Trampoline & Spring Walks

2019-05-11Friends, Us Standard

[Photos taken 11 May – 17 May 2019, posted online 09 November 2019. We’re having our bathroom renovated, and there is dust everywhere!]

We took a trip to house #2 with friends to finally erect the trampoline we bought last year, and have a generally nice time. The rest of the week was apparently spent walking! (40-ish photos)

Saturday 11 May 2019

After Bjarki’s guitar recital that day, we drove up to house #2 with some friends, with the explicit goal to finally assemble the trampoline. We were successful!
Selfie in the sun.
Back-tracking a little bit, the job began by clearing the platform that had previously housed a small dollhouse, that unfortunately got eaten by mold, and was thus demolished.
It’s always nice to watch other people working!
Emma excited about the progress.
Time to fasten the legs! This trampoline turned out to be screwed together, which means that this frame will forever be left standing, as there’s no way we’re taking it apart every year!
Trampoline fully assembled, and food on the grill!
Trying it out. The consensus was that it was rather stiff, but hopefully it’ll soften up with usage?
The moon at 11 pm (23).

Sunday 12 May 2019

Garden battle!
A little bit of peace and quiet.
I took my new electric tree-trimmer and gave these a quick trim. Yes, a bit late as they’d already begun greening…. oops.
Another random project was removing a plastic bucket that had been the pool for a small peeing-boy-fountain. Poor Bjarki had accidentally stepped into the not-quite-frozen pool that winter, so it had to go.
In the town of Borgarnes, walking to our regular cafe, post-swimming.
It’s the coziest of cafes!
Anna enjoying some me-time.
I’m pretty sure the cafe used to be someone’s apartment. That just makes it extra cozy!
Bjarki finishing off a Belgian waffle! Then it was time to drive home.

Monday 13 May 2019

Bjarki’s class hosted a fun-show for parents and two other classes. He and two of his friends made a video: “The cooking school for independent children.” It was hilarious!
Final dance/jumping!

Tuesday 14 May 2019

This was the day Anna went on a hike with her school up a mountain, while feeling unwell.
She ended up splitting up from her group to head back down, by herself. We kept close tabs on her via snapchat videos.
The group descended soon thereafter, and she rejoined them on more hiking. It was tough, but she survived.
Driving back to school. That’s where I work!

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Yet another daycare Q&A! (“Leikskóli” literally translates to Playschool) Q: What is playschool for? A: To teach kids something before they go to school. Q: How do you feel in playschool? A: Fine. Q: What do you learn in playschool? A: The letters and being good. Q: What is your favorite thing to do in playschool? A: Babysitting the small children outside. Q: If you were in charge, what would you have the kids do? A: Play. Q: What do you want to be when you grow up? A: Flight attendant, teaching horses, fire fighter. Q: Is it more fun being a kid or an adult? A: Kid. Q: Why? A: I don’t know.
Walking around the neighborhood time!
I discovered this new outdoors exercise equipment very close to our house!
Hello there backyard-ish lake.
The stupa is still there.

Thursday 16 May 2019

More walking, this time with pretty sunbeams!
The sun-beams were having a blast!
9 pm light. Lovely and nutty!

Friday 17 May 2019

Not sure what prompted the walking-three-days-in-a-row, but there was some Pokemon Go involved.
Deliberately rusty art with graffiti.
That was the first time I deliberately walked up the stairway to heaven.
Valley river and a church.
There’s a bunch of construction going on very close to our house. This house was finished about a month ago.
These colorful pathways are all the rage in the new neighborhood.