Emma and I at Laugarvatn

Emma uses every opportunity to climb into the driver’s seat these days.

“This is where I’m sitting!”

Since it was just the two of us, packing was light. I did end up bringing a ton of extra clothing for Emma since I’d planned on letting her go diaper free for the most part. Turns out I hardly needed any of it, since I mostly remembered to ask her every hour if she needed to go.  (Which she did.)

At the last minute I remembered I’d promised to bring a carrot cake to the Christening on the following Monday, so I quickly assembled a bag with all the dry goods, and then packed all the wet stuff. Meanwhile, as my back was turned, Emma destroyed a bag of tea. Yay!

Travel Carrot Cake Making Kit.  Does not include oven.

We stopped by the store, mostly to get snacks for the car, i.e. chocolate-creme biscuits.

Emma excitedly telling EVERYBODY that she’s holding biscuits with chocolate creme!

We made it!

Quiet times. Not.

Mmmm…  Dinner approaching.

Summer is aaaaalmost here. Or spring. It’s one of the two.

Look who woke up at 7 am and insisted on going out to play on the swings at 9 am?

After swinging we walked to the other summer house we have access to out there.  It was empty and locked, so we just used the trampoline for a bit before heading back.

Treasure box.

Bye bye tracks.

Finnur’s parents mid-action.

Chatting.

Sitting in grandpa’s lap is good.

Lunchtime!

After nap it was time to get some attention from grandma Anna.

Meanwhile, I took my camera out for a bit. I had my new-ish 100 mm macro lens on.

Flowers? What sorcery is this?

Tiny tree with tiny flowers.

Another plant attempting to bloom.

Hairy!

I’d be tempted if I were a bee.

I don’t think I’ve ever really noticed this weather-wane before?

The birdy and the house-dwellers.

Emma got to go outside again.

Can you hear me World?

This is Emma’s favorite swing in the entire world, because it’s just the right height for her.

Off she went again, to check out “the water”.

She thought these leaf-buds were crocodiles. We’ve messed up somewhere!

Walking unafraid.

Water running in a ditch along the road.

Looking back at the house we were staying in.

“The Water” is a place along the road where there river goes under it in a pipe and comes out on the other side to go down the hill. Emma’s fascinated by this.

Since we’d walked almost all the way to the other house, we gave the trampoline a quick second visit of the day.

Oh look! More signs of life!

Ominous clouds approaching.

We had to stop by the swing again on the way back.

Ms. Emma Ósk.

Soon it was dinner time, and the rest of the gang checked in to let us know they’d had a good time, even though their team lost.