Easter Day 2014
Easter Day finally arrived with its promise of copious chocolate and candy. First the kids had to find their eggs though… (28 images total)
NOT an Easter egg!
Bjarki found his first…
Anna finally found hers in Emma’s toybox, and it was soon time for chocolate!!
The eggs all have sayings in them. Emma got “Sæll er sá sem gott gerir” or “Happy is the one who does good”.
Anna’s was “Ánægjan er auði betri” or “Pleasure/enjoyment is better than wealth”.
Bjarki got “Gott er að eiga góðan að” or “It’s good to be connected with good people”.
After copious amounts of chocolate and computer time, we went to Finnur’s parents’ place for the customary Easter feast and whist tournament. Yellow clothes were encouraged!
The tables ready to receive food.
Kitchen folk.
On their way to sit down and eat.
Fun at the kids table.
First attempt at a new hairstyle Anna’s hairdresser taught me the other day. It’s ridiculously simple, although fastening it down can be a pain.
Emma being super cheerful, which is kinda standard for her. She’s routinely taking 1-2 steps now, but then she goes down to crawl.
I’ve yet to reach the level of adulthood needed to actually put up Easter decorations. That’s waaaay advanced!
After dinner we “hid” some candy-filled plastic eggs, for the kids to find.
The egg-hunting kids.
Egg hunting in progress!
The two Anna’s and the haul.
Anna opening the last of her seventieth birthday presents – a picture book of all her children and grandchildren, assembled by yours truly.
All the siblings got a copy too, here are Eyrún and Inga looking over their copies.
Anna’s book. Please note that one family prefers not to have lots of photos online, and is therefore not shown above.
Next up was the traditional whist tournament, except that I forgot to take pictures of it in progress! The big news was that Anna Sólrún participated for the first time (with the occasional help of Margrét) and did really well. She placed 4-6th, while us, her parents, (who tag-teamed) were 11th out of 12. Here Vignir is going over the results.
The winners this year were Hilmir and Margrét, who played as a team.
Happy winners!
At some point Finnur and I both ended up on laptops, but it was for a good cause!
Kiddos having fun!
Once we got back home, I attempted to relax on the sofa, but was soon overrun with striped children.
Easter egg remains.
My saying was “Sá einn veit sem reynir” or “Only the one who tries knows”. Finnur’s was something along the lines of “A black raven does not turn into a white raven if you bathe it”.