On Wednesday Haley came up to me and said, "We don't have a lot of videos. Can I make a video?"Me: "Make a video? What do you mean?"Haley: "You know... I'll make my own video then we can watch it on t.v."Me (trying to encourage creativity): "Okay....I guess you could try. What would this video be called?"Haley: "Oh yeah, I already know that. It's called THE MAN AND THE GREAT COW WAR."Me: "That sounds interesting....Okay, well first you need Read More
Haley is 5!
I feel like I have committed a crime in the blogosphere by not blogging about my child's birthday. Yes, Haley turned 5 last month and is now officially a little woman. She never ceases to amaze me and I cannot get over her brains and beauty (the killer combination). Haley has made a few friends the last 9 months and it was fun to invite them and see them all play together. She wanted to play Go Fish and Old Maid, so those were the party games. We made a creative, Read More
Side Business
It has happened to me three times now, so I'm wondering if this is an Icelandic cultural thing I should know about. The first time, I was having a really hard day. The calendar said it was LATE SPRING, but the weather felt like the dead of winter and every time I went outside I got grumpy. Come to think of it, when I was inside I was grumpy too because I felt entitled to be outside enjoying warm weather. Anyway, I was on my way home and an old man came up to me and the Read More
Cultural Norm
If Finland is a spitting culture and England is a proper culture, I think I've figured out what Iceland is. It is a PEEING culture. I cannot tell you how many times I've looked out my window and seen someone peeing in our back parking lot or out front in the bank parking lot. It is unreal. I have started tapping on the window just to make sure the perpetrator knows he is spotted. Most of the time, the criminal is unashamed.The other day's experience takes the cake. Read More
“I want my mommy….”
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
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