Anna’s 9th Birthday – Part Trois

Today we held the third and last celebration of Anna turning 9 years old – this time for her female classmates, and a couple of school friends.  Just like ‘last year‘, we invited them all to enjoy ice-skating for a couple of hours at the Ice Rink in Laugardalur.  The event was mostly a success, except for one bad accident…  ahemm.

Apparently one of the girls, ironically the only one to actually practice ice-skating and thus not wearing a helmet, fell over while goofing off with one of the metallic skating-aids.  Neither Finnur nor I saw the accident or the injured girl because we were in the wrong place, but thankfully one of the other parents dropping off a kid phoned her parents that had just dropped her off, so they arrived quickly.

I remained utterly clueless until I happened to wander down to the rink-entrance area, where I spoke briefly to the family before they whisked her off to the hospital.  There she was apparently diagnosed with a mild concussion from thumping her head on the ice, and a potentially broken nose from the metallic skate-aid. 🙁

Still, the party went on, and a seemingly good time was had by most if not all that remained.  Some photos!

Winter Wonderland had appeared overnight, after spring-like conditions this previous week. The snow-cover probably meant there were fewer people at the ice-rink, which was fine by us!

Anna (red pants) and a gaggle of girls.

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Feeling Pregnant

As of today, I’m feeling suddenly quite pregnant.  My hip area is generally uncomfortable (left side particularly so), my feet swell if I stay in a sitting position for too long, breathing is getting trickier, and I move sloooowly.  Three more weeks to go before ‘full term’ though (34w today), so I’m guessing it’s onlyRead more

No Sushi For Me

Finnur used the opportunity of me going out for dinner with old school-mates, to buy sushi for dinner.  Apparently the kids liked it!  And I got none because I’m preggers.  BooHoo!Read more

Culturally Up-To-Date

We went and saw the Hobbit (part 1!) this evening with some friends, so we are now unusually culturally up-to-date.  We decided to do the full fancy 3D with 48 frames per second, and it did look remarkably good.  Almost too good.  Borderline theatrical in places, but not really too jarring. The movie itself wasRead more

Baby Bump – 33 Weeks-ish

I keep meaning to take baby bump photos, but keep forgetting.  Then again, the bump has seemingly grown more upwards than outwards since the 24 week photos, because I have a relatively long torso.  But yes, finally, we managed to take a photo on 10 January 2013:

Baby bump at 33w5d according to ultrasound, or 34w1d according to the classic calendar method

The bare-belly photo makes the belly look bigger.  I do not know why… (click to see bare belly)

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A Jigsawy Day

Today promised to be busy, and it delivered.  Thankfully, it was the jigsawy-kind of busy, where one thing just naturally follows the other, without much fuss or muss – so it wasn’t really stressful – just busy.  (Ok, ok, the dentist this morning wasn’t entirely stress-free, but I got lucky in that the next patientRead more

Finally, a Mostly Quiet Day

Oh, Tuesdays, you are lovely. 🙂 Life is crawling back to its regular non-yuletide-season self, and I must admit I’ve missed Tuesdays.  I slept until noon*, lounged on the computer for most of the afternoon, and then took Bjarki to his swim-class at the end of the day and went swimming myself.  Afterwards I nappedRead more

The Chauffeur

Today I played the part of family chauffeur.  We (only) have one car (still), so if I need to be out and about, I need to confiscate the car in the morning when Finnur goes to work.  Due to scheduling issues, he planned the day so that he would arrive later than usual, but wouldRead more

End of Christmas

January 6th marks the end of Christmas in Iceland, and is called ‘The Thirteenth’.  As usual, Finnur’s parents invited their offspring and families to have some hot chocolate and other goodies on the day.  When we returned home shortly before dinner-time, Finnur then shot up the remainder of our fireworks, much to the enjoyment of the kids.

Here, have some photos!

Arriving at grandma’s and grandpa’s house.  (And, hardly any snow, just frozen ground.)

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Day Two on Medication

A few observations now that I’ve taken the blood-pressure lowering pills for two days. 1) They are not placebos.  As in, they do affect the body in a noticeable way.  For example… 2) … two to three hours after taking a pill, I become quite sleepy.  (Mental note: I should plan on napping for anRead more