The little helper...

I had a busy day today. I started early in the morning you know the usual thing, checked if the "bar" was open (which it was), had some porridge, played with mummy and had my morning nap. After my nap mummy, granddad and I went to Winchester for lunch, that was really nice. We came home, I had my afternoon nap and after that I was full of energy again.

I was helping grandma with the dishes and the dinner. It got a little bit messy but hey, people have to notice when you are in the kitchen... I cooked fish, potatoes and vegetables, delicious if you ask me... To top it all off, granddad gave me some icecream, yummie in the tummy! Spoke to my daddy on skype, who I miss so much, before I crashed into my bed...good night!!!

Daddy, when are you coming home???

I'm in England now, with my mummy, visiting grandma and granddad and I'm having so much fun. We've been feeding the ducks with bread - yes they have ducks in England too - and I've been playing a lot with grandma, granddad and auntie Linda. Unfortunately, we had to take Linda home this evening because she has to work tomorrow. Well... it was fun while it lasted.
I don't know who's more tired in the evenings, me or grandma? She chases me all day long and gives me a push on a little car they have for me. And granddad is always trying to smuggle me some goodies when mummy isn't around. Anyway it is wonderful to be the centre of attention...
One thing is missing though and that's my daddy. He's in Belarus with the U-19 Iceland women's team playing in the UEFA final tournament. They drew their first game against Norway today 0-0.
I miss you daddy and I love you from the heart of my bottom...good night y'all!

Talkin' 'Bout My Girl...

I've got sunshine 

on a cloudy day.

When it's cold outside

I've got the month of May.

Well, I guess you'll say

what can make me feel this way?

My girl. (My girl, my girl).

Talkin' 'Bout my girl (My girl)...

Sent to Matilda with love from Dad.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

It's my Grandma Alice's birthday today - Happy Birthday Grandma! Me and mummy are going to England next week to stay with her and Granddad. I'm looking forward to that - I remember from when I was at their house at Easter that they had so many interesting things to examine and play with, unfortunately they were just out of my reach then but I'm bigger now and I am much quicker at grabbing things. Grandma and Granddad are going to need to be on their toes., so it is just as well they are in the South of France right now relaxing - they aren't going to get much rest when I'm around!

"How do you like Iceland?"

We had a couple of tourists from England staying with us this past weekend, James and Laura. They were very clean, tidy, quiet and polite, and didn't get in my way at all. In fact I liked having them around - James just graduated as a doctor and I had a good time just chilling with him up at Jonsi's summer house on Saturday evening. Laura is my dad's friend's daughter. My dad said that he and Laura's dad, who is also called Gary, used to go to New Order concerts together 25 years ago and seeing Laura again made him feel old because she was just a baby when my dad saw her last. This was their first visit to Iceland so I decided I would take the opportunity to do some tourist things with them, although that didn't include whale-watching, horse-riding or to the Blue Lagoon like they did. Dad says I can do that when I am bigger. On Sunday dad drove us to Gullfoss, Geysir and Þingvellir, referred to by tour guides as 

"The Golden Circle."

James and Laura stood a little bit too close to the Geysir when it blew and had to run for cover.

Next stop was Gullfoss, a big, noisy waterfall which you could walk right up to. 

After that we drove to Þingvellir, a National Park and site of the original Icelandic parliament. 

While Mum and Laura and James walked through  the canyon I decided to take a nap - there's only so much history and sightseeing you can take in a day and frankly I didn't see what was in it for me. I'd much rather have gone horse-riding, whale-watching or splashing around at the Blue Lagoon but what can you do when you only have one vote and there is two of them parent people deciding what's good and what's not good for you!

So James and Laura, as we Icelanders always ask: "How do you like Iceland?"

 

Iceland Celebrates...

"Gleðilega Hátíð!" to my Icelandic family members, indeed to all Icelanders. Today is June 17th - Iceland's National Day which means it is the first time I am able to celebrate with my fellow countrymen, even though I am only half Icelandic. Mum, who is 100 per cent Icelandic and dad, who is not even one per cent Icelandic, took me into Reykjavik city centre where it was packed with people, most of whom were carrying flags, balloons, little dogs or kids like me. For the occasion I wore my new Icelandic sweater that amma Sæunn knitted for me. 

My mum told me to mention that she put the zip on. How difficult can that be? The Icelandic sweater is called a "lopapeysa" and it is made of wool. It keeps you very warm. In winter and summer!   

My New Wheels!

Now that's more like it! This is my new way of getting around - grab onto something that has wheels and put one foot in front of the other and away you go! Easy! I learned this trick all by myself, I started off by holding onto a chair and sliding it forward - that was a few days before my mum and dad bought me this blue cart - they were a bit slow catching on but hey, I can forgive them. 

They just need to keep up as I'm figuring new stuff out each day like eating with your hands and opening drawers and cupboards and finding the remote control for the tv. Life is getting a lot more interesting.