Middle of December and other things...

So, Christmas is only 10 days away....scary!

 Well..at least, I have already bought most of the presents, have sent the Christmas cards abroad, got news dresses for Tamara and myself for Christmas, main dish for Christmas Eve is taken care of...so...most of the important staff is finished...

But if you think of that, actually all those things are a part of the Christmas - buying and packing the gifts, making lists, cleaning the house, planning the dinner, so...the only way to get through all of it is just to embrace it and enjoy it!

Anyways....Tamara Lind lost her second tooth yesterday. So, she told us that the day/night will be the happiest for her since she would get a visit from the tooth fairy and also from one of the Icelandic yule lads :) Fun fun...Though, sometimes, I get sooo frustrated with how much she is concentrated on the things that she wants to get, what she has and what she does not have....well...what can we do? This is the era of consumerism...I was probably behaving the same way when I was little...

Tomorrow is the New Year celebration for kids at the Russian Embassy, so will be some gathering. Then, for Icelandic Christmas celebration, there was something organized at Flensborg school but Tamara refused to go there with her granny. She only wants to go with her Dad to his work for annual Christmas celebration there.....

So, Mom and Oli finally made it safely to the other part of the world, Australia.

Eldar Leo 18 months old / Eldar Leó at a glance...

So, wanted to write about Eldar for a while now...finally got the laziness away from my body and got down to it!

So, here he is, our cute Eldar Leo at a glance together with his Daddy:

So, the boy is 18 months old, well almost 19 months after 10 days :)

Tamara Lind at a glance

So...since I am not updating Tamara's journal on her growth, etc...then better to add something here so it would be fun to read after 5 years time :)

Here is the picture of Tamara that I took today, on November 6th before going to kindergarten:

Tamara was putting away this Lotta toy - some kindergarten game they have - each of the kid can get this Lotta (a rabbit toy) to take home for one night - and spend time playing, dressing, or whatever they want ..and there is also a notebook where a parent writes on what happened during the day and the child paints, puts stickers...or something else....Lotta has some clothes and also a sleeping bag. We have also given her a cute hat!

Time flies

Wow...time flies indeed...
Last time I have posted at entry on August 10th..and now October is almost over and Christmas is near!

So..what has been happening during these times?

I have pictures from our vacation on my desktop computer at work  - picture gadget - so it is nice to look at them occasionally during these rainy days of Autumn or even nice sunny days of Autumn...

Though we have not had snow yet in Reykjavik...so my search for perfect winter tires continues...

Summer is almost over

So..vacation is over...Two weeks in July in Spain went by too fast :)

It was quite a nice relaxing holiday. Hotel / apartamentos were nice. Food half board was excellent. Beach was just 300 meters away. There were ways sometimes a little bit too much but still sun was available most of the time to be enjoyed :)

Flight to Almeria from Iceland was about 4,5 hours. Kids behaved all right. No major crisis.
On the way back it was a little bit more difficult. Tamara was difficult, demanding this and that...Eldar was cranky and wanted to walk all the time..So...Conclusion - next time summer travel will be in two years...So I can rest as well...

Here are some pictures:

This is the view from the hotel room - nice swimming pool.

Here is Eldar Leó enjoying the water melon on our balcony. We ate quite a lot of them :)

Tamara Lind is trying to eat hew dinner. Usually it took us at least ah hour to eat dinner..First half an hour she was playing with whatever she found on the table, then she was eating very fast, and after she was finished with her food, she was allowed to eat ice-cream - it was a selection every evening..ice cream, sauces for it and little candies...Paradise for kids....

Our last evening - we went for a walk on the promenade and dropped in some hotel to take a picture...During the vacation time our schedule shifted a little bit :) Tamara went to be late, we were eating dinner late...And usually tried to go for an evening walk on the beach promenade...Was nice...

So...can't wait for a next holiday season / in two years...Hopefully Iceland will resume its routes to Greek islands...

Social networking

Ok..so..last time that I put an entry into the journal - was long long time ago...Not good...I admit Facebooking is taking my attention so...I will try from now on to update a journal at least once a week...

So...what is new?
Baby boy is not a baby boy anymore but becoming a toddler - already 13 months old.

Here is the picture from celebration of his BD on May 10th...

Tamara Lind is now 5 years old. I had a nice party organized for her birthday on June 18th.

 We have chosen the Princess theme this year, etc. (Last year it was all about Hello Kitty). Took some time to do some research on themes, decorations, games and other preparations...

Spent lots of money on decorations, ingredients for the cake, etc. Here are some photos...

This is the cake that we created with Raggi. He did the flags..I did the rest.

Here is another side...Cake was nice. tasted great, etc. However, one of the girls tried it and did not like it...Said it was bad...so all the rest of the girls did not want to eat any more of it...
Of course - i was disappointed...I tried not to take it close up personal...But still it left a sour feeling...

Here is the princess herself - new outfit - dress created by a talented grandma Tamara...wings and tiara - new, bought by dearest Mommy :)

The beautiful decorated table.

 Morning of Tamara Lind's BD....We filled the room with the balloons...

 Eldar Leó is participating too...

Mom the Queen, daughter the Princess....

So...on the overall picture, the BD celebration went well...But maybe considering all the emotional and financial costs involved, next year maybe we will just order time at "Adventure Club" for kids and have the celebration there...

What else - today we went to apply for the passport for Eldar Leó for our upcoming vacation trip to Spain in July for 2 weeks...Passport for kids and elderly is much cheaper than for adults. Wait is 2 weeks,hope to get it in the beginning of July :)

That's all for today...