[Written 13 JULY 2014. With apologies for lateness.]
Guðrún, our massively awesome friend, graduated from the Reykjavík University MBA-program today after two years of bloody hard work. Congratulations Guðrún!!! (9 images total, the whole set can be found here – CLICK!)
Emma, Finnur and Guðrún MBA!!
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Groan.]
We decided to send the big kids to horse riding school this summer. Anna went for five weeks last summer, and Bjarki for one, and it turned out to be a no-fuss, no-muss experience, as in they didn’t whine about going or act up while there. (19 images total)
The unassuming stables the horse riding school operates out of.
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Blah.]
I pulled out some paints for Emma the other day, mostly just to see if she had reached the maturity needed to “paint” (aka ‘parental anxiety’). In short the answer was NO. It was a fun try though. (6 images total)
I poured some paint on the paper, pushed it around a bit with a brush, and then handed her the brush. She poked at the paint a bit and then… put it into her mouth.
[Written 13 JULY 2014. Yes, I took a blogging break. Deal with it.]
The auto-focus on my trusty 50 mm lens died this past October. When I finally got around to taking the lens in for repairs, I discovered that the cost of repairs almost equaled buying a new lens in the US. So that’s what we did. I also bought a lens hood to try and prevent the new lens from dying like the old one did. Here are the first few photos taken with the “new” lens (10 images total)
Emma, with a slight boo boo.
[Written 17 June 2014]
It’s been a loooong time since I added anything to my lens “collection” of three lenses. Well, thanks to my dear hubby and a past birthday wish, I now have FOUR lenses. The newest one can do this (while being HANDHELD and NOT ON A TRIPOD LIKE IT SHOULD BE or even remotely activated) (4 images total)
I bought some summer flowers for the yard this year. This one is called a margarita.
[Written 15 and 17 June 2014]
The Saturday was even sunnier than the Friday, and I may have indulged in my first no-child-responsibility nap in a loooong time. But the camera also came out for a little bit. (31 images total)
Emma likes pouring liquids on things. She also likes opening her shirt. Why not combine the two?
[Written 15 June 2014]
The weather forecast for the weekend was amazingly fabulous (20C/68F and sun!!!).
Finnur’s parents had kindly invited all of us to join them in their summer house by Laugarvatn, so I spent pretty much the entire Friday morning packing things (so much Fun with a trailing toddler intent on touching everything), and quickly feeding the kids before locking up the heading out with the lot of them to run final departure errands around noon. (10 images total)
First order of business: Stock up on as many library books as possible!
[Written 13 June 2014]
School was formally ended on this mostly gorgeous Thursday. The formalities didn’t begin until 2 pm, so before the hoopla began, I decided to use the 20% day-long sale going on in our neighborhood shopping mall and get the kids inline skates for summer.
After we returned from the school the kids excitedly put their skates on, and surprised me by staying on them for an hour, then taking a break for dinner, and then going back out to practice in the gorgeously still and mild evening.
(It seemed like the ski lessons they took in February really helped them figure the skates out. Yay!) (18 images total)
Emma getting some attention from Bjarki and his classmates.
[Written 13 June 2014]
While Finnur was in California, I operated mostly in ‘survival mode’ so few pictures were taken. “Luckily” for me, both weeks he was away only had three schooldays because of a religious holiday (ascension day, yippie!…) which was followed by a staff day the first week, and the second week saw the formal end of school.
I must have been unusually energetic this Wednesday, because a few pictures got taken, mostly of the changing status of things. (6 images total)
Emma discovered our Rummikub box, which was only missing one piece before her discovery. I believe the number of missing pieces has now increased substantially. (I put the pieces on the stand, she just tore them off. Like she does.)
[Written 13 June 2014]
We celebrated Pétur’s and Signý’s graduations with an american pancake feast, some hot-tubbing, and cakes! (4 images total)
Pancakes by Hrefna, and fruits cut by Jóhanna. Teamwork rulez!