The last 5 days have been a blur of fevers, runny noses, coughing, body aches and chills, and fatigue...for all of us. Colby has gotten hit the least hard and today he commented, "I feel like I'm running an infirmary." Haley threw up once but I think it's because she had 2 vitamins on an empty stomach. I wonder when this will end? Read More
Búsahalda Byltingir
The other day, I took the kids to a park near downtown to enjoy a few rare moments of precipitation-free fun. We heard some banging in the distance, and immediately I knew what was going on. There was really only one thing it could be. It must be....It had to be....the Búsahalda Byltingir. Darcy and I had just been having a wild ride on the see-saw, and I made her laugh so hard that she threw up all over the front of her coat. It was time to leave anyway, so we made our way home...in the Read More
The Chronicles of Language Acquisition
The last nine months of learning (what is said to be) one of the hardest languages in the world: Month 1: I can say my name, how old I am, and where I am from.My Icelandic is as good as Darcy’s English (2 year old level). I feel completely overwhelmed by the complex grammar structure of this language.There are 48 words for the number one. FOURTY-EIGHT. My husband, Colby, has studied 2 languages with similar grammar and gets it immediately. Although the grammar is ridiculous, I am learning new Read More
Toby & Me
In 1990 I was 10 years old. I can remember the day we went to the Learning Shop to buy a tadpole and a "grow-a-frog" kit. It was very exciting to meet "Toby" and learn about his stages of development. He was a rather easy pet and my mom gave him only the best of care. I have memories of driving across town to get free filtered water from the Brewery for his tank. Soon he graduated from his small cup to a bowl, his bowl to a small tank, and eventually was granted the luxury of a 10 gallon Read More
Imagine
Last weekend we saw in the news that the John Lennon "Imagine Peace Tower" was being lit up in Reykjavik. Our friend's Dad who was visiting was CONVINCED from a distance that it was the northern lights, but...hey....it's easily confused. We went on a 5 minute boat ride to the island of Viðey (compliments of Yoko Ono herself) and walked in the utter darkness until we reached the light. When our "tour guide" told us to all hold hands and send up our wishes for peace, I saw this picture in my Read More
I can’t believe we got to live in Finland for a month
I finally put the rest of our Finland and London pictures up HERE! This one is my favorite. Read More
For the Grandparents…
You should be able to save these to your thumbdrive and then print them out at Wal-Mart. Were there any other ones that you wanted? Read More
My Little SpongeBob
Haley has now completely phased out of nap-time, but unfortunately I still have not. Karen Doheney gave us a few books on CD before they moved, so I have been letting Haley listen to them during "quiet time" in the afternoons. I didn't realize how much Haley had absorbed them until we got to Finland. Every day we would load the kids up in the double jogging stroller and go for a run. On distance days, Darcy would ask Haley if she could listen to Nemo, put on pretend headphones, press the Read More
Becoming a little child…(a continuing series)
Many months ago I wrote of some of our early language comedy as we began studying Icelandic. We have made quite a bit of progress, but I still have some stories to share from along the way. I cannot remember when this happened, but it happened all the same and was quite funny for us.During the early part of the summer we were walking through a park near our home when an exuberant young boy peddled up to us on his bicycle. He was beckoning us to follow him and spitting out a mixture of phrases. Read More
What is happening to me?!
I have had a really hard week. I feel like I've been welcomed back to Iceland with a slap in the face. I have had very little strength to face all the challenges of being back, trying to get settled in, and starting language class. This morning I found this article that made me feel very understood. This exhaustion is normal, and hopefully soon this too shall pass. Read More
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