FRITH'S IMITATION OF A SABERTOOTH TIGER ABOUT TO POUNCE.
EVEN SABER TOOTH TIGERS TAKE TIME OUT BETWEEN POUNCINGS TO READ A BOOK ONCE IN A WHILE.
FRITH AND GRANDMA PAT HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS..
I THINK FRITH IS ATTEMPTING TO TURN THIS LOOKING-OUT-THE-WINDOW THING INTO A FAMILY TRADITION.
WE ALL GATHERED FOR DINNER AT OMI'S - FRITH WAS THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION, WHICH HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SHE WAS THE ONE MAKING THE MOST NOISE.
FRITH OMI AND MAMA SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH MAMA'S UNCLE JOE (OMI'S BROTHER FROM CALIFORNIA) AND AUNT CAJA. WE ATE AT THE WINCHESTER, WE DRANK WINE AT OMI'S AND WE TALKED AS MUCH AS WE COULD, WHILE FRITH CONTINUED ON DAY THREE OF HER "WORLDS MOST ANNOYING NOISE" MARATHON - THE NOISE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A WHINE, A GROAN AND A CHAINSAW. AND IT GOES ON ALL DAY. 
THIS MORNING FRITH HELPED MAMA LIFT WEIGHTS (THIS IS FAR MORE FUN WITH A NINE-MONTH OLD BABY HANGING AROUND THAN WITHOUT ONE)
LATER ON, WE GOT NAKED AND LEARNED ABOUT THE LETTER "T". THAT MAKES THE LETTERS SO FAR I-P-O-T.. OKAY, I'VE GOT NOTHING.
FRITH AND MAMA HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THE WINDOW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.
SHE SEEMS TO LIKE STANDING THERE, JUST WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY.
THEN SOMETIMES, SHE'LL TURN TO ME AND GRIN, JUST TO LET ME KNOW SHE IS VERY AMUSED.
SHE IS ALSO LEARNING TO BE A LITTLE MORE GENTLE WITH FATNESS.
WHICH HE SEEMS TO GENUINELY APPRECIATE.
SHE FOLLOWED UP YESTERDAY'S LESSON ON THE LETTER "I" WITH TODAY'S ON THE LETTER "P"
AND "O" .. I THINK SHE MAY BE TAKING GRANDPA KEN'S ADVICE, WHICH WAS TO START ON THE FAST TRACK TO WALL STREET. BEGINNING WITH INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS, APPARENTLY.
ANYONE CARE TO PLACE A BET AS TO HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE WE DISCOVER A CHEESE SANDWICH INSIDE?
TODAY FRITH DISCOVERED THAT SHOES LIVE ON THE SHELF ABOVE THE UNDERPANTS. THUDS ENSUED.
THEN, SHE ATTEMPTED TO TEACH THE ALPHABET TO FATNESS, BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER "I"
TO GIVE FATNESS A BREAK FROM HIS STUDIES, MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A QUICK AFTERNOON DRIVE TO MICHAELS CRAFT STORE. WE BOUGHT THREE HINGED WOODEN BOXES, WITH WHICH TO FURTHER EXPERIMENT WITH THE CONCEPTS OF OPEN AND CLOSED. THEY WERE A BIG HIT.
OMI TREATED MAMA AND THE FRITH TO DINNER AT THE SCHWABEN INN. AS USUAL, FRITH CHARMED THE PANTS OFF THE WAITSTAFF (NOT LITERALLY - ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR A MEMORABLE DINING EXPERIENCE) AND COVERED EVERY AVAILABLE SURFACE WITH CRACKER CRUMBS. HERE THEY ARE AT HOME AFTERWARDS, DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THE MEAL.
THE FRITH IS NOW PULLING HERSELF UP TO A STANDING POSITION ON ANYTHING THAT WILL HOLD STILL. INCLUDING FATNESS, MAMA OR IN THIS CASE, THE PIANO.
ONCE UP THERE, A LENGTHY CONCERTO ENSUES, WHICH IS ENJOYED BY ALL. EXCEPT MAYBE FATNESS, WHO HIDES UNDER THE COUCH FOR MOST OF IT.
