March 2017 in Snapshots

Anna’s Orthodontic Adventure continues, and is apparently going well.

This was one of those super busy days. I started off driving Bjarki to the west end of town for a choir practice before an upcoming concert.

The practice was a hour long, during which I roamed around my old University stomping grounds, and played Ingress. It was a beautiful day.

After the practice, I took Bjarki to Gló to eat lunch.

After a short pit-stop at home, I went down-town and spent an hour at a cafe to charge my batteries. At 4 pm I walked two houses over to attend Eyrún’s 50 birthday party. I took a bunch of photos, they are here! (Eyrún is Finnur’s oldest sister.)

At 5 pm I went home to change into fancier clothes for the annual work-prom (árshátíð Marel).

Walking from the parking lot to the location of the pre-party (house up ahead on the left).

We arrived just in time to catch the very end of the pre-party (18:30).

Then it was on to the party proper, which was housed in a big gymnasium. It was a hoot!

Anna wanted to go ice skating, so I took the girls to Laugardalur.

While Anna skated, Emma and I went to the house animal park next door. It is customary to stop at the shop there and buy something unhealthy.

Emma was bummed she couldn’t ride the horses, but rode a big snow-pile instead.

Snow still crawling off of the roof after the big snowpalooza!

On the last book of Harry Potter.

I’ve taken to eating breakfast at work every day after they started offering oatmeal every day.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays they also offer smoothies!

I was a little low on energy in the afternoon and procrastinated forever on actually entering the grocery store. This happened instead.

That evening I took Anna to a special pre-screening of Hidden Figures. Leading up to it was a campaign to tell people that all jobs were women’s jobs (kvennastarf), also the typically male ones.

We went out to dinner with Guðrún and Snorri in honor of Guðrún’s and mine’s birthdays.

The food at Matarkjallarinn was quite excellent!

Emma making oatmeal.

Exciting stuff!

Later that day I dropped Emma off to play with her cousins and visited a new cafe for an hour of peace and quiet.

Hamburger making on the broken BBQ.

Bjarki requested a photo off his two temporary tattoos.

This has happened repeatedly as of late just when I’m trying to pack up quickly and hurry home.

That evening Finnur and I went to a seminar on nag-free parenting. It was interesting!

I took Bjarki to the eye-doctor at lunchtime. She gave him a clean bill of health, except she predicts his eye-sigh will never be very sharp, and he still lacks 3D vision.

Later that afternoon I took Anna dress shopping for her upcoming civilian confirmation.

This dress was one of those weird dresses that looks a lot better in real life than on photos.

That evening, the kids had a cuddle session on the couch.

The dress hunting continued. This one came with the comment “I don’t care if I use it at my confirmation, it’s so comfortable, I want it!”

Ah, now we’re getting somewhere!

Yet another cafe, this is Kruðerí Kaffitárs, where we ended up buying a cake and macaroons for the big party.

Not the most comfortable chairs, but they sell good stuff.

I met up with Finnur, Bjarki, and Emma at an open programming tutorial. Bjarki wasn’t very interested in programming, he was more interested in playing the games on the raspberry pi.

Sadly, the cafe at Gerðuberg is of the rather tragic sort.

The day ended with some much enjoyed hot-tubbing in the snow.

Bjarki, marked by a rope he slid down too fast at gymnastics.

At a theater showing of Fjarskaland (Far Away Land) with a lot of coworkers and their kids.

Emma’s first time at the theater.

Thankfully we were really high up, so it all looked very small and cute to her.

Most important of all: Intermission candy.

After the show.

Anna complaining on Snapchat that I walk slow!!

Afterwards we stopped by the big party room at my grandmother’s place, to start organizing the civil confirmation party.

Sun’s up at 07:30, spring must be around the corner!

I went to the skin-light place for a few weeks to light up my scalp. Ended up trying this hairdo afterwards one time.

Emma being asked about her dad. Q: How old is your dad? A: 5 years. Q: What’s your dad best at doing? A: Painting. Q: What do you and dad to together? A: We play. Q: Where does daddy work? A: At work. Q: What makes dad happy? A: When I’m not bad with him. Q: What makes your dad sad? A: When I’m bad with him.

One of daycare’s mission is to get the kids to write their names. Emma!

That afternoon Bjarki sang with the older school choir for their parents.

With Emma at Ikea, shopping for lights.

The spring stuff arriving.

Somehow I ended up with Anna at a cafe by the sea.

The sea.

Finnur busy cleaning the parking lot of dirt.

Plenty of dirt!

Anna fresh from a piano lesson.

The strawberries are still alive!

The only reason to visit a gas station on the electric car these days.

I attended a mixer for women engineers, held at Össur.

The view from the top floor of Össur.

We went out for dinner for the second time in a month, this time using a gift card from my birthday. Yay!