Birthday Party Day

2014-08-17Uncategorized Standard

[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.

Grand-dad’s birthday cake, decorated by his namesake.

Emma with granddad Þórarinn.

Splotchy Emma with granddad Þórarinn.

Guests sitting out in the sun on the balcony.

Guests sitting out in the sun on the balcony.  Finnur brought his toy along for the party.

COMMENTS

Rajan Parrikar

Finnur – is that the DJI Phantom 2 with the integrated camera? Or is it the one with the GoPro? Does it have a gimbal? And how does it fare in the Icelandic wind gusts? I want to bring one to Iceland but want to be sure it is worth my while before dropping coin.

Finnur

It is the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ with an integrated camera and 3-axis gimbal. It fares well in the gusts and I would definitely bring one. I’ve had lots of fun with it, shooting footage of the beautiful countryside.

Rajan Parrikar

Sounds good. Takk.