November Snapshots
[Photos from 05 – 25 November 2016, posted online on 25 January 2017. Very wet day in downtown Reykjavik.]
Finnur took off for a worktrip to California on 31 October, and returned home on 13 November. Meanwhile I tried to keep all the balls in the air by myself, which mostly means long days, and not a lot of battery-charging time.
A few days after Finnur arrived, all the screws and the plate from my ankle breakage were removed. Recovery kept me out of work for almost a week, but it was a lot less traumatic than the original injury.
Thus, only a few photos got taken over most of November, here are some of them. (28 images total)
Saturday 5 November 2016
Anna has taken to randomly baking things on the weekends. Much happiness ensures!
Emma enjoys painting, and sometimes Anna will paint with her.
Ms. Anna being busy.
Ms. Emma, with a pink hand.
After putting the younger kids to bed, I snuck out of the house to attend a 40 year old birthday party of a friend of mine. Yes, Anna is now big enough to keep an eye on sleeping kids in the evenings. Yay!
Friday 11 November 2016
Just in time for daddy arriving back in town, I took the younger kids to get a haircut.
Bjarki’s turn.
Oh, so dapper!
Saturday 12 November 2016
On our last Finnur-less day, I took the kids to the library, and then to the adjacent coffee house (where this blog post is currently being written). It is my favorite coffee shop!!
Afterwards, we popper over for a quick visit to my brother Nökkvi and his gang.
We got super lucky, as Jóhanna whipped up some waffles!
Adda came over for dinner, and we got unlucky with our pizza order as a topping was missing and the crust a tad too black. Adda, being the trooper that she is, immediately called the pizza place, and secured a free pizza in the future. (They’re usually not that bad.)
Sunday 13 November 2016
Finnur landed safely that morning an hour ahead of schedule. It was the first plane of the early morning hours, and he ended up waiting for his luggage for an hour! After a beauty sleep, we then attended a birthday party at Inga’s (Finnur’s sister).
Eyrún (Finnur’s oldest sister) with her grand-daughter. Time flies!
Members of Finnur’s family in the living room.
Cake time!
Monday 14 November 2016
Another adorable questionnaire at daycare. Emma answered “What do you do at your grandparents’ place?” with “Go swimming and watch”. She answered “How are grandmothers?” with “They have like gray in their hair”, and “How are grandfathers?” with “He also has gray hair”!
Wednesday 16 November 2016
At the hospital, getting all the hardware extracted from my ankle area after the breakage in January. The clothes are all marked “Property of the Hospitals’ Laundromat” and have been since forever.
Familiar view. It all went pretty well, except that it took seven (7) tries to install an IV. My veins suck!!
Classic post-operative food.
After getting a quick bout of nausea under control, I was free to go at 4 pm.
Thursday 17 November 2016
An upgrade on a hospital classic. Recovery went well, it made a huge difference that I could step on the foot pretty much immediately.
Saturday 19 November 2016
We got a little bit of snow!! It only lasted a day or two, but I did manage to convince the sisters to go out sledding for a bit.
Sunday 20 November 2016
Emma wanted a photo of herself. Wish granted!
I was hit by a sudden case of cabin fever, and decided my mental health needed a change of scenery. My favorite cafe obliged with a perfect wool covered leg-stool even!
Monday 21 November 2017
There were staff days at both school and daycare so Anna whipped up some muffins.
Friday 25 November 2017
Some beer enthusiasts at work organized a formal-ish blind beer tasting session after work on a Friday! Here are four unnamed beers. Sadly, none of them were really my cup of tea.
It was a good crowd!
