{"id":7670,"date":"2013-03-24T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2013-03-27T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T22:59:00","slug":"the-days-go-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-days-go-by\/","title":{"rendered":"The Days Go By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not taking a whole lot of pictures, but I try to grab the camera at least every other day. \u00a0Here are a few shots from days past.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7671\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7671\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7671\" alt=\"Monday March 18 2013: If one positions Ms. Bambino just so, her flailing arms hit the toys, much to her fascination.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3743.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3743.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3743-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Monday March 18 2013<\/strong>: If one positions Ms. Bambino <em>just so<\/em>, her flailing arms hit the toys, much to her fascination.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7672\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7672\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7672\" alt=\"Tuesday March 19 2013: Fast asleep, but not the happiest ever.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3748.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3748.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3748-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Tuesday March 19 2013<\/strong>: Fast asleep shortly after midnight. \u00a0Not sure what that facial expression is supposed to signify.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7673\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7673\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7673\" alt=\"Friday 22 March 2013:  Finnur was feeling extra energetic when he came home from work, and decided to clean the living room and kitchen windows.  They were utterly filthy after the blizzard brought muddy ash from far away.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3753.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3753.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3753-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Friday 22 March 2013<\/strong>: Finnur was feeling extra energetic when he came home from work, and decided to clean the living room and kitchen windows with Bjarki&#8217;s help. All our windows became utterly filthy after the blizzard brought muddy ash from far away, and now that we&#8217;re getting so much daylight, it&#8217;s becoming very\u00a0noticeable.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7674\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7674\" alt=\"Saturday 23 March 2013:  I dug out our old excercise ball.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3755.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3755.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3755-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Saturday 23 March 2013<\/strong>: On the advice of my physical therapist, I dug out our old\u00a0exercise\u00a0ball from storage, and was about to go hunt down a pump when I got interrupted. \u00a0Anna found the deflated ball, and blew it up to 80% herself!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7675\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7675\" alt=\"Finnur's oldest sister paid us a visit to check out the littlest chickling.  Of coures, by the time I'd remembered to bring out the camera, Ms. Bambino was starting to get fussy.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3766.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3766.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3766-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finnur&#8217;s oldest sister paid us a visit to check out the littlest chickling. Of course, by the time I&#8217;d remembered to bring out the camera, Ms. Bambino was starting to get fussy.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7676\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7676\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7676\" alt=\"Living room people.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3770.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3770.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3770-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Living room people.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7677\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7677\" alt=\"Father and daughter on the sofa late at night.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3773.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3773.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3773-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father and daughter on the sofa late at night.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7678\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7678\" alt=\"I wonder what effect it will have on this generation of kids that the parents are more or less glued to screens of various sizes for most of the day...\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3780.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3780.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3780-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I wonder what effect it will have on this generation of kids that today&#8217;s parents spend a lot of time glued to screens of various sizes&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7679\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_20130324_132933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7679\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7679\" alt=\"Sunday 24 March 2013:  I WENT FOR A WALK!!!  Yes, I actually left the house, walked up to the Buddha shrine which overlooks our house (visible in the picture) and walked around the cemetery that's up on the hill.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_20130324_132933.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_20130324_132933.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_20130324_132933-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Sunday 24 March 2013<\/strong>: I WENT FOR A WALK!!! Yes, I actually left the house all by myself, walked up to this Buddha shrine which overlooks our house and walked around the cemetery that&#8217;s up on the hill, before heading back. \u00a0Total walking time: 25 minutes. \u00a0I&#8217;ve now been crutch-free for two weeks, and my leg is &#8216;fine&#8217; for all intents and purposes, although my physio wants me to keep doing strengthening\u00a0exercises. \u00a0Which is fine by me.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7680\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7680\" alt=\"Adda and Halli visited that afternoon and Halli test-drove Ms. Bambino.  We also FILLED THE HOT TUB for the first time since Anna broke her arm in August and the four kids played in it for a good while.  For some reason I totally forgot to take a picture of the water play.  P\u00e9tur and Fannar also stopped by, and I cut P\u00e9tur's hair because he looked like a hobo.  I also forgot to take pictures of that.  Tsk, tsk!\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3791.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3791.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3791-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adda and Halli visited that afternoon and Halli test-drove Ms. Bambino. We also FILLED THE HOT TUB for the first time since Anna broke her arm in August and the four kids played in it for a good while. For some reason I totally forgot to take a picture of the water play. P\u00e9tur and Fannar also stopped by, and I cut P\u00e9tur&#8217;s hair because he looked like a hobo. I also forgot to take pictures of that. Tsk, tsk!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7681\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7681\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7681\" alt=\"Monday 25 March 2013:  The entire week before Easter is a school holiday.  Two of Anna's classmates came to visit, and they pestered me into allowing them to bake cookies.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3801.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3801.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3801-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Monday 25 March 2013<\/strong>: The entire week before Easter is a school holiday. Two of Anna&#8217;s classmates came to visit, and Anna pestered me into allowing them to bake cookies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7682\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7682\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7682\" alt=\"The chocolate chocolate chip cookies.  They were pretty good!  After baking, I went to try and nap with the wee-est one, but Anna came into our room to look for swim-suits.  Turns out the girls had decided to go and SUNBATHE in our backyard, in bikinis.  When I went to check on them, I was surprised to find that the thermostat in the corner of our patio (where it can get really toasty in the summer time) was at 16C\/60F in the shade!\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3803.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3803.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3803-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chocolate chocolate chip cookies. They were pretty good! After baking, I went to try and nap with the wee-est one, but Anna came into our room to look for swim-suits, so no nap for me. Turns out the girls had decided to go and SUNBATHE in our backyard, in BIKINIS. When I went to check on them, I was surprised to find that the thermostat in the corner of our patio (where it can get really toasty in the summer time) was at 16C\/60F in the shade! \u00a0Seeing how I desperately needed to nap (aka get rid of the squealing pre-teen girls) I sent them off to the swimming pool because (and this is <em>aaamaaaazing!<\/em>) Anna and her classmates are now old enough (will be 10 this year) to go swimming all by themselves!!!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not taking a whole lot of pictures, but I try to grab the camera at least every other day. \u00a0Here are a few shots from days past.<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-days-go-by\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7685,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions\/7685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}