Lots of driving today. To and from the mommy gym. To and from Elsa for lunch and chat. Picking Bjarki up from aftercare, dropping Anna off at team handball practice, dropping Bjarki off at gymnastics practice, back home. To and from picking Bjarki back up (Anna got a ride back). And since the car hadRead more
A fairly busy day is drawing to a close. First off: Mommy Gym class (week three).
Emma got to try out this cool walker at the gym, and she was very happy in it. This was taken at the end of the class, which was held in the TRX room. Fun for the whole family… if you’re into that kind of stuff.
[Written 27 August 2013]
We’re trying to sort out what after-school activities Anna and Bjarki’ll be doing this winter. Bjarki’s been signed up for gymnastics again (good overall gross motor skill training, last year he learnt to do a headstand against a wall, and to jump on one foot) but we’re thinking of delaying any swimming until he’s more settled into school. So far no musical stuff for him, school for realz and gymnastics twice a week is plenty for now.
Anna meanwhile is contemplating swimming and team handball except the schedules for those two clash somewhat, so we’re not sure what will happen. Oh, and I think she’ll do at least one more year of piano… she’s getting a new teacher, so we’ll have to see how that goes.
Anyway, as a result of Bjarki going to gymnastics, and Anna testing out a team handball practice in the total opposite direction, I felt like a true Soccer Mom, basically shuttling kids to and fro for over two hours. I did fit in a grocery run, so it wasn’t a total wash, but I think we’ll have to try and bring public transport into the mix in the future.
The boys born in 2007 starting their warm up in the busy hall.
Gymnastics practice at Gerpla has resumed. As always, it’s CRAZY BUSY and the hallways are so jammed with people dropping off and picking up kids that it’s a wonder no one’s gotten hurt yet.
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On 8 August, four days short of being 6 months old, Emma Ósk got her first tooth, the lower right front one. Coincidentally, it was the same day I finally made the trek to the National Registry with a signed piece of paper officially giving her her name. It took ten days for the next toothRead more
Gosh, darn, I’m a month behind on posting photos! And I’ve been ‘not blogging’ because I’m always about to catch up with myself. But it keeps not happening. So, here’s a little entry that’s a little closer to ‘now’. The most recent excitement has of course been school resuming operations. This past Thursday was theRead more
[Written 26 August 2013]
Finnur walked Bjarki to school on his first school day. Emma came along, while Anna stayed home with a fever, and Hrefna was giving a radar lecture at the NordVulk Summer School.
Here are some photos from the day:
Bjarki and Emma, about to head off to school.
[Written 15 September 2013] This Sunday was the last day of Finnur’s summer vacation. I don’t remember if we did much of anything, but I apparently…Read more
[Written 15 September 2013. Getting closer to now…]
We recently got our jogging stroller back after sequentially lending it to two of my brothers for their bambinos.
I fondly remember picking the stroller out almost ten years ago (oh, how I agonized over handle bar height, brake-configurations, back-lowering mechanisms, etc…!) and Finnur’s old coworkers gave it to us at their babyshower.
Since then it’s served us excellently, with Bjarki using it from February 2008.
Well, now it’s Emma’s turn, and I thought it fitting that Anna be the one to take her out on her maiden stroller voyage (4 images total).
Emma in Anna’s old stroller, wearing Anna’s old fleece outfit.
[Written 15 September 2013] My littlest brother, Anthony, stayed in Iceland for a couple of weeks in August. We had him over a couple of times for dinner, but I was suffering from serious camera-burn-out so this is the only photo I got of him.Read more