August Finished Off at Laugarvatn
[Christmassy things eat up evenings like there’s no tomorrow, so there’s been little to no blogging. This happened on a lovely 30 and 31 August weekend but is being chronicled on 14 DECEMBER 2014. At least it’s still the same year!]
We had the Laugarvatn summerhouse to ourselves on the last weekend of August, and invited Solla and Gunni to tag along. There were no big plans besides playing games and enjoying life. I think we succeeded! (Side note: This was the weekend where the Holuhraun eruption began, and as of this being written, it’s still chugging along.)
(It should be noted that we got to know Solla and Gunni through reading their blog while they lived in Santa Barbara, and we had just moved to Palo Alto. We met them once in Los Angeles, and then bumped into each other when our eldest daughters started taking weekly English lessons in Iceland on Saturdays after we moved back. Serendipity!)
Let there be photos! (19 images total)
Saturday 30 August 2014
‘Computer time’ always beats the ‘real world’.
Grandma Ásdís with Emma
[Will I finish August before December hits? This happened on 28 August, but is being blogged on 26 Nov 2014. Hmmm…]
Grandma Ásdís and Emma were sitting on the sofa, looking cute. The camera came out and a bunch of photos got taken. Here are a few of them:
Granny has a magic thing.
Garden Fun with the 100 mm Lens
[Written on a dark 25 November 2014 evening, when the light of 24 August seems very far away. Makes for good memories though.]
Photos got taken this summer. Here they are. (13 images total)
Flower.
School Starts, Molars Removed
[Written 22 August 2014. Yes!]
Today’s been a busy day, with Finnur being a hero and staying at home both working and babysitting.
Emma kept being sick, with a fever and upset stomach, but no rashes. She wasn’t doing a whole lot better this evening. Here’s hoping she shakes it off over night.
Bjarki was out in the country with his grandparents, so he missed all the fun. Meanwhile, this morning, Anna and I went to the school to pick up their time tables. She spent the day inside reading, and outside playing.
At lunchtime, I went and got two molars (wisdom teeth, endajaxlar) removed. One required a full on surgical attack, the other a single small yank. I spent the rest of the day mostly in bed, trying to nap. It does look like the swelling is not going to be as crazy severe as two years ago, when the top of one was removed, but we’ll know for sure tomorrow. (3 images total)
The kids in Anna’s class all lined up in a row. They have a new teacher this year, which Anna’s ambivalent about.
Emma’s Second Day at Daycare
[Written 21 August 2014. Same day writing! Crazy!] Emma just barely passed the test for ‘well enough to go to daycare’ this morning, with her runny nose and watery eyes, but we figured she looked energetic enough, so off she and Finnur went. An hour later Finnur returned all by himself, because Emma was doingRead more
Emma’s First Day at Daycare
[Written 20 August 2014. Just barely.] Emma has officially started attending daycare. Well, she’s started her ‘adjustment’ to daycare – and because we are pros and have done this before, Finnur was the one who took her. (Yes, my maternal heart pretends to be all blue steel and “Pfffft, what’s the biggie?”, but I’m really aRead more
Birthday Party Day
[Written 17 August 2014. Shocking, I know.]
Today was an uber-birthday-party day!
At noon, I took the big kids to Hildur Sif’s and Arnar’s double birthday (10th and 8th, respectively). Emma and Finnur stayed home because a) Emma needed her afternoon nap, and b) she still hadn’t recovered much from her full-body allergic skin outbreak the morning before.
After Emma’s nap, I picked her and Finnur up and drove them to Finnur’s parents’ place, where they were celebrating Finnur’s dad’s 71st birthday!
(Actually, I dropped Finnur and the big kids off and took Emma to the weekend-urgent-care facility, just to be on the safe side. Diagnosis: an allergic reaction (he used the word ‘mixed’?) for sure, source unknown, but the severity possibly linked to the MMR shot she got on Thursday? Who knows?! Treatment: Keep using the same allergy medicine, it can take 3-4 days to clear up, if it doesn’t get her seen again.) (3 images total)
Grand-dad’s birthday cake, decorated by his namesake.
Pétur and Signý get Married!
[Written 16 August 2014. Well, sort of. It’s technically the 17th, but I won’t tell if you don’t.]
Today, Pétur and Signý got married! (For those out of the loop, Pétur is my brother.)
They were married in a small ceremony at the Laugardalur botanical garden (Grasagarðurinn í Laugardal) on a sunny afternoon. After the ceremony I took a ‘few’ pictures, and then we all celebrated in a nearby party-hall.
We wish them all the happiness in the world!!
Please CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ENTIRE PHOTO ALBUM (it’s on google+), here are a few snapshots (28 images total):
Signý and Pétur, married!
Englanders and Summer Days
[This is a walk down memory lane. This happened in August, but is being written on 15 November 2014. I do miss those summery days.]
When we came back from France/Italy, my brother Anthony was already in Iceland. He came and stayed with us for a couple of nights. Dad and Shirley were also in town with some friends, and had time to come visit a bit. (18 images thotal)
Thursday 7 August 2014: Emma the day after we came back home from France/Italy.
Italy Day 5: The Last Day
[This HAPPENED on 06 August 2014, but was WRITTEN in blogform on 2 November 2014. Read at your own risk.]
As with all vacations, the last day came too soon. There was no arguing with the date on our airplane tickets though, so that was it.
Our flight wasn’t until late in the evening, so to make the most of the day we arranged to return the keys around 10:30, giving us enough time to visit Turin (Torino) for a bit, before driving all the way back to Lyon, France and flying home. (Yes, it would have been smart to finalize our sleeping plans before booking the airplane tickets, because we could have flown home from Milano an hour away instead of from Lyon, some four hours away. Maybe next time?!)
But yes, some pictures from the day. (30 images total)
Time to pack everything in the cars.