Fall Colors
2010-10-02Uncategorized Standard
I took the kids out back to release a bit of their pent-up energy, and take pictures of the pretty fall colors.
I don't recall ever seeing these white berries before, but they're all over the backyard!
Goodbye front tooth
2010-09-30Uncategorized Standard
Anna lost the first of her two top front teeth today! She was very happy and excited about this development, although she thought she looked a little funny after the fact. We were lucky enough to be invited to a small family birthday party this afternoon (my nephew turned 27! Congratz dude!) so she gotRead more
Finnur skúffuskáld
2010-09-24Uncategorized Standard
[Finnur replies to a Facebook status update with a poem in Icelandic. I won’t attempt a translation – sorry!] Ein vinkonan á fésbók setti inn þennan status núna í vikunni: “Jæja. Track-recordið hjá mér og gormunum fyrir síðustu þrjár vikurnar er víst eitthvað á þessa leið: Hiti, hiti, kvef, hiti, kvef, meiri hiti, lungnabólga, gubbupestRead more
The Kids Being Cute
2010-09-16Uncategorized Standard
Anna has taken to dressing Bjarki up in all sorts of outfits. There’s nothing quite like having a big sister! 🙂
Early morning detour while getting dressed for the day, complete with facial breakfast leftovers!
Anna the Free
2010-09-16Uncategorized Standard
One of the reasons we cited often with regards to moving to Iceland was that in Iceland children have more autonomy. They, for example, go out and play unsupervised from a much younger age than in the (urban) US. We believe this is a good thing because a) we are lazy, and would rather stayRead more
Frayed nerves
2010-09-09Uncategorized Standard
After holding it together for months, Anna finally caved in tonight and had a mental-meltdown. At issue: Where she could sit at the dinner table. Not a big issue at all, but it was the straw the broke the camel’s back after a long hard day with lots of moments that were difficult to navigate.Read more
Fall is in the air
2010-09-03Uncategorized Standard
This past Wednesday I noticed the first red leaves on a tree, and since then I’ve been seeing red and yellow leaves everywhere. This morning it looked quite blustery and cold out there, but as it happened it was windy but warm. So fall is in the air, but still has a ways to go.Read more
More Laugarvatn
2010-08-29Uncategorized Standard
We spent the weekend at Laugarvatn (yes, again), this time with Adda and Halli and their kids. Saturday was gorgeous, Sunday was calm but wet-ish. The kids played by themselves with hardly any directions from adults besides “be careful on the trampline!!” Also, the swimming pool at Selfoss gets full marks for a fantastic warm kiddie pool. 🙂
By Kerið on the way to Laugarvatn. It's a big ol' crater filled with water, and not a guardrail in sight.
First day of teaching
2010-08-26Uncategorized Standard
Today was my first day of teaching, pretty much ever. My class is at 08:20 am, and most of the class has a three hour gap in their schedule after my class finishes shortly before 10am, so only about half showed up, or eight souls. Somewhat shockingly, half of those in attendance were female. We’llRead more
Fall is in the air
2010-08-22Uncategorized Standard
After a week of glorious weather (who needs a fleece jacket? not me!!), yesterday was more in the family of “window weather”. It looked nice but a cold gusty wind blew where it could, and the cold wind continued on today. We did manage to walk downtown yesterday to enjoy the annual “Culture Day” forRead more