GOGGLES AND POFERTJES

POFERTJES ARE LITTLE TINY DUTCH PANCAKES - TRADITIONALLY THEY ARE SPRINKLED WITH POWDERED SUGAR, BUT WE WENT WITH THE MORE CANADIAN TRADITION OF MAPLE SYRUP.

FRITH AND MAMA VISITED WITH PEGGY AND MADDY LAST WEEK, AND CAME HOME WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL (AND MUCH CHERISHED) BALLET ENSEMBLE.

FRITH AND ONE OF HER BESTIES PLAYING WITH THE DINOSAUR PUZZLE.

DURING THE KITCHEN RENOVATIONS, SOME GOGGLES HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR.

WITH BOTH OF US.

ASSORTED BUTTERFLIES

MAMA PICKED UP A FACEPAINTING KIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

SINCE THEN WE HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DOZENS OF DIFFERENT BUTTERFLY FACE PAINT OPTIONS.

I THINK THIS ONE WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES.

AND THIS WAS ONE OF FATTY'S FAVOURITES..

I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE PHOTOS OF THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. WE MISS OUR LITTLE FAT GUY :(

rip fatness

FATNESS THE CAT DIED ON SATURDAY NIGHT. FRITH AND PAPA AND MAMA HELD A LITTLE FUNERAL SERVICE OVER THE GRAVESITE - WE SPELLED OUT THE F IN CRABAPPLES (FRITH'S IDEA).

HANGING OUT AT THE BANK ..

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE LAST WARM DAYS OF AUTUMN.

AT THE BAKERY WITH MAMA ON A SATURDAY MORNING

ALWAYS BRINGS OUT THE SMILES..

SCHOOL FOTO TIME AGAIN

LAST WEEK WAS SCHOOL FOTO DAY. THE ORIGINALS WERE A LITTLE GOOFY, SO RETAKES WERE TAKEN. THESE ARE THE RETAKES :) APPARENTLY FRITH INSISTED ON WEARING THE CROWN. LOUISE (HER TEACHER) DID NOT THINK I WOULD MIND. SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

FORTS AND CHICKENS

EATING BREAKFAST IN THE USUAL SPOT.

A PAINTING OF A CHICKEN.

THE FORT, IN ALL ITS WRINKLY GLORY.

INSIDE THE FORT WITH FATNESS.

DRAWING PICTURES INSIDE THE FORT WITH MAMA.

UP MAMA'S NOSE

WE TOOK FRITH TO MAMA'S DENTIST APPOINTMENT.

THIS WAS TO LET HER SEE THAT DENTISTS CAN BE FUN.

AND INDEED, THANKS TO DR PINEAU AND HIS LOVELY STAFF, IT WAS INDEED FUN.

THERE WERE SUNGLASSES, AND MIRRORS, AND LIGHTS, AND A TOY CHEST FULL OF BEARS AND DINOSAURS, AND BOOKS TO READ, AND OF COURSE THE ENDLESSLY AMUSING VIEW UP MAMA'S NOSE.

KAMERA FOUND!

OKAY, EVERYONE RELAX.. THE KAMERA HAS BEEN FOUND AND NEW FOTOS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY :)

VIDEO BEACH

WHAT FOLLOWS WILL BE SOME QUICK VIDEOS SHOT ON MAMA'S KAMERAFONE WHILE FRITH AND MAMA WERE AT THE BEACH A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THE MAIN KAMERA SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY, AND SO WE MAY BE OUT OF LUCK FOR HI-RES PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO UNTIL A NEW ONE CAN BE FOUND. TIL THEN.. ENJOY! :

SKULL!

QUICK VIDEO OF FRITHA WEARING HER SELF-DECORATED SKULL MASK :

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TIMES TWO

WE GOT ALL READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL .. AND THEN DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE A DAY EARLY!

SO THIS MORNING WE DID IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

BELLA THE PENGUIN CAME ALONG FOR THE RIDE TO SCHOOL. ONCE WE ARRIVED, SHE TOOK FRITHA'S PLACE IN THE CAR SEAT.

THEN FRITH TOOK MAMA INSIDE TO SHOW HER AROUND THE NEW SCHOOL.. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! BIG WINDOWS, LOTS OF LIGHT.. AND NEW LOCKER! BEST OF ALL, MARILYN AND LOUISE WERE THERE WAITING, AS IF THEY'D NEVER LEFT.