Easter Remains, Hair-Cuts & Spring Growth

2019-04-22Easter, Hrefna's family, Us Standard

[Photos from 22 April – 30 April 2019, posted online 13 October 2019. October seems to be speeding along faster than September did. Time is weird.]

The kids got their Icelandic chocolate Easter Eggs very shortly after we arrived home from the airport, having just returned from the UK.

Life-as-usual returned abruptly the next day, with the added dimension of hair-cuts for the kiddos, a birthday party, and kiddos going outside after dinner to play with the other kids in the street.

My ‘actual’ camera even got to go out to play a bit! (30-ish images total)

Monday 22 April 2019

Siblings with egg set #2!
Of course, the whole family got eggs. This is before they were hidden, for the kids to find.
Excitement mounting as the eggs were being hidden.
Anna found hers super quick.
The sayings inside were as follows: “Það dansar enginn við sjálfan sig.” (Nobody dances with themselves.”)
Bjarki got: “Sjaldan fellur eplið langt frá eikinni.” (Rarely does the apple fall far from the oak.)
Emma’s was: “Léttara er að lofa en enda (efna).” (It’s easier to promise than to fulfill.)
Finnur got: “Vinnan göfgar manninn.” (Works makes a man more worthy.)
I got: “Hvað tungan meiðir er torvelt að lækna.” (What the tongue hurts is hard to heal.)
With the words photographed, we all dug into our candy, yum!

Tuesday 23 April 2019

A typical Tuesday followed, with everyone back at daycare, school and work. I found this completed questionnaire at Emma’s daycare. Q: How old is your mother? A: Maybe about… I think it’s 24. (Editor’s note, she mixed the numbers up slightly, I was 42 at the time.) Q: What does your mom do best? A: Tidying up and working on her photos in her computer. Q: What do you and mom do together? A: Sometimes we go swimming and sometimes we get ice-cream. Q: Where does your mother work? A: In Marel. Q: What makes your mom happy? A: When I tidy up myself. Q: What makes your mom sad? A: When I don’t tidy up and she has to do it. (Editor’s note #2: Is it obvious this was done right after the great room-clean-up or what?! 🙂 )
I can’t remember why any more, but Emma ended up with two types of braids before going to football practice. From the look of her face I seemed to have lacked negotiating skills that day!
So happy we have an indoor arena in our township!
With the increasing daylight, and improved weather (see the green-in-parts grass!) the kids in the street began playing together outside after dinner. This is at 8 pm!

Wednesday 24 April 2019

Waiting for her turn at the hair salon.
Chop, chop time! Emma’s been insisting on keeping her hair long, so it’s was just a tidying-up operation.
With her post-hair-cut lolly-pop. Now she could see out of her eyes again.
That evening I took Anna with me to a documentary on autistic Icelandic women (yours truly is pretty sure she’s spectrum-y, just not sure how severely). The documentary is called Seeing the Unseen, and the trailer is a bit more intense than the movie itself. The theater was full (of mostly women) and the planned three showings turned into a months-long run at the theater.

Sunday 28 April 2019

I kept on working on Anna’s confirmation photo book, these things take forever!
A short while later we’d arrived at my oldest brother’s and his family’s somewhat new place for a small birthday party. The festivities began with a hearty soup. 🙂

Monday 29 April 2019

At home after work, I discovered that a few leeks were in the process of blooming!
More growth.
Bjarki, hair freshly cut.
Siblings, humoring their photo-mad mother by sitting together on a wall.
Emma pointing to something interesting.
Emma wanted to return the favor and take photos of me!
Hugs, awww!

Tuesday 30 April 2019

Emma munching on a cookie Anna made, before heading to football practice.
Car-selfie, as I picked Anna up from gymnastics practice. Yes, for a while there, all three kiddos were going to gymnastics practices!
The view outside our house at almost 9 pm!
The full view from our bedroom. This was just a precursor to the insanity that hit in May/June, where it didn’t rain for six weeks, and it was crazy bright outside… All. The. Time! (Sleep? What is sleep?)