It has been a heck of a spring and summer for this little family. It has been nearly three (count em...THREE!) months since my last blog post, which is the longest hiatus since starting the blog just before Elsa was born. I won't go through the nitty gritty details of all that has happened since then, but here's a quick run-down (and a bunch of adorable pictures).
Finnur Atli has turned one and learned how to walk. Today I caught him climbing for the first time, so I guess we can officially call him a 'toddler' now!
I went to St. Lucia for a week and a half long trip to work. I found it hard to leave the kids, but once I was on a plane and realized that they were well taken care of, it was easier for me to focus on work and appreciating how fricking cool my job is. Pretty damned cool.
My parents came to Iceland and then joined us on a trip to Scotland. It was wet and fun. The weather was kinder in Reykjavik, but Scotland has cooler castles.
It was very hard to say goodbye to the grandparents when they left (with suitcases full of caviar and lysi) but I hope that we will see them again soon.
And now for the pictures!!!
Hey Finn, who is following you?
Reading with 'Gwamma Chooley'
Buying some fish for dinner with the babes and their Grandpa
Mamma and Finnur Atli
Sometimes Elsa María gets to choose the fish
Grandma let Elsa borrow her reading glasses
It's a full house! Amma, Grandpa, Finn, Elsa, Gunnhildur, Afi, and Grandma. What a party!
Grandma herding cats at the Keflavik airport at the beginning of our Scottish adventure
And on the airplane. So hard to sit still!
You can't tell in this picture how much Finn cried, but I promise it was a lot. Our neighbors must have hated us!
Elsa lined up these chairs at the Falkirk Wheel and sat like she was riding on the bus. Having a two year old can teach a person a thing or two about how to handle boredom...Elsa is a pro :)
Finn sampling the finest rocks Inverary has to offer
On the road to Niall and Jane's house in Ardfren
Julie at Julie's Café in Oban
Synchronized swinging
Finn doesn't say much, but he can make truck noises like nobody's business.
There is still room for improvement on the rocking horse thingie.
Scottish playgrounds have the steering wheel on the left side of the car...but Mamma drove with the wheel on the right!
Elsa is showing the camera a spider on finger
At the graveyard in Kilmartin. 10 points if you can spot Elsa's hiding spot!
The kids loved to play in the 'beehive' structure at the Kilmartin museum
Finn playing (banging) on an ancient-style musical instrument at the museum in Kilmartin
Attaboy
Sharing Mamma's 'tool'
Just like Grandma!
Beautiful balmy Edinburgh
Elsa didn't like the room at the Edinburgh castle with all the weapons. Not my favorite, either.
We stayed in an apartment on Old Fisherman's Close, off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
Bus tour! Wa-hoo!
The children were very skeptical of the piper
At the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh
Where the dead people live!
The fireplace in the ancient castle in Linlithgow
Got big kinds of love for my boy.
Cuddlin with The Gramps in Ardfern
The kids next to fantastic, ancient, historical, deeply meaningful standing stones...but there are BUMBLEBEES!!! SEE, MAMMA?!?!
Grands and bairns in Oban
Wiggly and wonderful
Me and Elsa checking out bunny poop. Kid you not. Bunny poop. You'da thought it was gold.
At Jane's lake in Ardfern!
Cutest kids on earth
Me and Finn looking at the funny pictures he just took
I taught her how to walk...and she taught me how to dangle!!!
Choose us something good, Finnur Atli
At 'Pabbi's Castle' (cuz there were Campbells who lived there) in Inverary
Aaand, the flight home. I was just as tired.
