Summer (House) Prelude

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[Photos taken on 01-08 June 2018, posted on 26 December 2018.  We’ve had a lovely yule, albeit weirdly warm, with zero chance of snow.]

Sometime in May, we made an offer to buy a summer house, and much to our shock, it was accepted. The formal exchange was scheduled for 9 June, so until then I spent most after-work hours scouting various furniture and household stores. I hadn’t quite realized we’d essentially need to double all our stuff?!

In between there were Emma pick-ups, a gymnastics show, flowers got planted, others grew, Finnur kept working on the wall, school ended, and the sun shone quite a lot. (40-ish images)

Friday 01 June 2018

The daycare playground transformed into a party zone after close, as the kids brought their bikes to zoom around.
Meanwhile, I attempted to catch a few sun-rays, while bundled in my coat to protect from the cold wind.
Animated gif of Emma biking in the distance. (Wait for it to load.)
Great equipment!

Saturday 02 June 2018

The big event was going to see the annual end-of-season gymnastics show.
Just a random picture from the show. Bjarki’s group served as background excitement in one act, but they were hard to photograph.
The (colorful) end!
Next up was planting a few summer flowers we’d picked up from the store.
Looking lively!
Anna exiting a room at a nearby cafe, where incidentally, I’m sitting right now to write this post.

Sunday 03 June 2018

Emma the artist making art in our storage room downstairs.
Excited at the sight of the big camera!
Pink remains her favorite color.
Pretty droplets on pretty flowers. I should have broken out my macro lens!
The stone collection kept growing as the last bit of the backyard wall came down.
Anna trying on old dresses and discovering that she’s taller now.
I kept checking the sofa selection in town. This is just a reminder of what counts as fashionable these days.
We went swimming along with good friends. It’s very hard not to buy ice cream afterwards, as the ice cream shop is right opposite the swimming pool!
Emma being sad as she’d manged to trip and fall while playing at the pool.
To lighten spirits we decided to stop by the very new jumping mat on the way back. The kids had a blast!
Fog outside at 11 pm at night.

Monday 04 June 2018

I very rarely sit outside in tha backyard, so when I do, I often take a photo to prove that I did! Just a nice little after-work respite.
Not sure what the kids were up to, all I got was a snap.
Action shot of Finnur working on the wall at 6:30 pm.

Tuesday 05 June 2018

The last day of school!!!! As usual, there was a summer festival to mark the occasion.
As Anna would become a 10th grader the following school year, her class took over selling refreshments to collect money for their graduation trip. Here she is with her ‘sun’ hat.
Google made a nice panorama for me.
Bjarki about to enter the “this is why you should always buckle your seatbelts”-car.
Rolling over!
After work I went on yet another shopping excursion, and found this amazingly expensive sofa. That’s about $30,000!!!
The amazingly expensive sofa. I was afraid to breathe on it!
To re-calibrate my brain, I then went to the thrift store, and found the best place in town to buy crutches next time I need them! Just $10 per crutch!
At home, we found that the daffodils had finally bloomed! Yay!

Wednesday 06 June 2018

The younger ones have decided they like co-sleeping in Bjarki’s big bed. I’m not entirely sure this is the best arrangement though?!

Thursday 07 June 2018

Emma excited to bring her bike to daycare for bike-day!
One of Anna’s regular visits to the orthodontist.
More. Browsing. For. Stuff. For. The. Summer. House. Jeeeez.

Friday 08 June 2018

Weird day. Around lunchtime I attended the funeral of the dad of one of our friends.
After work it was back to shopping excursions.
I am incredibly particular. I like rainbow patterns, but they have to be joyous. These are sad.
Packing up the trunk with stuff. The first trip of many would be the next day.