NINCOMPOOP

frith and mama spend a little time each day typing words on the computer. frith tells me the word she wants to write, and i dictate the letters to her. she is able to pick out the following letters : i o p m n s a x c r g and e.. so of course, the word she has wanted to spell every day for the past week? NINCOMPOOP. here's a screen shot of today's work.

EYEBALLS ETCETERA

MAMA AND FRITH CONTRIBUTED EYEBALL SANDWICHES TO THE HALLOWEEN POTLUCK AT SCHOOL TODAY (SOY CREAMCHEESE, OLIVES AND RED FOOD COLOURING ON SOME CRUSTY ARTISAN BREAD)

THE KITTY-KAT-FAIRY-PRINCESS COSTUME WAS FINISHED AT THE LAST MOMENT.

EVEN KITTY-KAT-FAIRY-PRINCESSES HAVE TO EAT.

A FEW DAYS AGO, OPA AND MAMA BEAR CAME TO VISIT.

THIS WAS WHERE THE KITTY-CAT-FAIRY-PRINCESS IDEA BEGAN. NOTE THE TIARA AND WHISKERS.

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).