Happy Birthday Mummy!

It was my Mummy's birthday yesterday and as it was a public holiday in Iceland it meant that dad had a day off work so we were able to spend the whole day together. As it was nice weather I decided to be good to mum and went to sleep while she trained with dad's team. We also went for some breakfast at a cafe/bakery and in the evening Linda and Chris and Noah came over and dad grilled some lamb. 

I didn't buy mummy a present because I am too little to go to the shops on my own and besides, my mummy hasn't given me any pocket-money yet. Anyway, I didn't know what she wanted but dad said we are going to pay for her and me to go and visit her friend Anja in Sweden in August and also to visit Grandma and Granddad in England in July. It means that we will be away from dad for two weeks each time but dad won't be in Iceland anyway because he is going with the U19 national team to Belarus and with the A team to Finland. Anyway, just wanted to say Happy Birthday again to my mummy and to say sorry for waking up in the night - not!

Happy Birthday Amma!

It was my Amma Sæunn's birthday on May 8th, last Friday. She recently stayed with us for two months but is now back in Sweden. I wished her a Happy Birthday! using that Skype thingy. My dad wishes her a belated Happy Birthday also and thanks her for all the babysitting she did. Dad told me he was very grateful for that because it meant that my mum could go training and dad says that if my mum is happy then his life is a lot easier and happier!

Music Appreciation Time...

My dad likes music - a lot! He has stacks of things he calls cds and has them all arranged on some shelves. Sometimes, I think they need to be re-arranged - but dad doesn't seem to agree. 

He'll get used to it! 

Dad is coming home...

My dad has been away from us for a week now, he is in Poland with the U19 Women's national team. They have been playing football against Denmark, Sweden and Poland (all very good teams, my mum says) - and guess what? Iceland won the group so now they are going to play in the European cup finals in the summer in Belarus. You go girls!!! Bad thing about that is, that my dad will be away from us again...
On top of it all I've been sick most of the time my dad has been away. I had a high fever for a couple of days so my mum took me to the doctor. The doctor said it was a virus. I probably caught it when I was at a birthday party last week, my friend Birkir Ingi was two-years-old. It was great fun to play with all the kids. But the day after I felt poorly.
My amma (grandma) has been very nice to me, babysitting and playing with me. Afi (granddad) came to Iceland last week and I like hanging out with him.
Oooh, I almost forgot! Afi Steini (my great granddad) was 90-years-old last Monday - that's a lot of years... Unfortunately I couldn't visit him on his actual birthday but there will be a party on Friday, so look out, I'll be there in my party dress.
Happy Birthday afi Steini and welcome home dad!!!

The Generation Gap!

This is a photo of me with my great grandparents, or "long-amma" and "long-afi" as we say in Iceland. It was taken by my mum when we visited them at their home in the Reykjavik suburb of Gravarvogur. My great-grandma's name is Adalbjorg but everybody calls her Didda and my great-grandad's name is Thorsteinn, or Steinni as he is more often called. Despite appearing very interested in a carton of milk he was not a farmer, rather he was a fisherman all his working life operating his own boat out of the town of Faskafjordur in Iceland's east fjords. He is having a party soon to celebrate his 90th birthday. I am sure he will invite me. My grandad Sigurdur (Thorsteinn's son and therefore my mum's dad) is flying in from Sweden especially for the occasion. My dad says we might have to have the fire service on standby because there will be a lot of candles on his cake.

Green, Green Grass of Home!

Just got back from England where I spent Easter with Grandma and Grandad. In England they had this thing called Spring going on - it means warm, sunny weather, lots of beautiful things bursting with colour that mum called flowers, birds singing all day long, trees that had their clothes on (dad said they are called leaves) and best of all they have this soft and silky green stuff all over the place called grass - which was great to play on. 

I went to the park to play on the swing and slide, went shopping in Reading, Swindon, Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth and visited my cousins Harry and Josh and my uncle Steve and aunt Jo. My aunt Linda came to stay for a couple of days which meant we had to go to Starbucks a lot. What is it with big people and coffee lattes? 

My dad said that I get my own special latte when mum gives me her breast.

I had a lot of fun on this trip - especially because, as with all good English people, grandma and grandad had a lot of carpet - which is so, so much better to crawl on than that hard and slippery parket flooring prevalent (big word for me but hey, what do you expect!) in the Nordic countries. It meant that I could move a lot faster and begin to stand up all on my own just by grabbing something and pulling myself up. A whole new world has just opened up. I really like England and love and miss my my grandma and grandad and can't wait to go back to the green, green grass of home!

Busy bee!

Whew! this week has been busy... in a fun way though. I got my second tooth on Monday, finally! It has been bugging me for a week now, keeping me and my parents awake in the nights. Also, on Monday, "Amma" (my mum's mum) came to Iceland from Sweden. She's going to stay with us for about 2 months, yeeeah. 

I've been to the playground for the first time, we played on the swings and went down the slide. I liked the slide a lot. I've been swimming as usual and "Amma" has been baby sitting two nights this week. My mum was playing football with the team that my dad is coaching. All though my dad says she slows down the tempo on practice he's secretly admiring her brazilian football skills... (dad told me mum is paying him to let her come and train). As you can see my week has been very busy but I have not told you the really big news yet. 

On Wednesday I finally realized how to crawl forward and boy is that so much more fun than going backwards. We got it documented on video so now you can see the upcoming star in crawling.  Have a wonderful weekend, love you all....Matilda Sóley