Soccer, Snow-Play & Icicles
[Photos taken on 14 – 30 January 2019, posted online 19 July 2019. I seem to be entering perimenopause: insomnia after sleeping for 20-40 minutes is my new nemesis. This is written on three hours of sleep.]
The latter half of January sported enough snow that the sleds got pulled out on a regular basis. Emma also decided that she’d like to start going to football practice, in part because all of her friends seemed to be going to one practice or another on Tuesday afternoons, so there was nobody to play with! Remarkably, Anna also started a new sport, “gymnastics for all”, which she thoroughly enjoyed.
The latter half of January also turned into the exciting icicle watch, as the snow slowly made its way off of our roof! (60-ish photos total)
Monday 14 January 2019
2019 Begins, Yule Ends & People (Un)Socialize
[Photos taken 01-13 January 2019, posted online 18 July 2019. Lovely weather today, warm by Icelandic standards. Happily there’s been enough rain lately that the plants have mostly recovered from the 6-week drought earlier this summer.]
January began with lots of people gatherings, but I was also pretty good about ungathering. We went back to work, the kids back to school, sport practices restarted, and the gingerbread house was demolished and devoured as Yule came to a close. (35-ish images total)
Tuesday 01 January 2019
New Year’s Eve 2018-2019
[Photos taken on 31 December 2018 – 01 January 2019, posted online 08 July 2019. As this is being written, we’re formally on summer holiday, yay!]
New Year’s Eve was a customary one, with us hanging out with Finnur’s family at their big party. (I just checked, and apparently I spent the day blogging about Bjarki’s 11 year old party, which is funny as we just celebrated his 12th yesterday!)
The evening was fun as always, and all talk of fireworks being a silly waste of money drowned in a shower of fireworks…! (45-ish images total)
Anna’s 15th Birthday / Christmas Day 2018
[Photos takend on 25 December 2018, posted online 24 December 2019. It rained last night, here’s hoping the burn grass feels better.]
Christmas Eve rolled into Christmas Day, and thus Anna’s 15th birthday!
It was a fairly typical 25 December. We made desserts to take to Finnur’s parents’ place and then Anna opened her presents. The party was well attended, the food was excellent as always, social whist was played, dessert was eaten, and Anna even got some more presents!
All in all, a very good day! (40-ish images total)
Triple Birthday Party
[Photos from 20-22 December 2018, posted online on 13 June 2019. It’s been crazy sunny lately, and not a drop of rain for 3 weeks. Weird.]
Like in previous years, we held a joint birthday party for the three cousins, Anna, Ylfa, and Iðunn. It was just a quiet family affair, as the big event of Christmas was looming right around the corner.
The following days were the calm before Yule-day. Sort of… (25-ish images total)
Thursday 20 December 2018
Autumn Colors, Playing, & Halloween
[Photos taken on 14 – 31 October 2018, posted online 25 26 April 2019. Yesterday was Today is a public holiday as it’s the First Day of Summer.]
The latter half of October whizzed by, much like time in general these days.
I took photos of the autumn colors, the kids played, the bikes got studded tires in preparation for winter, Pokemon Go got played, the burnt building by work finally got some attention, I attended a women’s-protest downtown, we had waffles with Finnur’s family, visited house #2 with friends, and both kids attended Halloween parties!
Whew!! (65-ish images)
Sunday 14 October 2018
Toothless & Almost on Vacation
[Photos taken on 01-09 July 2018, posted on 31 December 2018. Snow lost the battle with rain and warmth.]
While we were catching our breaths after the madness that was June, Emma lost her first tooth, we celebrated by visiting the farm animal & family park, I hid at various cafes, the grass got moved, we summer-housed more, and hair got cut, as we mentally prepared ourselves for going on summer vacation for real! (40-ish images)
Sunday 01 July 2018
April Solo Parenting Part 1/2
[Photos taken on 20 – 25 April 2018, posted on 16 November 2018. After a few frosty days, we are back to warm weather, with lots of rain, and wind.]
The day after the big confirmation party, Finnur took off on a 10-day-long work-trip to the UK. While he was away I held down the fort the best I could, with minimally exciting dinners, and early bedtimes for all.
We did a bunch of things though. For example, Bjarki participated in a gymnastics meet, we met visitors from the US, went out in the country, met with family and friends, went swimming, and did what needed to be done so that everybody was clothed and fed! (45-ish images total)
Friday 20 April 2018
Easter Day 2018
[Photos taken on 01 April 2018, posted on 17 October 2018. We’re now waking up in darkness, and it’s getting dark around dinner time. Sigh.]
Easter 2018 happened to land on April’s Fool’s Day. [Insert inappropriate joke here]. It was an Easter Day “by the book”, as I discovered last year, see HERE, when I cataloged the last 15 years of Easter Day! (61 images total!)
Sunday 01 April 2018
The annual attempt at a sibling photo with chocolate eggs. The younger ones did NOT feel like cooperating!
Emma Ósk Turns 5 Years Old
[Photos taken on 12 February, posted on 13 September 2018. Saw frost on the grass this morning.]
Emma’s fifth birthday landed on a Monday, and we decided to have a party for her at home after work ended. It was a party of the super easy kind, where we ordered pizza, and I think Anna even made the cake! (11 images total)
Emma Ósk, proudly 5 years old!