Christmas is near us...

So..finally...the big holidays are almost here....I wish all the stress would be gone now...need to learn how to relax....

Anyways...

Our girl is 6 months old...That is so great..She is so lively and it is so much fun to show her of... :)

We went to a Christmas Party at Raggi's work...Was great. Tamara Lind was not afraid of an Icelandic Santa Claus...they can be scary, you know...

So, now all we have to do is to buy some food so we will not starve during 5 days of straight holidays....finish packing some gifts and just enjoy the season of holidays and time of sharing the joy with the ones we love...

Elections in Russia. How we did it in Iceland

So...
Finally...another elections came and gone while I am still here in Iceland. This time, though I did not get a call from the consulate about the elections...I guess they figured out since I have been here for some time, I need to stay a responsbile Russian citizen and come to vote no matter what..

So, we went to vote, my grandmother and I. Well..my daughter came as well and Raggi as observers.... So...what can I say - grandma was not impressed with the building of the Russian Consulate, too simple...Some people tried to speak to Raggi in Icelandic but he could not understand them... I did show off my cute girl.... :)

Grandma voted for Putin, justifying it by the fact that he rose her pension...Since I did not get any raise from Putin, so I just voted for old Communist party, being once a Komsomol member....Trying to remember the past, how fun it was, for some of us at least :)

But in spite of everything...Putin won (who I wonder doubted that....) so the new period...or the continuation of the previous is ahead of Russia...Does not make a difference to me I guess since I am not there....

Party of Kasparov (Kasparov.ru) was not represented in the elections...so....what can we say?

But, at least it was a nice day here in Iceland...sunny and warm and in a Christmas spirit....

Post in Russian

Ну вот, по просьбам трудящихся, пишу по-русски...

Ну хотя бы чтобы просто попрактиковаться и посмотреть как тут он будет светиться этот блог. А ещё у меня картинка новая и новый вид тоже...А еще - нашей дочке уже сегодня 5 месяцев и 12 дней...Во как, растём и хорошеем, едим кашку рисовую и в бассейн ходим.

Прошлый раз правда, я одна с ней плавала, у Рагги была встреча на работе. Но моя мама помогала мне Томусика переодевать, а также своими советами - все говорила, как мне лучше плавать Томусика учить..Ну что поделаешь - бабушки, они такие - считают, что все знают - особенно наша бабушка....Но зато она хорошая!

Вот, наконец-то Рождество близиться..Радости - много! А дел - ещё больше....

Вчера со своими бывшими МВА студентами встречалась - вот такие мы были когда-то и сидели учились :)

Swimming

So..our little girl is growing...she will be 5 months after 3 days...wow...

So, just to add more excitement to her life, we have started the swimming lessons with some other crazy/smart parents...It is great actually...I hope that it will help her development...
She seemed pretty happy to swim and was fun for her to see other babies as well...

Still no snow in Iceland

So...
It looks like we are not having any snow this winter..well..there was some...for one day...and of course, everybody got crazy and had to change the tires on a winter ones...including myself..

So, I went and waited for an hour in line, changed the tires and now - there is no snow..there is like +11'C here today....almost like a summer day, just raining....

My favorite game

So, lately I have been hooked on that online game that I discovered with the help of Raggi's son....Teenagers these days, know everything...

So, the game is a puzzle..very simple...But so far, I have been able to progress two first easy levels..And I am stuck on level "normal"...I got down to 26 figures...if someone overrides that - my respect...

I even got my Mom and her husband hooked on that game... It takes your mind off and trains your visiual memory as well.

So, here is the link to my favorite game

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Another favorite activity - figure skating. We went last weekend. Raggi's work offered its employees to come and have fun, so we came too. Here is the video of my skating. Raggi took it while taking care of the girl. We skated in turns.

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Baptizing ceremony

So, it is official...Our girl has been christened this last Sunday.

We were so lucky with the weather, it was very beautiful...Sunny and warm...Which is rather unusual for Iceland :)

Girl behaved very well, did not cry at all...Was smiling and observing everything.

So, here we all are - Raggi, myself and the priest..(not sure how they are called in the Lutheran church).

Reception afterwards went well too. Lots of cakes, presents and smiles...Everyone was happy. We have ordered a special cake for the celebration, with our daughter's name on it.

So, now we can relax til Christmas for the special gatherings and other similar activities...