After December 21st or so, we can tell ourselves that the days are getting lighter, and spring is just around the corner. Which is true, actually. And when you live in a dim and cool place like Iceland, and the sun barley breaks the horizon for months and months, you have to tell yourself that bright green days are just around the corner. Oh, and you celebrate the hell out of the holidays. Lights everywhere, feasts everywhere, and fireworks like you can only try to describe to your unfortunate friends who have never made it to Iceland for New Year's Eve.
We were fortunate enough this year to have a visit from a whole crew of Davidsons. My parents and brothers arrived between Christmas and New Year's and stayed the first week of January. It was wonderful to have them for a visit in our winter wonderland. They even got a taste of the infamous Icelandic team handball!
Like all the other times, I feel like I don't have nearly enough time to write. Maybe I can New Year's resolve to blog more. Yea. On January 20th. Why not? Life here is exciting. There is always stuff going on, and it would be very nice to have a record or it somewhere for posterity. There you have it...I will try and blog more. Even about little stuff, because I know that we won't live the life of toddlers forever.
Here are some images from our recent winter adventures!
Finn and Elsa coloring together. (Finn loves to throw the crayons on the floor...they bounce so nicely!)
Feasting with Elsa, Tumi and Finn!
Elsa all decked out for the handball game
Finnur Atli's new favorite place to sit.
Elsa María on her sheepskin
Gunnhildur building with Finn
Handsome boy all dressed up for Christmas
This is the face the kids make when watching the computer.
Ice cream for Finn
Amma helping Elsa with her puzzles
Tickle attack!
Holiday fun
Finnur decorated the Christmas tree
Elsa helping me bake. The Naked Chef?
Christmas is so cool!
Finn likes to play in the sink
Elsa's first attempt at making "laufabrauð"
Finn had some help from Tumi
And Daði is a pro
We made an "E"
Elsa got tap shoes from her Grandma!!!
And Barbara the doll....
...who is with her all the time nowadays.
Handball!
And snowy Reykjavik
Hamin' it in Harpa with my brothers
New Year's Eve traditions with the fam!
New Year's Eve bonfire
The Boys in my town.
Granpa gets a hotdog. All is right with the world.
Making sad shoulders like the statue
Feeding the ducks
Olive fingers!
My kids won the Best Kids Ever In The Whole World prize.
Oh, Mef, what wonderful photos! The one of Elsa on the sheepskin looks so much like you at that age. And the olive fingers photo brought back memories of when we did the same thing on Ian's fingers. It also reminded me of being on a road trip to the Olympic Peninsula with your family when you were small and how you liked putting a whole bunch of grapes in your mouth. We'd feed you grapes and you'd stuff your mouth until you looked like a little chipmunk. And the photos with your parents and brothers are wonderful, too. Despite the darkness of Iceland at this time of year, your photos are full of so much warmth and light. And the bathtub photo at the top--priceless. Happy New Year to you and your family. The post made Bob and me long to visit Iceland to see your family and the country.
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