FRITHA'S LAST-YEAR SNOWPANTS WENT THE WAY OF THE WILDEBEEST, SO MAMA AND FRITH WENT SHOPPING LAST NIGHT.
WE PICKED UP A PURPLE ENSEMBLE, INCLUDING THIS LOVELY STRIPED HOODED SWEATER.
WHICH WENT JUST PERFECTLY WITH HER YELLOW BJORN BORG HEADBAND.
SEE?
TOLD YOU.
HERE'S THE REST OF THE OUTFIT.
WE OFTEN GO TO VISIT THE T-REX AND THE BRONTOSAURUS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS FRITH IS WILLING TO COME TO THE BIG FELLA. THOUGH SHE'LL ROMP FOR HOURS BETWEEN THE FEET OF THE LIFE-SIZE BRONTOSAURUS (NOT PICTURED HERE).
EVERY YEAR WE RAKE THE LEAVES.. ONCE.
WE WAIT TIL THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM.. ENOUGH TO BURY A FRIEND IN.
AND THEN WE GO TO TOWN.
IT IS ALWAYS FUN.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE ALWAYS PUT IT OFF TIL THE LAST MINUTE.
REMEMBER LAST YEAR?
OR THE YEAR BEFORE?
OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT?
AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT?
MAMA HAS BEEN GETTING SOME HELP WITH THE DISHES LATELY.
HERE WE HAVE A STRIPED BUTTERFLY / TENNIS PLAYER EATING A MORNING BAGEL WITH CASHEW BUTTER AND SOME ALMOND MILK.
WITH THE FLU COMING AND GOING AT OUR HOUSE..
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE A NICE LONG WALK IN A WHILE.
SO WE MADE UP FOR IT ON THE WEEKEND.
THIS ONE IS FROM THE HALLOWE'EN DANCE AT FRITH'S SCHOOL
POSSIBLY DOING THE TIME WARP HERE. NOT SURE.
HALLOWE'EN WAS A BIGGER THING THIS YEAR, WITH FRITH BEING NEARLY FOUR.
WE CARVED A PUMPKIN.
AND CHRISTENED HER (!) GOOPY.
BECAUSE SHE WAS GOOPY INSIDE, OBV.
FRITH DREW THE FACE, AND MAMA CUT IT OUT. EASY PEASY.
THE COSTUME WAS : A BUTTERFLY.
THOUGH THERE WAS VERY LITTLE INTEREST IN EXPANDING THE COSTUME BEYOND WINGS AND FACEPAINT. THIS STRIPEY DRESS, A VALUE VILLAGE FIND EXTRAORDINAIRE, HAS BEEN THE OUTFIT OF CHOICE MOST DAYS LATELY. IT IS STARTING TO SHRED FROM THE CONSTANT WASHING.
SOME QUICK PAINTING SNUCK IN BEFORE HEADING OUT FOR TRICK OR TREATING.
FOR THE ACTUAL TRICK OR TREATING, A DIFFERENT FACE PAINT WAS REQUIRED. THIS TIME RED. PLUS GOGGLES FOR AFTERWARDS.
AFTER A BATH TO HOSE OFF THE BUTTERFLY FACE, THIS IS THE ROBE USED TO KEEP WARM. AGAIN WITH THE GOGGLES.
PINK HALLOWE'EN POFFERTJES (MINI PANCAKES)
A BIG HIT. I THINK FRITH MUST HAVE EATEN TWELVE OR THIRTEEN OF THEM. LET'S CALL IT THIRTEEN, FOR EXTRA HALLOWE'ENNESS.
FRITH AND HER BFF AT DYMENT'S FARM.
FRITH WAS SO EXCITED TO SPEND THE DAY WITH ALL HER CLASSMATES.
BUT THE BEST PART WAS HANGING OUT WITH CYNTHIA. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A MISERABLY COLD DAY.. BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER!
I'M GUESSING THIS BIT WILL BECOME AN ANNUAL TRADITION.
HEADING HOME FROM THE FARM..
A WEEK OR SO EARLIER WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE ZOO (YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THOSE PICTURES I THINK?
THERE WERE CUDDLY FUZZY LITTLE CRITTERS TO PET.
AND SOME NOT SO CUDDLY CRITTERS.
A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS A TRIP TO MARINELAND, AND YET MORE PETTING OF CRITTERS.
A DAY WITH GAMMY AND PAPA AND MAMA AT THE BRANTFORD ZOO. HERE'S FRITH ON GRACE, THE LOCAL PONY.
AND HERE IS FRITH ON PAPA.
NO FEAR, WE DID NOT PICK UP ANY GOATS.
WE DID HOWEVER PLAY WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL DEER.
AND WE DID NOT GET SPIT UPON BY A CAMEL.
LATER, WE PLAYED WITH GAMMY, WHO HAS THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT.
AND ALSO FATNESS, WHO ALSO HAD THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT.
