A FAIRY PRINCESS AND SOME LEAVES

FRITHA SAID "MAMA I WANT SOME WINGS, SO I CAN FLY" .. SO MAMA CAME HOME WITH A PREVIOUSLY-LOVED FAIRY PRINCESS COSTUME SEVERAL SIZES TOO BIG FROM GOODWILL.

FRITH HASN'T (WILLINGLY) TAKEN IT OFF FOR TWO DAYS. TODAY WE VISITED THE POST OFFICE AND THEN ROMPED IN THE LEAVES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

EVERYONE WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE US. I MEAN, WHO EXPECTS TO MEET A FAIRY PRINCESS ON AN AVERAGE-TO-COLD FALL DAY IN SMALL-TOWN ONTARIO?

SOME BLAIR-WITCHY TYPE CAMERA WORK BY MAMA, TRYING TO DEFEND HERSELF FROM THE LEAF ONSLAUGHT, TRYING NOT GIGGLE TOO HARD AND TRYING TO STILL KEEP FRITH IN SHOT :

VIDEO MINTS

THE RHINOCEROS NOSE PROTECTOR


THE JUMBO JET SONG (AKA THE DARK SONG) .. FRITH HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ONE FOR A WHILE

..AND A BOTTLE OF WINE MAMA

AT THE ROCKTON FAIR FRITH DISCOVERED FACEPAINTING.

LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

WE GOT SOME PAINTING DONE BEFORE THANKSGIVING DINNER.

ALL AVAILABLE GRANDPARENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE, AND FRITH WAS ON HER BEST BEHAVIOUR.

AND THE TOFURKEY WAS HANDS-DOWN OUR BEST EVER. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ASSORTED MINTS

WE GOT A LITTLE PUMPKIN IN OUR SHARE FROM THE FARM THIS WEEK.

FRITH DREW THE FACE ON, AND THEN MAMA CARVED IT OUT.

THEN WE PUT HIM OUTSIDE. IT WASN'T EASY TO LEAVE HIM ALONE OUT THERE ALL NIGHT, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WERE CONVINCED THAT HE'D BE OKAY. HE WAS.

NEXT MORNING, THIS WAS THE OUTFIT FOR SCHOOL. DEFINITELY NEEDED TO BE RECORDED FOR POSTERITY.

AND WE WENT FOR DINNER WITH OMI.. TO CRABBY JOE'S (OF COURSE) WHERE VEGGIE BURGERS AND PASTA WERE ENJOYED BY ALL.


SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE PUMPKIN DESIGNER IN ACTION.


AND FINALLY, SOME FOOTAGE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SPIN TOO LONG IN ONE DIRECTION.

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.