY. THE KAMERA IS NOT FUNCTIONING SO WELL ANY MORE. ONE PHOTO AND THEN BOOM, NO MORE BATTERY.

MAMA AND FRITH DON'T SEEM TO HAVE MUCH TIME TO JUST HANG OUT THESE DAYS. WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE RUN FROM SOMEWHERE TO SOMEPLACE. I MISS JUST HANGING AROUND ON THE BED READING IN THE MORNINGS..

BUT SOME THINGS HAVE STAYED THE SAME.. BREAKFAST IN A BEAM OF SUNSHINE, IN OUR PAJAMAS FOR INSTANCE.

SCHOOL AND ALL THAT

MAMA AND FRITH MADE THE TREK TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THOUGH THERE WAS SOME INITIAL TREPIDATION, AND MANY TIGHT HUGS..

IT WAS FOR THE MOST PART A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE (EXCEPT FOR THE BIT WHERE MAMA CRIED HER EYES OUT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CAR OF COURSE)

.. A KAMERAFONE SHOT FROM A FEW DAYS AGO IN OMI'S BACKYARD



WE'LL LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH A QUIET MORNING INTERLUDE.. THE FRITH, ENJOYING HER HOT CEREAL WITH FRUIT.