IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL COOL AUTUMN AFTERNOON.
MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A WALK THROUGH DUNDAS AFTER DINNER, CARRYING A RED LEAF.
WE ALSO VISITED WITH AN OLD FRIEND YESTERDAY - HERE ARE FRITH AND SILAS (WHO IS ALSO TWO) RUNNING TOWARD THE SLIDE IN THE TWILIGHT.
EARLIER SOME DRESSING UP WAS DONE.
FRITH THOUGHT THIS WAS MOST EXCELLENT.
IT WAS A PARTY-FILLED WEEKEND FOR THE FRITH.
HOLDEN HAD A BIRTHDAY; BALLOONS WERE THE BIG HIT OF THE AFTERNOON.
TAKING SOME TIME OUT FOR A KAMERAFONE SELF-PORTRAIT WITH MAMA.
PLAYING WITH THE PARTY LOOT (MAMA IS NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT FRITH DID NOT MAKE OFF WITH SOME OF HOLDEN'S PRESENTS)
DRINKING SOME JUICE WITH PAPA.
PLAYING SOME BALLOONS WITH REVEREND MIKE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND QUIETLY INVESTIGATING THE BEANBAG THROW WHILE ALL THE OTHER KIDS WERE BUSY ELSEWHERE.
FRITH AND AUNTIE JENNIE (IN HER FAST NEW HAT) SHOPPING FOR TOYS AND LIQUOR.
AUNTIE JENNIE TOOK A SPECTACULAR PHOTO OF MOE, NOSE-DEEP IN MORNING GLORY.
MAMA AND THE FRITH WERE INVITED ALONG TO THE RUSSIAN FEAST AT AUNTIE JENNIE'S MAMA'S HOUSE IN ORANGEVILLE.
FRITH TOOK A FEW MOMENTS TO GET WARMED UP, BUT SHE SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING GETTING INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS (AS YOU CAN SEE HERE) DEMONSTRATING SOMERSAULTS AND MAKING PEOPLE READ TO HER. SHE WAS THE CONSUMMATE PARTY GUEST.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, WE BRUSHED OUR TEETH. WITH BOTH TOOTHBRUSHES.
SHABBAT DINNER AT OMI'S HOUSE WAS FULLY ATTENDED THIS WEEK.
FRITH SPENT MOST OF THE TIME CLIMBING ALL OVER AUNTIE JENNIE, WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND ALL THAT MUCH.
TANTES JOKE AND EMMA SENT SOME PHOTOS BACK FROM HOLLAND OF THEIR VISIT.. HERE IS FRITH TRYING ON HER NEW CLOGS.
AND MAMA AND FRITH PARTAKING IN THE BACK-YARD FEAST.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE FAMILY VISITING AT OPA'S HOUSE IN TORONTO. IT WOULD TAKE FAR TOO LONG TO DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. SUFFICE IT TO SAY WE ARE FAMILY, IN ALL THE WAYS THAT MATTER.
AUNTIE JENNIE ARRIVED ON WEDNESDAY, AND FRITH IMMEDIATELY CLAIMED HER AS HER OWN.
HERE WE HAVE FRITH DOING HER MIRROR ROUTINE WITH THE TOILET SEAT, WHILE AUNTIE JENNIE PLAYS POLTERGEIST IN THE BACKGROUND.
PAPA TOOK US ALL OUT FOR DINNER AT CRABBY JOE'S, AND FRITH SPILLED A LITTLE JUICE ON HERSELF. OBVIOUSLY, THE SOLUTION WAS TO TAKE OFF HER SHIRT AND DANCE WITH AUNTIE JENNIE.
THEN, SOME TOPLESS FOOSBALL WAS ENJOYED BY ALL.
AND FINALLY, WE ALL ADJOURNED TO THE BOOTH FOR SOME POST-FOOSBALL CRAYON DRAWING.
FRITH AND MAMA TOOK A WALK THIS AFTERNOON..
FRITH WAS DRESSED IN HER SUNDAY BEST.
WE SAT FOR A BIT AT THE MONUMENT (WHICH EVERYONE WHO'S ANYONE IN DUNDAS KNOWS IS WHERE THE COOLEST KIDS HANG OUT)
WE CARRIED A FEW LEAVES FROM POINT A TO POINT B
WE WALKED A LITTLE MORE
FRITH POSED FOR A FEW STILL PORTRAIT SHOTS, LIKE THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL SHE IS
IBID
I THINK HERE SHE MAY HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS WALKING BUSINESS, AND HAD HER EYE OUT FOR THE NEXT BUS HOME. INSTEAD, SHE RODE HOME ON MAMA'S SHOULDERS, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE. ALSO A DIFFICULT ONE TO PHOTOGRAPH, THOUGH NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING.
FRITH AND OMI HAD A TEA PARTY, FOR THE DURATION OF WHICH FRITH INSISTED THEY BOTH WEAR VIKING HELMETS. HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN OCCASION WHERE A VIKING HAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE? I THINK NOT.
